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Matthews powered his team to a much-needed bounce-back effort in L.A.
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Matthew Knies completed a hat trick at 2:56 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Wednesday.
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Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews provided a sobering take on potentially chasing Alex Ovechkin and the NHL goals record.
Matthews has 398 goals in 623 career games, 497 shy of Ovechkin’s mark. At his current goals-per-game pace, he would need 778 more games to reach 896 goals, one more than Ovechkin’s record. Based on an 82-game season, that translates to about nine-and-a-half more seasons.
Federico Bernardeschi from Toronto FC visited Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday. He came to support forward Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs. The Leafs played against the Florida Panthers and won 3-2.
To break the goals record, Matthews has to find the back of the net over 500 more times. Ovechkin scored the final 505 goals, including the record-breaker, in 865 games, or 10.5 seasons. Matthews can achieve that, however, he would need health on his side and play into his late thirties.
Toronto Maple Leafs make a key decision on Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner’s workload following a tough loss. Find out how the NHL team is managing its stars for the final stretch of the season.
NHL insiders James Mirtle and Jonas Siegel of The Athletic has linked to the Toronto Maple Leafs to signing Auston Matthews' hero.
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