NHL LIVE Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils 11th April 2024 Full Game Reaction
13Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews will continue his pursuit of history Thursday night in a rematch against the visiting New Jersey Devils.
Matthews scored his 66th goal in Toronto's 5-2 road victory over the Devils on Tuesday.
Matthews, who extended his goal streak to six games (seven goals), passed Alex Ovechkin (65 goals in 2007-08) for the most goals in a season by an active player.
Matthews became the first player to score at least 66 goals in a season since Mario Lemieux scored 69 for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1995-96. Maple Leafs players are excited about his chances of reaching 70 goals, not accomplished since 1992-93 (Alexander Mogilny, Teemu Selanne).
Toronto (46-23-9) has four games left in the regular season.
The goal gave Matthews a 12-game point streak (11 goals, 11 assists) and 16 goals in 17 career games against the Devils (37-37-5, 79 points).
The setback damaged the Devils' dwindling playoff hopes with three games left.
New Jersey announced Tuesday that forward Jack Hughes will undergo shoulder surgery in Colorado and miss the remainder of the season.
Tyler Bertuzzi had two goals (one empty net) and an assist for Toronto.
Toronto is trying to set the tone for the playoffs.
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Forwards
Tyler Bertuzzi - Auston Matthews - Max Domi
Bobby McMann - John Tavares - Mitch Marner
Nicholas Robertson - Pontus Holmberg - William Nylander
Connor Dewar - David Kampf - Matthew Knies
Defencemen
Morgan Rielly - Ilya Lyubushkin
Simon Benoit - Joel Edmundson
Mark Giordano - TJ Brodie
Goalies
Ilya Samsonov
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Martin Jones, Noah Gregor, Conor Timmins, Jake McCabe, Ryan Reaves
Injured: Calle Jarnkrok (hand), Matt Murray (hip), Timothy Liljegren (upper body)
Devils projected lineup
Forwards
Graeme Clarke - Nico Hischier - Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier - Erik Haula - Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat - Shane Bowers - Alexander Holtz
Kurtis MacDermid - Chris Tierney - Nolan Foote
Defencemen
Luke Hughes - John Marino
Kevin Bahl - Brendan Smith
Jonas Siegenthaler - Simon Nemec
Goalies
Jake Allen
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Brian Halonen, Nick DeSimone
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (torn pectoral muscle), Nathan Bastian (lower body), John Marino (undisclosed), Curtis Lazar (upper body), Jack Hughes (shoulder), Tomas Nosek (undisclosed)
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