Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 57th and 58th goals of the season 27 seconds apart in the first period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday.
The sniper’s opener marked his 50th goal in his last 50 games, making him the first player to accomplish the feat since Mario Lemieux in 1995-96.
Cole Caufield and Joel Edmundson replied for Montreal . Jake Allen stopped the first 14 shots he faced before leaving with an apparent leg injury as he stretched in vain for Matthews’ first of the night. Sam Montembeault made 23 stops the rest of the way. Montembault replaced the ailing Allen, but could do nothing on the first shot he faced when Matthews wired his 58th of the campaign under the netminder’s glove just 27 seconds later.
Tavares, whose team is in a battle for Atlantic Division playoff positioning, scored his 26th at 8:07 on a shot that went in off Canadiens defenceman Jordan Harris to make it 3-1.
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