Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews tallies 100th point of the season
Posted April 14, 2022 8:11 pm.
Last Updated April 14, 2022 11:42 pm.
William Nylander, Michael Bunting and Ilya Mikheyev each scored twice, and Auston Matthews notched his 100th and 101st points of the season in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 7-3 throttling of the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
Toronto captain John Tavares also chipped in four assists as the Maple Leafs moved to within a victory shy equaling the club record of 49, set in 2017-18.
Matthews became just the third player in Maple Leafs history to hit 100 points on a season after assisting on Bunting’s opening goal. He joins Doug Gilmour and Darryl Sittler as the only players in franchise history to accomplish the feat.
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“It’s humbling to be mentioned with those two guys,” Matthews said. “They paved the way for us, and they have done a lot for this team and this city.”
Gilmour holds the all time record for a Maple Leaf with 127 points in the 1992-93 season.
Matthews has gone two games without a goal but already has set the club record with 58 goals. He is two shy of becoming the first U.S.-born player to score 60 with eight games remaining.
Files from The Canadian Press were used in this report
