Toronto Maple Leafs: 3 Stars for the Month of January

TORONTO, ON - DECEMBER 23: Mitch Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrates his goal against the Carolina Hurricanes with teammates Auston Matthews #34, Justin Holl #3, Zach Hyman #11 and Jake Muzzin #8 during the third period at the Scotiabank Arena on December 23, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images) /

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TORONTO, ON – FEBRUARY 1: Mitch Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrates after scoring the game winning goal against the Ottawa Senators in overtime at the Scotiabank Arena on February 1, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andrew Lahodynskyj/NHLI via Getty Images) /

2nd star – Mitch Marner

Marner is paid to put up points in bunches.

He once again did just that in January. He led all Toronto Maple Leafs players with 13 points in 10 games. Impressively, 12 of those points were primary (three goals, nine assists).

Nikita Kucherov (15), Alex Ovechkin (14) and Steven Stamkos (14) were the only three skaters to record more primary points than Marner. Nobody in the entire league piled up more primary assists (9).

Marner’s on-ice numbers were strong as well, as he finished with a ~52 Corsi For% and ~59 Expected Goals For%.

He played like a $10.98M player.

Marner also made his first career trip to the all-star game in St. Louis. For Marner, the month of January was a continuation of his hot play in December. As of Tuesday, Marner was the second leading 5v5 scoring in the NHL since he came back from his injury.

If the Leafs are going to make a playoff run, Marner will have to continue to rack up the points.

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