Alex Ovechkin became the NHL's all-time greatest goal scorer on Sunday when he passed Wayne Gretzky with his 895th career ...

One player who may have the best shot, though, is Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews, who sits at 398 goals through his first 623 NHL games. Ovechkin had seven fewer goals, 391 ...

As Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin inches closer to breaking one of the most iconic records in hockey history, Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews has been watching with admiration.

This week features the popular "Then and Now" segment comparing Syl Apps, the iconic captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs from yesteryear, with current captain Auston Matthews. At first look ...

Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews narrowly avoided a severe injury during a recent match against the Anaheim Ducks. Cutter Gauthier's skates came dangerously close to Matthews' face after a ...

Draisaitl’s scoring prowess raises an intriguing question: is he a better goal-scorer than Matthews? Is Leon Draisaitl a better goal-scorer than Auston Matthews? Michael Traikos defends his take ...

Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews, as you would imagine, has taken note. “It’s pretty cool, witnessing the history and witnessing a record like that,” Matthews said. “There aren’t too ...

In Sunday's game against the Anaheim Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews came within inches of a potentially life-threatening injury as the skate blade of Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier ...

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews narrowly avoided a serious injury during a game against the Anaheim Ducks when Cutter Gauthier's out-of-control skate came dangerously close to his face.

In his effort to stop Matthews from securing the puck, Gauthier lost his balance and fell forward on the ice. As he fell, his trailing left skate came ... at Honda Center. Auston Matthews has ...

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews is extremely lucky to have avoided ... As Gauthier went flying through the air his foot would come right up to Matthews' face and the top of his skate would ...

A video replay from Sunday's Leafs-Ducks game shows captain Auston Matthews narrowly escaping having his throat cut by a skate blade. When the late Adam Johnson was tragically struck in the neck by a ...