Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews reaches 60-goal mark for 2nd time in 3 seasons

Toronto centre Auston Matthews became the NHL's first two-time 60-goal scorer in 30 years, scoring with 5:37 left in the Maple Leafs' 3-0 victory over the host Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews celebrates his 60th goal of the season with forward Max Domi during the third period of a 3-0 win over the Sabres on Saturday night in Buffalo.

Matthews matched the franchise record he set when he led the NHL in goals two seasons ago. The 26-year-old joins a group of eight NHL players to have multiple 60-goal seasons, and first since Pavel Bure had back-to-back 60-goal campaigns with the Vancouver Canucks in 1992-93 and 1993-94.Matthews, from Scottsdale, Ariz., became the first U.S.-born player to accomplish the feat."It means a lot, obviously.

Matthews did much of the work in setting up the goal by chasing after Buffalo defenseman Bowen Byram, who lost his stick while trying to track a puck dumped into the Sabres end. Matthews' first attempt was stopped by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. The Maple Leafs worked the puck back to the point where Connor Timmins's shot was stopped by Luukkonen with Matthews sweeping the loose puck into the open left side to cap the scoring.

"It's really impressive. Obviously, he's able to score a lot of goals, but his play in all three zones away from the puck with the puck is just exceptional," Toronto captain John Tavares said. "He's just the total package." The goal came in the same arena where the Maple Leafs selected Matthews with the No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft.Matthews says focus solely on hockey, winning after signing extension with Maple Leafs

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