It was Matthews’s 56th goal of the season, the largest in a single season by a US-born player in NHL history. The 24-year-old set a Maple Leafs record in the second period with his 55th goal to overtake Rick Vaive, who scored 54 for Toronto in 1981-82. “The names that came before us, just to have the same breath as some of these guys, are extremely humiliating,” Matthews said. “It’s a great honor. I feel great, but we are working on something bigger than that. It is a nice step, but there is work to be done.” William Nylander had one goal and one assist for the Maple Leafs (46-19-6), who extended their lead to seven games (6-0-1), five points ahead of Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay. Lightning. second place in the Atlantic Division. Jack Campbell made 15 saves. “It’s very impressive to do and it’s difficult to score in this league, and it made it look very easy, especially the last two games and really two years,” Toronto striker Mitchell Marner told Matthews. . “It was a lot of fun to watch and a lot of fun to be on the ice for many of those who help him achieve that goal.” Video: TOR @ DAL: Matthews lifts Toronto to OT with 2 goals Joe Pavelski had one goal and one assist and Scott Wedgewood made 37 saves for the Stars (40-26-4), who scored one point and were two ahead of the Vegas Golden Knights for the second wild card in the Stanley Cup. Playoff from the Western Region. Jason Robertson had two assists. “The atmosphere in the locker rooms, the mentality we have [is that] “We never get away,” said Wetzwood. “Regardless of the number of shots or anything like that, I just always found that we find a way to create something. Whether they need 50 minutes or not, they are still looking and will not give up. “It’s a team with good power supplies and obviously we are all fighting for something as a team and I’m excited that I will obviously keep going here and see what we can do.” Nylander gave the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead at 7:28 in the first period after a pass from Mark Giordano. It was his fourth goal in four games. Tyler Seguin equalized 1-1 at 9:46 when the elf escaped from his stick in the left circle and entered between Campbell’s cushions. Video: TOR @ DAL: Rielly brings Toronto to the top Matthews passed Vaive and set Toronto’s record with a power-play goal at 18:58 of the second, when he scored from a sharp corner at the bottom of the left circle, making it 2-1. “I felt good,” Matthews said. “Just a lot of emotions go through your mind, I guess, and they just run through your body when you see the elf coming in. I really do not know what else to say. It was definitely an exciting and fun time.” John Klingberg equalized 2-2 at 5:43 in the third period with a Roberton monometer. Morgan Rielly once fed Marner to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 lead at 10:36, but Pavelski equalized 3-3 at 17:37 in a redirect from Ryan Suter. Matthews won it when he skated with the elf from the ice in the center, passed by two defenders and got a shot from Wedgewood. “You enter these last 10 minutes of the third period and we achieved a great goal a few minutes ago,” said Dallas coach Rick Bones. “You’re down there, you get a point, so you get it. We definitely went for extra time for two, we just didn’t get it tonight. It was a world-class move by Matthews, a world-class player.” NOTES: It was Matthews’s 52nd NHL multi-point game, passing Pat LaFontaine from a US-born player before the age of 25. He increased his streak of points to 15 games (19 goals, 10 assists) and had 12 shots on goal. . Μ Marner had one assist to extend his points streak to 12 games (eight goals, 19 assists). Ι Nylander has four goals and five assists in a five-point series. Το Toronto ended 3-0-1 in a four-race road trip. Vel Pavelski reached 70 points for the fourth time in his NHL career. Gu Seguin has scored in back-to-back games.
