Marner's scoring adds new element to Leafs top line

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The Maple Leafs practiced at Ford Performance Centre on Friday. 

Since returning from COVID protocol on Jan. 15, Mitch Marner has scored 21 goals in 28 games. The only player who has scored more in that stretch? Linemate Auston Matthews with 22 tallies in 26 games. 

"His shot has come a long way," Matthews observed. "It's something he's been working on quite a bit."

Matthews, who leads the NHL with 46 goals, set up Marner for a nice one-timer strike on Wednesday against the New Jersey Devils.  

"I was teasing him on the bench because that shot was so pretty and [was based on] stuff we've been working on at some of these skill development skates we have prior to practice," Matthews revealed. 

Mitchy and #NextGenGames amirite