Matthews hits milestone, but Leafs stumble in 4-3 shootout loss to Jets Globe_Sports
Winnipeg Jets right winger Blake Wheeler scores the game winning goal in the shootout against Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen in NHL action in Toronto on Wednesday, January 8, 2020.Auston Matthews put his name in the Maple Leafs history books on Wednesday but it wasn’t enough to keep the home team from absorbing a 4-3 shootout loss to the Jets.
Things went largely awry after that, with the exception of Matthews netting his 30th and 31st goals of the season. With it, he became only the sixth player in team history with 30 or more in four consecutive seasons, and the first to do it in the first four years of his career. Matthews rescued him by tying it with a sharp wrist shot only 56 seconds later. Then Mason Appleton put the Jets back ahead on a short-handed breakaway two minutes before the intermission. Appleton had not scored this season before that.In a game as sluggish as Monday night’s was fast with the Oilers in town, Toronto had only six shots in the first period and Winnipeg could muster but four. It scored on half of its tries, however.
Winnipeg entered the game 31st and last in the NHL in killing off penalties, but stopped the Maple Leafs on three attempts. As the third man-advantage drew to a sloppy close, the crowd at Scotiabank Arena grumbled like an upset stomach.
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