Matthews lit the lamp in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Ducks.

EDGE Analysis

Matthews snuck in front of the net from the left-side wall and received a pass from Mitchell Marner that he snuck past Joey Daccord on the backhand for his 38th goal of the year. It opened the scoring for the Maple Leafs and Nicholas Robertson was able to provide the game winner in the second period for Toronto's 23rd win of the season. Matthews fired a total of five shots on net and had a plus-2 rating in 21:51 TOI. He is averaging two points a game during his four-game point streak (five goals and three assists) with 19 shots on net.

Matthews scored a hat trick and registered an assist in a 4-3 victory over Calgary on Thursday.

EDGE Analysis

With Toronto down 2-0, Matthews took matters into his own hands, putting the Maple Leafs on the board late in the first period before providing another two markers in the second frame. It was Matthews' fourth hat trick of the season and brought him up to 37 goals and 54 points in 42 contests in 2023-24. Provided he stays healthy, Matthews could become the first player to have multiple 60-goal campaigns since the start of the salary cap era -- his first was 2021-22 when he finished with 60 tallies and 106 points in 73 appearances.

Matthews tallied a goal and an assist in Tuesday's 4-2 defeat to the Oilers.

EDGE Analysis

Matthews opened the scoring 27 seconds into the opening period, burying a cross-ice feed from Mitchell Marner before adding an assist on Morgan Rielly's tally in the second. The two-point effort snapped a rare two-game scoring drought for the 26-year-old Matthews. He's up to 34 goals, most in the league, and 50 points through 41 games this season.

Matthews scored two goals in a 4-3 OT loss to the Islanders on Thursday.

EDGE Analysis

He scored twice in a 2:14 span early in the second period. Matthews slid a bandhand under Ilya Sorokin just 26 seconds into the frame, and he then made the score 3-1 at the 2:40 mark, beating Sorokin five-hole on a breakaway. It was Matthews' 70th multigoal game, one behind Darryl Sittler for the most in Maple Leafs history. Matthews continues to lead the NHL in goals with 33 (38 games).

Matthews scored a goal on 13 shots in Wednesday's 2-1 overtime win over the Ducks.

EDGE Analysis

Matthews' point streak ended Saturday versus the Hurricanes, turning into just his fourth multi-game drought of the campaign. He was a man on a mission Wednesday and finally cashed in his last of a season-high 13 shots at 2:12 of overtime. The tally got him to 30 on the season, the first player in the league to reach that mark. He's added 15 assists, 159 shots, 48 blocked shots, 38 hits and a plus-7 rating through 35 appearances.

Matthews scored an even-strength goal and added a power-play assist in Friday's 6-5 overtime loss to the Blue Jackets.

EDGE Analysis

The 26-year-old superstar is as hot as any player in the NHL right now. Matthews has hit the scoresheet in each of his past nine appearances, though he is officially riding a five-game point spree because he missed one game due to illness. Over his last 12 contests, he's erupted for an incredible 15 goals and 23 points. He leads the league with 29 goals over 32 contests this campaign.

Matthews picked up an assist Wednesday night in a 4-2 loss to Ottawa.

EDGE Analysis

The helper extended his point streak to four games and seven points (five goals, two assists). Matthews has put up points in his last eight games (11 goals, five assists), and he has 13 goals and seven assists in his last 11 games. With his recent goal run, Matthews has 28 on the season (31 games) and is flirting with 50-in-50. The last player to accomplish that feat was Brett Hull in 1990-91.

Matthews scored two goals and added an assist in a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

EDGE Analysis

Matthews extended his personal goal streak to seven games. He has 12 goals in that span in which he missed one game due to illness. Matthews opened the scoring with a one-timer from the right circle in the first period. He then made it 3-1 with a power-play goal, another one-timer from the same area and again fed by Mitchell Marner. Matthews leads the NHL with 28 goals in 30 games. Is 50-in-50 possible? He's on a 76-goal pace right now and completely shredding opposing netminders.

Matthews scored a pair of goals in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Rangers.

EDGE Analysis

Matthews was responsible for both Toronto goals Tuesday, tying the game 1-1 in the second period and again at 2-2 in the third. After missing Saturday's contest with an illness, Matthews picked up where he left off, tallying multiple points for the fourth time in five games -- he has nine goals and three assists in that span. The 26-year-old center leads the NHL with 25 goals to go along with 12 assists through 28 games this season.

Matthews (illness) was back on the top line during Monday's practice, David Alter of Sports Illustrated reports.

EDGE Analysis

It appears as though Matthews will be available to play Tuesday against the Rangers after he was a late scratch for Saturday's 7-0 win over Pittsburgh. He has amassed 23 goals, 35 points, 120 shots on net, 34 blocked shots and 33 hits over 27 appearances this season.