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Auston Matthews breaks Toronto Maple Leafs’ record; sets mark for most goals in season by U.S.-born player

Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews made history twice over in Thursday night’s 4-3 overtime victory against host Dallas. The 24-year-old scored his 55th goal of the season late in the second period, passing Rick Vaive to claim Toronto’s single-season goal-scoring record. His 56th gave the Maple Leafs the victory in overtime and set the […]

Auston Matthews ties Toronto Maple Leafs record for goals in season with 54th

Auston Matthews owns a piece of Toronto Maple Leafs history, hitting the 54-goal mark Monday night to tie Rick Vaive’s franchise goal-scoring record. The 24-year-old Matthews scored a hat trick against the host Tampa Bay Lightning in the Maple Leafs’ 6-2 victory to pull even with Vaive, whose record has stood for over 40 years […]

Auston Matthews joins exclusive Toronto Maple Leafs club with NHL-leading 50th goal

Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 50th goal of the season and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the visiting Winnipeg Jets 7-3 on Thursday night. Matthews scored Toronto’s sixth goal of the game into an empty net with 2:06 left in regulation. He moved past Leon Draisaitl (49 goals) of idle Edmonton for the league goal […]

Washington Capitals’ Nicklas Backstrom makes season debut vs. Chicago Blackhawks

CHICAGO — The Washington Capitals welcomed a star back to the lineup Wednesday and temporarily lost one at the same time. On a night when Evgeny Kuznetsov had to sit out due to the league’s COVID-19 protocol, Nicklas Backstrom returned and authored the standard type of game befit of the veteran. Activated Wednesday afternoon, after […]

Alex Ovechkin climbs list of NHL all-time, power-play goal scorers in Washington Capitals’ victory

Ovechkin’s second-period goal was his 265th with the extra man, tying him with Brett Hull for second place and leaving him nine behind all-time league leader Dave Andreychuk (274). The 35-year-old Russian, who also picked up two assists, has 19 goals this season and 725 in his career. He is six goals shy of tying […]

2020 NHL Playoffs Today: New York Islanders seek to even series

Check out ESPN NHL Playoffs Today every day of the postseason until the Stanley Cup is handed out in October. Game 2: No. 2 Tampa Bay Lightning vs. No. 7 New York Islanders (TB leads 1-0) | 8 p.m. “The road is not always the same. It’s structured with all these twists and turns,” said […]

Future Hall of Famers for all 31 NHL teams

If only there were a formula that could determine Hall worthiness … Well, three years ago, we created one. It’s a simple four-quadrant test that one can apply to prospective Hall of Fame candidates to see whether they have the stuff of legends, and here it is: 1. Individual production: This encompasses a player’s statistical […]