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Game in 10: Auston Matthews and William Nylander put on a show again in Maple Leafs’ seven-goal romp over Minnesota

The first Saturday night game of the season is in the book, Auston Matthews has two hat tricks through two games, and the Maple Leafs are 2-0 to start the season. There are things to work on – and eventually, the team defense and goaltending will n

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Published: 11 months ago

Auston Matthews was driving toward his resurgence with the Maple Leafs all summer

Matthews' back-to-back hat tricks to open the season are no accident. He spent all summer motoring toward a monster bounce-back year.

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Published: 11 months ago

‘It’s fun’: Matthews’ historic hat trick leads Maple Leafs’ offensive explosion

You couldn’t have scripted a better start to the 2023-24 campaign than Auston Matthews’ first two games. The two-time Rocket Richard Trophy winner netted his second consecutive hat trick and led an offensive onslaught against the Wild.

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Published: 11 months ago

Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews scores second hat trick in second game of season

Matthews becomes the fifth player to score back-to-back hat tricks to start a season.

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Published: 11 months ago

Matthews 5th player ever to open with 2 hat tricks

Auston Matthews registered his second hat trick in two games to open the season, becoming just the fifth player in NHL history to do so, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Saturday night at Scotiabank Arena.

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Published: 11 months ago

Sheldon Keefe Post Game, Leafs 7 vs. Wild 4: “I’ve gotten somewhat used to Auston having big nights and making a big impact… He’s having lots of fun”

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after the Maple Leafs’ 7-4 win over the Minnesota Wild that improved the team’s record to 2-0-0. On a couple of high-scoring, chancy games to start the season; It is early. I guess that is all I would say. It is

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Published: 11 months ago

Matthews becomes 5th player ever with back-to-back hat tricks to start season

Two games, six goals. It's quite the start for Auston Matthews.The Toronto Maple Leafs superstar became the fifth player in NHL history to open the season with back-to-back hat tricks and only the second to do it since 1917-18. Alex Ovechkin accompli

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Published: 11 months ago

Auston Matthews Makes Statement with Back-to-Back Hat Tricks

The post Auston Matthews Makes Statement with Back-to-Back Hat Tricks appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. Auston Matthews scored another hat trick in his second game of the 2023-24 season, setting a tone for the year. The post Auston Matthews Makes St

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Published: 11 months ago

Report: Jackets, Jets, Predators among teams interested in Garland

Conor Garland's market is beginning to take shape.The Columbus Blue Jackets, Winnipeg Jets, and Nashville Predators are among the teams interested in the Vancouver Canucks winger, reports Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.Vancouver reportedly granted Gar

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Published: 11 months ago

‘Line chemistry’: Maple Leafs’ Nylander on the catalyst for offensive explosion

Kyle Bukauskas caught up with William Nylander to discuss the Maple Leafs’ hot start to the season, including Auston Matthews’ back-to-back hat trick.

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Published: 11 months ago

NHL Highlights: Maple Leafs 7, Wild 4

Auston Matthews became the fifth player in NHL history to score back-to-back hat tricks to begin a season while William Nylander scored three points including two goals to help lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 7-4 win over the Minnesota Wild.

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Published: 11 months ago

Knee Jerk Reaction: We’re running out of things to say about Auston Matthews

I mean…what do you even say at this point?  Auston Matthews, two games, two hat-tricks to open the season. A lot of things have to go right in a 7-4 win, but how do you focus on anybody but the guy who scored his fourth, fifth, and sixth goals of

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Published: 11 months ago