1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 72nd season in the National Hockey League.Off-season
NHL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 6 | Scott Pearson | | Kingston Canadians |
| 2 | 27 | Tie Domi | | Peterborough Petes |
| 3 | 48 | Peter Ing | | Windsor Spitfires |
| 4 | 69 | Ted Crowley | | Lawrence Academy |
| 5 | 86 | Len Esau | | Humboldt Broncos |
| 7 | 132 | Matt Mallgrave | | St. Paul's School |
| 8 | 153 | Roger Elvenes | | Rögle BK |
| 9 | 174 | Mike DeLay | | Canterbury School |
| 10 | 195 | David Sacco | | Medford High School |
| 11 | 216 | Mike Gregorio | | Cushing Academy |
| 12 | 237 | Peter DeBoer | | Windsor Spitfires |
| S | 11 | Dean Anderson | | University of Wisconsin |
Regular season
The 1988–89 Maple Leafs season was a disastrous one that saw John Brophy fired as head coach midway through the season. Interim head coach George Armstrong led the Leafs close to the playoffs, but they eventually missed out after losing to the Chicago Blackhawks in the final game of the regular season. The Leafs needed a win against Chicago to clinch a playoff berth, but a Troy Murray overtime goal ended Toronto's season.
The Maple Leafs finished the regular season last in the NHL in power play goals scored, power play opportunities, power play percentage and penalty-killing percentage.
Schedule and results
Forwards
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
| Player | GP | G | AST | PTS | PIM |
| Eddie Olczyk | 80 | 38 | 52 | 90 | 75 |
| Gary Leeman | 61 | 32 | 43 | 75 | 66 |
| Vincent Damphousse | 80 | 26 | 42 | 68 | 75 |
| Tom Fergus | 80 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 48 |
| Daniel Marois | 76 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 76 |
| Mark Osborne | 75 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 112 |
| Dave Reid | 77 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 22 |
| Craig Laughlin | 66 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 41 |
| Peter Ihnacak | 26 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 10 |
| Derek Laxdal | 41 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 65 |
| Al Secord | 40 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 71 |
| Dan Daoust | 68 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 54 |
| Wendel Clark | 15 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 66 |
| Paul Gagne | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| John Kordic | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 185 |
| Russ Courtnall | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Tim Armstrong | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike Blaisdell | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ken Yaremchuk | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott Pearson | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sean McKenna | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Lawless | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Dallman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris McRae | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Doug Shedden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Defencemen
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
| Player | GP | G | AST | PTS | PIM |
| Al Iafrate | 65 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 72 |
| Todd Gill | 59 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 72 |
| Borje Salming | 63 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 86 |
| Brad Marsh | 80 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 79 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 57 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 44 |
| Darren Veitch | 37 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
| Rick Lanz | 32 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| Luke Richardson | 55 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 106 |
| Brian Curran | 47 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 185 |
| Darryl Shannon | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Ken Hammond | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Goaltending
Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against
| Player | GP | W | L | T | SO | GAA |
| Allan Bester | 43 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3.80 |
| Ken Wregget | 32 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4.42 |
| Jeff Reese | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4.94 |
Roster
Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions in the 1988–89 season.Trades
Waivers
Free agents
Awards and records
