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Auston Matthews scored twice for a league-leading goal – equalizing an NHL record after five games – and helped the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 on Thursday night.
Matthews has joined Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Marleau, Mario Lemieux and Mike Bossy as the only modern league players to have scored nine goals in the first five games of their team, according to Elias Sports Bureau's research . He is one of 16 players to have achieved the feat of the history of the NHL.
Matthews joined Sweeney Schriner (1944-1945) and Corb Denneny (1921-1922) as the third player in franchise history to score in each of his first five games in a season.
"He had a quick start last year too, unfortunately he was injured," said Toronto coach Mike Babcock. "He's a tough man, really worked hard on his body, worked hard on his skating and all parts of his game, with and without the puck, he's better."
Morgan Rielly had a goal and an assist, giving him 11 points to equal the good start of Bobby Orr in the 1973-1974 season. Rielly and Orr are only defenseman Harry Cameron, who scored 15 points in the first five games of the Toronto arenas of the 1917-18 season.
"I'm not going to talk about personal things," Rielly said. I think it's more important to go ahead. "
The information provided by the Associated Press has been used in this report.
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