Watch Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews make history by scoring goal No. 50 against the Coyotes.
Auston Matthews’ record-breaking goal-scoring season continues.
On Wednesday, the Toronto Maple Leafs star scored his 50th goal in 54 games, making him the fastest U.S.-born player to do it in a season.
Matthews scored his 50th goal against the Arizona Coyotes at 5:01 of the first period, breaking the previous record of 50 goals in 62 games held by Matthews (2021-22) and Kevin Stevens (1992-93).
Matthews is now the ninth fastest player in NHL history to reach 50 goals in a season (55 team games). Wayne Gretzky holds the record with 39 games, followed by Mario Lemieux (46 games), Brett Hull (49 games), Henry Richard (50 games), Mike Bossy (50 games), Bernie Nichols (51 games), Jari Kurri (53 games), and Alexander Mogilny (53 games).
The milestone at Mullett Arena was especially meaningful for Matthews, an Arizona native who grew up rooted for the Coyotes.
Before the game, he chatted briefly with The Hockey News about the chance of creating history in front of family and friends at home, but he was more concerned about the Leafs’ four-game winning run.
“That would be amazing. “That would be cool,” Matthews added. “(But) I’m just going to try to go out there and execute and play my game.”
“That would be amazing. That would be cool,” Matthews said. “(But) I’m just going to try to go out there and execute and play my game.”
