Auston Matthews played his 600th regular-season game for the Leafs in a 6-3 loss to the Devils. Matthews is aiming to become the first player in over three decades to score 70 goals in a season.
played the 600th regular-season game of his career for the Leafs , who suffered an ugly 6-3 loss to the Devils on home ice late last month before picking up a 5-2 road victory Tuesday.
Tied 4-4 through two periods, Matthews took a tripping penalty in the third and the Devils capitalized when Bratt beat Samsonov with this 26th at 11:03. The goal — his ninth in the last seven games — was the sniper's 274th all-time at even strength to pass Mats Sundin for top spot in franchise history.got mixed up with Matthews. Domi took exception and dropped the gloves with the rookie to earn himself an instigator penalty and a 10-minute misconduct.
Matthews then snapped his 67th at 6:08 — the 366th of his career to pass Dave Keon for third on the franchise's all-time list.
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