MONTREAL - Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 64th of the season in a four-goal second period for the Maple Leafs, and Toronto defeated the archrival Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Saturday night at the Bell Centre. Matthews hit the 100-point mark for the second time in his career and extended his point streak to 10 games in the process. The 26-year-old superstar is on pace for 69 goals, one shy of the 70-goal milestone that hasn't been attained since Teemu Selanne and Alexander Mogilny...
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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.
Mitch Marner is set to return to action Saturday in Montreal after missing 12 games due to a reported ankle injury, but he will not be skating alongside Auston Matthews on the top line.
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 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.
TORONTO -- Auston Matthews scored his 69th goal of the season, but the Toronto Maple Leafs lost to the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 in overtime at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday.Dylan Larkin scored 41 seconds into overtime, redirecting a shot from Patrick Kane at the top of the goal crease on the power play. "That's one of the biggest of my career and I'm hoping this year to have some more big goals," Larkin said. "You can't feel any better. I knew Kane was going to look for that play, and I just...
TORONTO — continues to cement himself as the best goal scorer in the by hitting another milestone: 69 goals. With a forceful wrist shot on the power play in the second period against the on Saturday, the centre broke his own record for most goals in a season by a Leaf. Advertisement With his 69th goal, Matthews logged his 107th point, a new personal record for points in a single season. Matthews’ 69th goal also means he is in the middle of the longest goal streak of his career, with goals...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Auston Matthews scored his 66th goal and inched closer to becoming the ninth player in NHL history to tally 70 in a season in leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-2 victory over New Jersey on Tuesday night, ending the disappointing Devils' playoff hopes. Mark Giordano and Tyler Bertuzzi scored in a nine-second span late in the second period to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 lead en route to their sixth win in seven games. Nicholas Robertson also scored and Joseph Woll made...
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....
By Joshua Clipperton TORONTO — Auston Matthews moved closer to a milestone that has gone untouched for more than 30 years. Dylan Larkin and his teammates are fine with that — they secured two priceless points in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Red Wings captain scored on a power play 41 seconds into overtime […]
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 41 points and powered the Denver Nuggets past Minnesota and into sole possession of first place in the tight Western Conference playoff race with a 116-107 win over