Auston Matthews has been scoreless through three games but the league’s greatest goal scorer isn’t concerned with stats as long as the Maple Leafs are winning.
Auston Matthews entered this season coming off a historic 69-goal season last year , the most goals scored in a season since Mario Lemieux in 1995-1996. Scoring a hat-trick in back to back games, Matthews started off blazing hot and never cooled down, earning himself the title of league’s greatest goal scorer as well as captaincy of the Maple Leafs.
But so far this season, Matthews hasn’t found the back of the net and fans are starting to get concerned if he’s regressing or if something isn’t right with the Maple Leafs superstar. Matthews however isn’t concerned about the goose-egg, enjoying the fact the team is winning as opposed to adding to his already legendary career.
‘Yeah, I think it’s nice to get the first one to get going sometimes, but you take what you get and what the game gives you sometimes, and I think we just continue to play the right way, continue to generate chances. Like I said, it’s going to go in eventually, and then that’s going to get on a roll,’ Matthews said.
‘Yeah, I mean, I think the chances are there,’ Matthews said Monday. ‘I think it’s just a matter of time. We were playing hockey, we were winning, so that’s the most important part, and you know that those chances will eventually fall and get going from there.’
A lot of players in the league would feel like their lack of contribution is still a burden to their team even if the team overall is winning, and to hear Matthews so confident about his team is a fantastic display of leadership. It’s not for a lack of trying, as Matthews has 15 shots on goal and has hit multiple posts in his first three games; he’s beating the goalies but not the iron, something he’s notorious for doing in his career: