Wednesday night's hard-fought win at Scotiabank Arena extended the Leafs' lead in the Atlantic with seven games to go.

If Wednesday felt like the biggest win of the season (and they only get larger from here), that’s because Toronto's occasionally lackadaisical superstars treated it as such.

Toronto’s top line stepped up in a major way in the third. Auston Matthews set up Mitch Marner to give the Leafs the lead ...