If Rick Vaive hopes to witness Auston Matthews breaking his Maple Leafs record live, he might have to catch a last-minute flight to Florida. ✍: lukefoxjukebox
Well, the Leafs legend might need to scramble and catch a last-minute flight to Florida, because at the rate Matthews is rolling, the torch will not wait until the end of this road trip to get passed.
“When you have that arsenal of weapons he has, and the way he shoots, I wouldn't be surprised if some time in his career he gets 70," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said."That's how good of a scorer he is. "I just don't think you could ever put any sort of limitations on someone like him, with the ability that he has and the drive that he has," Keefe said.
“I feel like a proud brother, to be honest,” Marner said of Matthews’ latest feat. “We try to push each other every day.Tampa’s Steven Stamkos — the last player to hit 60, in 2011-12 — spoke Monday of how he dreaded finishing with 49 or 59, how that would haunt an athlete/"A little different situation," Stamkos noted. "We weren't as good of a team at that time as Toronto is. So, it was something where the guys were really going out of their way to [help me].
“He's forechecking. He's tracking. He's creating turnovers. He's doing all the different things that lead to goals and giving himself those opportunities to score. He does it in so many different ways that contributes to winning.• Since Nov. 24, Engvall has scored more even-strength goals than John Tavares or William Nylander . He burst up-ice and sniped a beauty past Vasilevskiy on the Leafs’ first shot of the night.
Last Leaf to draw 40? Nazem Kadri, who accomplished the feat thrice and holds the unofficial franchise record for most penalties drawn with 64 in 2015-16.
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