Jesper Bratt's late goal secures victory for the New Jersey Devils against the Toronto Maple Leafs, despite Auston Matthews' impressive performance. Matthews becomes the NHL's leading goal scorer of the season.
TORONTO — Jesper Bratt broke a tie with 1:14 left with his second goal of the game and the New Jersey Devils beat Toronto 6-5 on Thursday night, overcoming Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews ' NHL -leading 67th and 68th goals of the season.'A little sloppy at times,' Matthews said. 'Didn't seem like we were as dialed in as we should have been.'Matthews has the most goals in the NHL since Mario Lemieux had 69 in 1995-96.
With the teams tied at 4, Matthews took a tripping penalty in the third and the Devils capitalized when Bratt beat Samsonov with his 26th with 8:57 to go.Tavares got things back level again with 4:47 left when he buried his second of the night — and 26th of the campaign. But the Devils responded with 1:14 to go when Bratt snapped in his 27th off the rush.'Loose game, strange game,' Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. 'Not one that you love, but we'll move on.
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