Auston Matthews' return from injury sparked the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-4 victory over the Boston Bruins. Matthew Knies recorded his first career NHL hat trick, while Mitch Marner had a goal and four assists.
Jan 04, 2025 at 09:57 PM ETTORONTO — The return from injury of Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews proved to be quite the tonic for linemates Matthew Knies and Mitch Marner on Saturday night. Knies recorded his first career NHL hat trick and added two assists and Marner had a goal and four assists while Matthews contributed a goal and two assists as Toronto downed the Boston Bruins 6-4.
'It's pretty nice getting (number) 34 back down the middle,' said Leafs defenceman Jake McCabe, who scored his first goal of the season.'He (Matthews) was his normal self out there, heavy on pucks, making plays happen, responsible defensively.Matthews returned after a six-game absence due to an undisclosed upper-body injury that had sidelined him since Dec. 20. The star centre has missed 15 of the team's 40 games this season, also sitting out nine contests in November, with Toronto going 10-5-0 without him. 'I felt good. I thought my linemates made it pretty easy for me tonight too,' Matthews said with a smile.'The chemistry was there.''It felt incredible. I felt the luck back on my side,' said Knies.'That was a good game, a good overall effort from all of us in here.''He's an absolute horse down there. You can't get the puck from him,' said McCabe Boston rallied from 2-0 and 3-2 down, with David Pastrnak tying the game at 3-3 just 34 seconds after Knies' second of the night had put Toronto ahead at 4:17 of the third period. Knies restored the Leafs lead with his 14th of the season at 5:28, beating Jeremy Swayman after taking a feed from Matthews from behind the goal. After Marner's empty-net goal, Pastrnak added his second of the evening to make it 5-4 with less than two minutes remaining. A sliding Matthews then capped the evening with his 12th of the season, poking the puck into the empty net with 31 seconds remainin
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