“Pretty special goal” – Auston Matthews regains series lead over Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday
Auston Matthews
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ star Auston Matthews had a slump prior to his Tuesday game where he didn’t score since Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoff’s first-round against the Lightning. But Matthews didn’t let the streak continue and took charge of the game where it was to score Tuesday’s game-winner in Game 5, capping off a tremendous comeback that gave the Leafs a 3-2 series lead over defending the Stanley Cup Champions.
The Maple Leafs battled back from 2 goals down to a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL playoffs on Tuesday. The Leafs trailed 2-0 after the first period, but Matthews settled the contest with their 3rd goal in the third period. Auston Matthews told the reporters, “It was pretty special”. “To battle back from down two goals, and never losing hope and competing, that was big.”
‘It was a team effort’ – Auston Matthews regains control over Tuesday’s game
Auston Matthews led the NHL with 60 goals but he didn’t score since Game 1 of the series until Tuesday. As penned on uk.sports.yahoo.com, John Tavares, Matthews’ teammate spoke, “His whole game is all just really good”. “When you score 60 goals, that’s going to get [discussed], and how he scores it in different ways and the uniqueness of his shot in his abilities, but his all-around game is as good as anybody’s in the league.
“He’s going to play hard and compete because they’re making it hard on him to earn his ice and opportunities, so good for him to play them hard.”
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The tremendous win for Toronto came to action because of a two-man play, by both Matthews and linemate Mitchell Marner. Marner sent a puck off Andrei Vasilevskiy’s pad which landed in a perfect position for Matthews to score the goal. In regards to Marner’s assist, Matthews spoke, “He’s such a special player”, “that anytime he’s got the puck, I just try to get open or try to anticipate it’s coming to me. Just an unbelievably key play by him and I knew I just had to get my stick on the ice.”
Tuesday’s game had a fictional happy ending for the Toronto Maple Leafs compared to their gloomy star at the Playoff Series. Matthews noted that it was a team effort that got the Leafs the win, “I just think we needed to possess the puck a little bit more”, “and get on top of them and be forechecking and not giving them as much time and space. We were on top of them and had our heads up to make plays.”
Kaushani Chatterjee
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