Auston Matthews had a monster game, scoring two goals and five points to pad his lead on the Rocket Richard race with 57 goals on the season. His counterpart, Alex Ovechkin, got on the board in the losing effort with two goals in the game to make it 845 for his career.
Father time is beginning to show in 38-year-old Alex Ovechkin's game, with the sniper having a bit of a down year compared to previous seasons, but the Russian native is heating up at the right time of the season, scoring five goals in his last three games. With Ovechkin's recent goal streak, he is only 49 goals away from tying "The Great One", Wayne Gretzky's record total of 894, the most goals ever scored by a player in the NHL.
Matthews is well on his way to being the greatest Leaf ever and if he can keep up his goal scoring pace, he will be in the conversation with Gretzky and Ovechkin. Imagine before all is said and done and his career is winding down. If he could do this while remaining in the hockey mecca that is Toronto for his whole career, the media coverage of the race will be next level.
