Of all that is unusual in this unusual Maple Leafs season, nothing is stranger than this: The Leafs are scoring more goals without Mitch Marner than they did in their first-place season of a year ago.

They are scoring more per game without Marner, the 100-point winger traded away by his choice, and with a relatively absent captain Auston Matthews, which makes no sense at all.

Toronto finished in first place in the Atlantic Division last year with 108 points and Marner in the lineup. But right now, the Leafs are on pace heading for an 82-point season, a drop of monumental proportions.

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But they’re scoring more. Go figure.

And their penalty killing — one of Marner’s strengths — is slightly better without him on the team.

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