Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews will make historical past if he scores his seventieth aim of the season tonight towards the Florida Panthers.
The 26-year-old star would be a part of an elite firm, turning into the ninth participant to achieve the 70-goal membership. The opposite gamers to do it embody Wayne Gretzky, Brett Hull, Phil Esposito, Jari Kurri, Mario Lemieux, Bernie Nicholls, Alexander Mogilny and Teemu Selanne.
Mogilny and Selanne have been the final gamers to do it in the course of the 1992-93 season. Mogilny completed with 76 objectives in 77 video games with the Buffalo Sabres, whereas Selanne additionally scored 76 objectives in 84 video games as a rookie with the Winnipeg Jets.
Gretzky scored over 70 objectives on 4 totally different events, together with a 92-goal season with the Edmonton Oilers in 1981-82. Hull additionally scored over 70 objectives 3 times, together with a career-high 86 objectives with the St. Louis Blues in 1990-91.
Matthews would change into the primary participant in Maple Leafs historical past to attain 70 objectives. He handed Rick Vaive (beforehand 54) for probably the most objectives scored in a season by a Maple Leaf in 2021-22, ending with 60 objectives in 73 video games.
Oilers star Connor McDavid reached his personal private milestone on Monday night time by becoming a member of the 100-assist membership. The Oilers captain is simply the fourth participant in NHL historical past to hit the 100-assist milestone behind Gretzky (11 instances), Lemieux and Bobby Orr, and the primary since 1990-1991.
Puck drop is ready for 7:30 p.m. ET. The Panthers would want to beat the Maple Leafs and have the Boston Bruins lose to the Ottawa Senators to clinch first place within the Atlantic Division. Ought to that occur, the Leafs would face the Bruins within the first spherical of the NHL playoffs.
