“There was a lot of stuff going through my mind.” Ever gracious, Auston Matthews described his record-setting as humbling and special. But as he reached the peak of one mountain, he treated it as a base camp for the next one. (By lukefoxjukebox)
superstar been granted a full 82 games in 2020-21, he would’ve given 65 a fright.
“I was very disappointed for him last year. The first few seasons he had good years, but he had injuries. All of a sudden, he's there, and he's got the opportunity in spring [of 2020] — and it's not an injury that takes it away from him. “Honestly, it hasn’t really weighed on me too much,” Matthews said inside American Airlines Center Thursday, just hours before he’d go out and bump Vaive to second place.“To be honest, I don't think so,”countered. “I just think he was that dominant tonight. He was just all over it. You could see right from the very start of the game.”
With the record within grasp Tuesday in Florida, Matthews registered eight shots but finished with three assists instead. And it wasn’t until his 10th shot Thursday, during an unforgettable 4-3 overtime win in Dallas, that Papi became the granddaddy of all Maple Leafs goal scorers. Matthews dropped to his left knee to get the shot off, then dropped the right knee to celebrate with a fist pump so emphatic it could’ve knocked out Mike Tyson. He loosened a holler of elation.“Just a lot of emotions running through your mind, I guess, and just running through your body when you see the puck go in. I don't know really what else to say. But it was definitely exciting and a really fun moment.
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