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Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews leads the NHL with 49 goals on the season while scoring a goal in 29 of 53 games for a 55% success rate.
We have an angle on the storyline tonight as Matthews chases history against his hometown team. Matthews has scored a goal in three straight games and 8 of his last 10 games while recording 7 goals in his last three games.
He’s been lights out on the road with goals in four straight games, 7 of his last 8 and 12 of his last 15 games.
This is a dream matchup against an Arizona Coyotes team that ranks 20th in goals allowed on the season with 3.24 per game and DEAD LAST during the last 10 games with 4.00 goals allowed per game.
They also will be playing their backup goalie in Karel Vejmelka as Connor Ingram is still dealing with an injury. Vejmelka has a pitiful 3.51 GA/G and .896 Save%.
Arizona has also allowed ranks DEAD LAST with almost 14 shots on goal per game to opposing centers during the last 10 games.
Matthews has every motivational factor known to man against the perfect opponent to continue his goal scoring streak on the road.
Buffalo Sabres right-winger Tage Thompson is averaging 3.4 shots on goal per game on the season while recording 4+ shots on goal in 22 of 45 games for a 49% success rate.
Thompson has been in great form with 4+ shots on goal in each of his last three games and 5 of his last 6 games.
The Montreal Canadiens rank 30th in both shots on goal (33.75/game) and shot attempts allowed (67.04/game).
Thompson has feasted on the Habs, recording 4+ shots on goal in 4 of his last 5 head-to-head games including 2 of 3 games this season with 5, 2 and 4 shots.
Montreal also ranks 30th in penalty kill (74%), 31st in power play goals allowed (0.91/game) and 26th in penalty minutes (10.96/game). Considering Thompson is the right-winger on the #1 power play unit, he should be firing away tonight.
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