Auston Matthews registered his second hat trick in two games to open the season, becoming just the fifth player in NHL history to do so, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Saturday night at Scotiabank Arena.
"I want to play at the highest level that I can every night," Matthews said after the win."I'm not really thinking in the past or thinking about years in the past. It's all about today. Just trying to go out and put in my best effort and do what I can to help the team."
Matthews then started to take over. The center, who scored a career-high 60 goals when he was the NHL MVP for the 2021-22 season, fired past Gustavsson at 10:54. Nylander then sent a charge through the crowd with a breathtaking individual effort late in the period when he stepped past a couple of defenders and slotted home his second.
But the Wild got one back 34 seconds later when Boldy beat Samsonov, and Rossi batted in his first NHL goal at 9:51 to make it 4-3 through 40 minutes.
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