TORONTO (AP) William Nylander, Michael Bunting and Ilya Mikheyev each scored twice, Auston Matthews had two assists to reach 101 points and the Toronto Maple Leafs routed the Washington Capitals 7-3 on Thursday night.

Ilya Lyubushkin also scored and captain John Tavares had four assists to help the Maple Leafs improve to 48-20-6, a victory shy of the club record set in 2017-18.

Matthews - with 58 goals and 43 assists - became the third player in Toronto history with 100 or more points. Darryl Sittler had 117 in 1977-78, and Doug Gilmour had 127 in 1992-93 and 111 in 1993-94.

''It's humbling to be mentioned with those two guys,'' Matthews said. ''They paved the way for us, and they have done a lot for this team and this city.''

Matthews has gone two games without a goal but already has set the club record. With eight games left, he's two shy of becoming the first U.S.-born player to score 60 goals.

Nylander had his 29th and 30th goals. Mitch Marner also had an assist to hit the 60-assist mark for the second time in his career. Jack Campbell made 22 saves for Toronto.

''It was a complete game by us,'' Matthews said.

John Carlson, Tom Wilson and Nic Dowd scored for Washington. The Capitals had won four in a row.

Bunting snapped a 17-game goal drought. ''This will boost his confidence,'' Matthews said. ''He is a big part of our line's success.''

Toronto fourth-liner Kyle Clifford fought Tom Wilson after the Washington player crashed into Campbell and sent the goalie's mask flying.

''I just reached for the puck,'' Campbell said. ''It was a hockey play. I met him at the all-star game and thought he was a nice guy.''

Wilson received a goalie interference minor penalty late in the first period and then fought Clifford in the second period.

UP NEXT

Capitals: At Montreal on Saturday night.

Maple Leafs: At Ottawa on Saturday night.