TORONTO — Auston Matthews moved closer to a milestone that has gone untouched for more than 30 years. Dylan Larkin and his teammates are fine with that — they secured two priceless points in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
TORONTO — Auston Matthews moved closer to a milestone that has gone untouched for more than 30 years.
The Maple Leafs sniper scored in the second period as part of a comeback that saw the home side erase a 4-1 deficit. Every time Matthews touched the puck from there, the sense of anticipation rose inside a bubbling Scotiabank Arena.Matthews, who has scored 10 times in his last eight games to equal Mario Lemieux's total of 69 in 1995-96, is looking to become the first player to hit 70 goals in a campaign since Teemu Selanne and Alexander Mogilny both reached 76 in 1992-93.
"It's special," said Reimer, who was drafted by the Leafs in 2006 and spent six seasons in Toronto."Proud of the guys." Mitch Marner, with a goal and two assists, John Tavares and Nick Robertson also scored for Toronto . Ilya Samsonov stopped 28 shots. Morgan Rielly had two assists. That set the stage for Matthews, who hit the crossbar in the first, to fire No. 69 past Reimer before emphatically punching the air at 10:23 inside a deafening rink.
"I felt our team was gonna be better," Keefe said."And I felt Sammy needed to be a part of that. Glad it worked out the way it did, because he was outstanding."Detroit tied it 1:27 later when DeBrincat scored his 25th and the Wings went ahead at 13:39 when Edvinsson added his first.
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