Auston Matthews came up empty in his bid to become the ninth player in NHL history to score 70 goals in a season, but Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player to have a 100-assist season as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Auston Matthews scored the winner in the third period and added two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Monday to even their first-round playoff series 1-1. The star centre took a lob pass from Max Domi and moved in alone on Linus Ullmark before making a move to the forehand with 7:54 left in regulation time to give the Leafs their first lead against the Bruins in the last six games — including four in the regular season. The goal was the first for Matthews...
Auston Matthews — stalled at 69 goals and hungry for 70 — will play in an otherwise meaningless Game 82 for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday night at Amalie Arena.
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Auston Matthews was denied on all 12 of his shots Wednesday night in his bid to become the ninth player in NHL history to score 70 goals in a season.
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With their playoff fate undecided, the found themselves in an interesting situation ahead of Tuesday’s game. That uncertainty was decided by the end of the second period against the . After tomorrow’s final regular-season game, the will be their opponent. Advertisement The Leafs took an early 2-goal lead from Mitch Marner on the power play and after a well-battled opening period. However, the Panthers turned a gear in the second in what was one of Toronto’s most porous periods of the season....
The Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs are evened up after Game Two. The Leafs used a late goal to take the lead in the third period Monday night and beat
The Bruins will now sit on a 2-1 series lead for two days before returning
The Bruins and Maple Leafs should offer one of the more entertaining series of the opening round