Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews tallies 100th point of the season
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.”
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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
