Toronto gets past St. Louis
Matthews scores 49th goal of year
Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 49th goal of the season and added an assist, sparking the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-2 victory against the host St. Louis Blues on Monday.
“It’s pretty nice to watch him,” Matthew Knies said about Matthews. “He’s been a huge leader. He’s a big influence for our whole team. I’m really happy for him.”
Matthews, the top pick in the 2016 NHL draft, had recorded hat tricks in his two previous games. His goahead goal came on a power play in the beginning of the third period.
He has scored 14 goals and nine assists on the power play this season.
Knies also scored and William Nylander scored a short-handed goal for the Maple Leafs.
Bobby McMann added an empty net goal.
Mitchell Marner registered two assists.
Other games
Ducks 4, Sabres 3: Troy Terry scored the go-ahead goal with 64 seconds left in the second period and had two assists, and visiting Anaheim pick up a win against Buffalo.
Bruins 4, Stars 3 (SO): Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy scored in the shootout and host Boston snapped a four-game losing streak with a win against Dallas to move a point ahead of the Florida Panthers in the Atlantic Division.
Wild 10, Canucks 7: Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov each had hat tricks for host Minnesota, who faced a three-goal deficit in the second period before storming back with six unanswered goals and hanging on for a record-filled victory against NHL-leading Vancouver. Minnesota’s six scores in a span of 5: 45 was the fastest such flurry in the NHL in 25 years, since Washington had six goals in 4:47 in a game on Feb. 3, 1999.
Red Wings 4, Kraken 3 ( OT): Ben Chiarot scored 1:06 into overtime, Patrick Kane got his 800th career assist and visiting Detroit beat Seattle.
Oilers 6, Coyotes 3: Evander Kane scored two of Edmonton’s four goals in the third period, Connor McDavid added two assists to extend his NHL lead and the Oilers stretched host Arizona’s losing streak to 10 games with a win. Golden Knights 4, Sharks
0: Mason Morelli had a goal and an assist in his NHL debut, Logan Thompson had his fourth career shutout and visiting Vegas completed a season sweep against San Jose.
Flames 6, Jets 3: Nazem Kadri had two goals and an assist as host Calgary rallied from a two-goal deficit to post a victory against Winnipeg to end a three-game slide.
Hurricanes 6, Blackhawks 3: Martin Necas and Sebastian Aho each had a goal and an assist, and Carolina held on to beat visiting Chicago as the Hurricanes have won three straight.
Senators 4, Lightning 2: Mathieu Joseph had two goals, Anton Forsberg made 23 saves and Ottawa beat host Tampa Bay after the Lightning lost to Florida, 9-2, on Saturday.