Maple Leafs Star Auston Matthews opens up on recent cold streak

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Tom Banks
March 12, 2024 (10:07 PM)

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Auston Matthews goal scoring ability has been a major storyline in the NHL this season, but now, he's run into an unexpected cold streak, and recently addressed it.

Auston Matthews opens up on his goal scoring drought

The Toronto Maple Leafs star has already tallied an impressive 54 goals this season, but with him once being on pace to top 80 goals, it's hard to ignore the cold streak he's been on as of late.

With just one goal in his past five games, Matthews is now on pace for just 69 goals (which would be the highest in the league for well over a decade), and now, he's addressed those struggles.

"I mean, stuff like that happens sometimes," he said. "The puck's not just going to go in all the time. I thought there were some good things. Obviously, I want to produce. I want to help the team and do my part."

It's safe to say that even with this lack of production lately, he's been the best goal scorer in the NHL for several years now, but even his Head Coach isn't worried about him.

"He had at least two, maybe three, but certainly two, fairly clean chances where he was basically in alone on the goalie in Boston and those didn't fall for him," Matthews said. "Obviously, things have fallen a lot for him this season and they will again. Somewhat of a historic type of pace that he was on is historic for a reason, because it's difficult to maintain."

Before you know it, Matthews could tally 10 goals over a five game stretch, and he's done that several times this season, so expect him to start bouncing back very soon.

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