- Marner has 19 points (7G, 12A) through 13 playoff games, three clear of the field
- He also leads the NHL postseason in plus-minus (+13), primary assists, and shorthanded points
- Read below for the assist that pushed him to 19 and the run that has Toronto squirming
Mitch Marner is doing exactly what nobody in Toronto wanted to see.
The Golden Knights forward keeps building his case as the best player of the 2026 playoffs, and after Vegas beat Colorado 4-2 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final, he sits atop the NHL in points and plus-minus. Marner is up to 19 points (7 goals, 12 assists) through 13 games, three clear of teammate Jack Eichel for the playoff scoring lead.
He’s also +13, the best mark of any skater this postseason. Throw in a league lead in primary assists (8) and shorthanded points (4), and the picture is pretty obvious. Vegas is one win up in the West Final, and Marner has been the engine.
That 19th point came on a slick second-period feed to Pavel Dorofeyev for a power-play goal at Ball Arena. Marner took the puck through the high slot, cut to the right corner, and dropped a blind pass back to Dorofeyev for a one-timer. The Vegas winger called it “unbelievable” after the game.
Watch the assist:
This isn’t a one-game thing. Marner had a 3-point night to close out the Mammoth in Round 1, hung a hat trick on the Ducks in Round 2 Game 3, and then iced Anaheim with this between-the-legs ridiculousness 1:02 into Game 6:
His seven goals this postseason have already more than doubled his previous career playoff high (three with Toronto in 2023). The 14 points he posted in 11 games during that 2023 Leafs run? He cleared it by Game 11 of this spring.
Toronto lost in seven to Florida last spring and never got to a conference final with him. Marner walked in free agency, signed in Vegas, and is now one win away from a Cup Final in his first try with a new team.
