The Rocket Richard Trophy race continues to warm up as the 2 leaders, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews and Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak, each scored in their particular games on Saturday.
Matthews showcased his speed going into the offending zone, outskating the Canucks defense and in some way getting one past Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko for his 45 th goal of the season. It was a consent goal in the first duration to make it 2-1 Maple Leafs.
It was Matthews’ 31 st goal of the season at home, connected for second- the majority of in a season in franchise history and simply 3 behind Darryl Sittler’s record of 34 embeded in 1977-78
Toronto protected a 4-2 win over the Canucks as the Maple Leafs enhanced their record 22 -7 -5 when Matthews lights the light.
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The goal assisted Matthews keep pace with Boston’s Pastrnak, who scored his 47 th goal of the season in a 4-0 win over the New York City Islanders.
Pastrnak opened the scoring after Bruins defenseman Torey Krug got a cross-ice pass and tried to link with forward Patrice Bergeron. The pass lagged Bergeron, who was charging the net, and the puck entered into the corner where Pastrnak one-timed a picture past Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov.
It was the 15 th time that Pastrnak had actually opened the scoring for the Bruins in a game this season. The only gamer in NHL history who has actually done it more in a single season was Brett Hull in 1990-91 (20) and 1991-92 (16).
Pastrnak keeps his 2-goal edge on Matthews in the Rocket Richardrace Both teams have 16 games staying in the season.
