Auston Matthews on track for 67 goals, the NHL's most in a season in nearly 30 years
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has an NHL-leading 58 goals this season, and scoring 70 would require a goal-a-game tear down the stretch. He is on pace for 67, which would be the most in the NHL since 1996.
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![Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews, right has scored 60 goals in a season once. He's on pace for 67, which would be the most since the Capitals' Alex Ovechkin reached 65 in the 2007-08 campaign. Toronto Maple Leafs forward, dressed in a visitors' white jersey with blue logo, pats goalie on top of helmet in celebration of a victory in a March 20, 2024 NHL game in Washington.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7154822.1711387684!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/matthews-auston-240320-1180.jpg)
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has an NHL-leading 58 goals this season, and scoring 70 would require a goal-a-game tear down the stretch. He is on pace for 67, which would be the most in the NHL since 1996.