Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 60th goal, Ilya Samsonov stopped 34 shots and Toronto beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Saturday night in front of a distinctly raucous Maple Leafs-backed road crowd.
Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews celebrates his 60th goal of the season during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Buffalo, N.Y. Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews puts the puck past Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to score his 60th goal of the season during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Buffalo, N.Y.
“It means a lot, obviously. This is much of a team accomplishment in my opinion as an individual one,” Matthews said. “It’s always a fun atmosphere here with all the blue and white in the stands. Definitely pretty cool.” The 26-year-old from Arizona joins a group of eight NHL players to have multiple 60-goal seasons, and is the first since Pavel Bure had back-to-back 60-goal campaigns with the Vancouver Canucks in 1992-93 and 1993-94.
A night after rallying from a 2-0 deficit in a 5-2 win over New Jersey, the Sabres continued their trend of inconsistent outings that has them slipping out of contention and in jeopardy of extending the team’s NHL-record playoff drought to a 13th consecutive season. “I’ve got to find a way to bury some of those,” said Cozens in a game the Sabres’ power-play finished 0 for 6. “It definitely gets frustrating after a while. You get tons of chances and the goalie just stands on his head.”
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