Toronto Maple Leafs: Matthews and Rielly Lead Scoring Race

When the Toronto Maple Leafs come to your town, don’t take a penalty. It may be the last thing you ever do.

The offense continues to click, the defense had another rough night, and the special teams came up huge as the Toronto Maple Leafs took down the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 in the Motor City on Thursday night.

Eventually the Maple Leafs’ style of play is going to catch up with them, but for now they’re sitting pretty with the best offense in the NHL and a 4-1-0 record, the same five game record they had last year. They’ve won three straight, all on the road, and show no signs of slowing down.

With everything seeming to go right for the Leafs in these last few games, the major storyline…