Maple Leafs heart Auston Matthews‘ first aim of the 2024 postseason could not have come at a extra excellent time.
The No. 1 total choose of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft scored the go-ahead aim in Toronto’s 3-2 Recreation 2 win over the Bruins on Monday evening to tie the sequence at one sport apiece.
Matthews led the league in targets (69) this season. His aim in opposition to the Bruins got here per week shy of the one-year anniversary of his final postseason aim, in Recreation 6 of Toronto’s 2023 first-round sequence with the Lightning. He had gone six consecutive playoff video games with out recording a aim, which was tied for the longest streak of his profession.
The 2-time All-Star’s imprint was throughout Recreation 2 as he assisted on the Maple Leafs’ different two targets. Toronto will want extra performances just like the one Matthews had on Monday if it needs to keep away from one other first-round exit.
He is reached the postseason in every of his first eight seasons within the league however solely has made it to the second spherical as soon as.
Recreation 3 within the sequence in Toronto on Wednesday evening.
