The best goal scorer in the game, Auston Matthews, took on the best goaltender, Andrei Vasilevskiy. Decision: Matthews. By a mile. Matthews now has 54 goals, tying Rick Vaive’s franchise-best for most goals in a season set in 1981-82. kevin_mcgran:
TAMPA, FLA. The best goal scorer in the game, Auston Matthews, took on the best goaltender, Andrei Vasilevskiy.Matthews scored three times to set off all sorts of franchise-record alarm bells and, more importantly, to lead theto a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning and put Toronto into sole possession of second place in the Atlantic Division.
Marner seemed more excited than Matthews after the record-tying goal. “I feel like a proud brother, to be honest,” he said. “Even when that 50th went in , I was trying to keep my energy pretty low, but I was quite fired up when he got 50. He does a lot for us … It’s great to see him get rewarded.” Matthews has scored 47 goals in his last 47 games and has a shot at the rarely hit 50 in 50, though it would not be recognized as a record since it was not from the start of the season.
“But, no doubt the accomplishment of tying that record here, and doing it so convincingly on the road against a team like this, and just around the corner from getting the 50th, it’s pretty outstanding.” Coach Jon Cooper went one further. “I wouldn’t be surprised if some time in his career he gets 70. That’s how good a scorer he is.”
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