Maple Leafs World Championship updates: Tavares, Kampf, Holmberg

This Leafs trio have helped their respective countries dominate during this tournament as Canada, Sweden and Czechia currently sit among the top 3 in tournament points.

The player having the most impressive tournament thus far is Leafs captain John Tavares. Not only is he captaining the 1st place Canadian club, but he also has put up a dominant 7 points in 5 games, also playing the role of OT hero in a nail-biter against Austria (a 7-6 victory).

Canada currently sits on top of the group stage standings with a 5-1-0-0 record and 17 points.

Kampf is representing the home team in Czechia, who only trail the Canadians in group A, sitting at a 4-1-1-0 record and an impressive 15 points. The Czech center currently has produced a modest 4 points in 5 GP, which is a sharp increase from his production in the NHL as he is more known for his defensive capabilities.

Lastly, the youngest Leaf on this list, Pontus Holmberg is part of an impressive Swedish team who currently sit atop of group B with a group leading record of 6-0-0-0 and 15 points. Holmberg, who has shown flashes of impressive offensive abilities with the Leafs, has racked up 5 points in 6 games.

As the qualifying round comes to a close in the next few days, these trio of Leafs players will all be competing to capture the gold, with a potential Canada/Sweden matchup in the works if the two teams can continue to dominate their respective groups.