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Morgan Rielly and his Maple Leafs teammates arrived home from Nashville with the idea they can rev their engines heading into the Stanley Cup playoffs.

There’s no reason to believe the Leafs will do anything but win the majority of their last eight games of the 2017-18 regular season.

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Six are at the Air Canada Centre — where the Leafs have won 12 in a row and have a sparkling 25-8-2 record — and six are against teams that are out of the playoff picture.

“It’s a good opportunity for us to go on a little home run,” Rielly said after the Leafs beat the Predators on Thursday night.

“We have an opportunity to get on a little bit of a roll going into the playoffs, which I think is important. You always want to go in with a little bit of momentum and it’s an opportunity to get comfortable at home. We have some practice days coming up as well, so that works to our advantage.”

The Leafs shouldn’t have much of a problem setting a franchise record for most victories, considering they’re one short of tying the mark of 45, accomplished three times.