Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Supplies pair of helpers
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Matthews notched two assists, including one on the power play, and added six shots on net, four hits and two blocked shots in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Senators in Game 1.
Matthews sprung Mitch Marner for a breakaway goal in the first period, and then did work closer to the net to set up Matthew Knies' power-play tally to close the scoring. The 27-year-old Matthews was hot in April with four goals and six helpers over eight contests to close the regular season at a total of 78 points in 67 outings. The superstar center is poised to play on the top line and first power-play unit throughout Toronto's playoff run.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Three-game goal streak
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Matthews scored a goal in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over Detroit.
He scored for the third straight game (three goals, one assist) to push the Leafs up 1-0 late in the first period, and it was a beauty. Matthews took a pass from Matthew Knies and backhanded the biscuit past a sprawling Cam Talbot. He struggled through injuries this season, but he still finished with 33 goals, 45 assists and 261 shots in 67 games. Matthews finished in a tie with Sidney Crosby for 26th in goals.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Sixth fastest to 400 NHL goals
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Matthews scored a goal and added an assist in a 4-0 win over Buffalo on Tuesday.
It was Matthews' 400th career goal in his 628th game. He's the second Leafs player to hit that mark with the franchise; Mats Sundin was the first. He's also the sixth-fastest player in NHL history to reach 400 goals. Who's ahead of him? Wayne Gretzky (436), Mike Bossy (506), Mario Lemieux (508), Brett Hull (520) and Jari Kurri (608). Well done, @AM34.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Scores in win over Carolina
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Matthews scored a goal on two shots in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Hurricanes. He also added two hits and two blocked shots.
Matthews snapped a three-game goal skid with a slap shot midway through the second period, giving him 31 goals on the year. Furthermore, this was the 399th goal of his career. He has two games left in the regular season to reach the 400-goal plateau, and he should play in those contests since the Maple Leafs are too close to the cap to rest healthy players. Matthews will miss the 80-point mark for the first time in four seasons, though, so his overall numbers were a bit disappointing across the board compared to recent years.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Three helpers in OT win
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Matthews picked up three assists in Wednesday's 4-3 overtime win over the Lightning.
His third helper was the biggest, as the superstar center fed Matthew Knies for the OT winner. The Maple Leafs' top line of Matthews, Knies and Mitch Marner combined for all four of the team's goals on the night and nine total points, and it was Matthews' seventh multi-point performance in the last 16 games -- a stretch in which he's racked up seven goals and 21 points.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Crosses 30-goal, 70-point marks
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Matthews scored a goal on four shots and added an assist in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Blue Jackets.
Matthews' contributions came on the Maple Leafs' last two goals of the game. He reached the 70-point mark with a helper on William Nylander's second tally before hitting the 30-goal threshold with 3:33 left in the contest. Matthews has been excellent lately with seven goals and 15 points over his last 11 contests, though this has been a bit of a down year for him overall. It's certainly not a bad campaign -- in addition to 71 points, he's recorded 244 shots, 80 blocked shots and a plus-5 rating over 61 appearances.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Supplies helper Wednesday
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Matthews logged an assist, four shots on goal, three blocked shots and two hits in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Panthers.
Matthews reached the 40-assist mark for the third time in his career when he set up Mitch Marner's go-ahead goal in the third period. With six goals and seven helpers over his last 10 outings, Matthews is playing well in crunch time for the regular season. His goal-scoring has been down this year with 29 tallies to go with his 40 helpers through 60 appearances. He's also maintained a solid two-way presence, adding 79 blocked shots and a plus-4 rating while centering Toronto's top line.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Four-game, seven-point streak
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Matthews scored a goal and added an assist in a 3-1 win over the Kings on Saturday.
His goal came while shorthanded in the third period, tying the score at 1-1. It was Matthews' second career shortie and his second this season. He got his first in a 7-3 win at Montreal on Jan. 18. Matthews has seven points (two goals, five assists) during a four-game scoring streak. He has 68 points in 58 games this season, earning his eighth straight season of producing better than a point per game. Sidney Crosby now holds the record for consecutive point-per-game (or better) campaigns with 20.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Collects two points
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Matthews scored a power-play goal on four shots, added an assist and blocked four shots in Thursday's 6-5 shootout loss to the Sharks.
Matthews has five goals and five helpers over his last seven outings, with seven of those 10 points coming on the power play. The 27-year-old center has had a down year by virtually every metric, though time lost to injuries is a factor. He's still at a strong 28 goals, 38 helpers, 227 shots on net, 74 blocks and an even plus-minus rating over 57 appearances, but his 12.3 shooting percentage is the second-lowest of his career.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Seven points in last five games
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Matthews delivered two assists Saturday in a 5-2 loss to the Predators.
Matthews has seven points (four goals, three assists) and 21 shots in his last five games. He has amassed 27 goals, 221 shots and 63 points in 55 contests this season. The superstar is having a down year by his standards, especially in the goal-scoring department, but Matthews is still cruising at a 90-plus-point pace. He also has 22 points on the power play after averaging 29 over the previous three seasons. That's valuable.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Scores on power play
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Matthews scored a power-play goal on eight shots and blocked two shots in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Avalanche.
Matthews had nearly a third of the Maple Leafs' 26 shots for the game. He opened the scoring early in the second period with his fourth goal and fifth point over the last three contests. For the season, the star center is up to 27 goals, 61 points (21 on the power play), 215 shots on net, 67 blocked shots and a plus-2 rating through 53 appearances.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Three points in win Monday
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Matthews recorded two power-play goals and one power-play assist in Monday's 6-2 win over Calgary.
Matthews has scored three goals over his last two appearances, and the star playmaker continues to perform at a high level while anchoring Toronto's first line as well as the first PP unit. He's cracked the scoresheet in all but two of his 12 outings, tallying six goals and 15 total points over that stretch.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Gets 24th goal in loss
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Matthews scored a goal Saturday in a 4-2 loss to Ottawa.
The goal was a gimme, but they all count. Matthews put the Leafs up 2-1 in the second period after intercepting the puck from a misplay by Linus Ullmark's attempt to clear it from danger. Matthews fired it into the open net. He has 24 goals and 33 assists in 51 games this season. It's been a disappointing campaign for fantasy managers anticipating another 60-goal effort, but the pivot can explode offensively in any game.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Twelve-game, 18-point streak
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Matthews delivered three assists in a 7-4 loss to the Avalanche on Saturday night.
The points pushed Matthews' scoring streak to 12 games (three goals, 15 assists). He continues to rack up points, and he now has 56, including 23 goals, in 48 games. Matthews' shooting rate sits at a low 11.9 percent, which is well below his 15.9 career average. He's getting it done for his team, even if he's setting up more goals than scoring.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Nets power-play marker
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Matthews scored a power-play goal on six shots and went minus-2 in Wednesday's 5-2 loss to the Golden Knights.
Matthews spoiled Adin Hill's shutout bid with a goal at 18:01 of the second period. The goal stretched Matthews' point streak to 11 games -- he has just three goals to go with 12 assists in that span, and five of those 15 points have come on the power play. The 27-year-old is up to 23 goals, 53 points (16 on the power play), 191 shots on net, 59 blocked shots and a plus-2 rating across 47 appearances in his usual top-line role.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Achieves pair of milestones Sunday
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Matthews delivered a goal on a team-high six shots and an assist in Sunday's 6-5 overtime win over Pittsburgh.
In addition to extending his point streak (two goals, 11 helpers) to nine games, Matthews reached the 700-point mark in his 607th career game. The star center's marker at 4:08 of the second period was his 390th NHL goal, which puts him second in Maple Leafs history behind Mats Sundin (420) and ahead of Darryl Sittler (389). Matthews has provided 22 goals, 29 assists and a plus-4 rating through 45 outings in 2024-25. The 27-year-old will have a strong chance at extending his point streak to 10 games Monday against a San Jose club that is conceding 3.70 goals per game this season, the worst mark in the league.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Extends point streak to eight games
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Matthews logged an assist, two shots on goal and three blocked shots in Friday's 3-2 win over the Rangers.
Matthews has a goal and 10 assists during his eight-game point streak, which he's kept alive with a single helper in each of the last three contests. His assist was timely Friday, as he set up Matthew Knies off a turnover for the game-winning goal. Matthews is up to 21 goals, 28 helpers, 173 shots on net, 58 blocked shots and a plus-4 rating through 44 appearances this season. A couple of injuries have hampered his ability to put up big numbers, but he's on track to finish above a point-per-game pace for the eighth year in a row.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Generates assist Sunday
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Matthews registered an assist and four shots on goal in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Blackhawks.
Matthews' point streak is up to six games, during which he's racked up a goal and eight assists. He had a helper on Jake McCabe's second-period go-ahead goal in this contests. The lack of goals is unusual for Matthews, but it's good to see him remain productive while potentially showcasing a bit more playmaking. The 27-year-old is in his ninth campaign and has 21 goals, 26 assists, 167 shots on net, 55 blocked shots and a plus-3 rating over 42 appearances. This would be just the second time in his career he ends up with more assists than goals in a season if he doesn't start lighting the lamp at a higher pace.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Franchise record-setting goal
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Matthews scored a goal Saturday in a 6-3 win over the Hurricanes.
Matthews' goal extended his point streak to five games (one goal, seven assists). The goal was his 21st of the season, but more impressively, it was his 389th NHL goal (603 games). That moves him into a tie with Leafs' great, Darryl Sittler (844 games), for second all-time in franchise history. Mats Sundin leads the Leafs all-time with 420 (981 games).
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Sitting out Monday
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Matthews (undisclosed) won't be available for Team USA against Sweden on Monday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.
While Matthews won't suit up Monday, Friedman notes that the superstar center will play in the championship game of the 4 Nations Face-Off against Canada on Thursday. The Americans will roll with 11 forwards and six blueliners against the Swedes.
