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Examining Maple Leafs star Matthews' slow goal-scoring start to season
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Leafs' Auston Matthews makes bonkers NHL history after back-to-back hat tricks
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Auston Matthews scores 50th goal as Maple Leafs down Jets in 7-3 win - The Globe and Mail
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Matthews' 1st goal of season lifts Maple Leafs over Capitals
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Matthews scores 2 late goals for hat trick, Maple Leafs beat Canadiens 6-5 in shootout - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Matthews' NHL-leading 50th goal leads Maple Leafs past Jets - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Auston Matthews Becomes Fastest Maple Leafs Player to Reach 500 Points in Shootout Loss to Blues - The Hockey News Toronto Maple Leafs News, Analysis and More
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Maple Leafs' Matthews becomes fifth to open season with consecutive hat-tricks, Toronto Maple Leafs
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Matthews made push for 4-year, $53 million contract with Maple Leafs
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Auston Matthews gets another hat trick as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota Wild 7-4
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Auston Matthews signs 4-year, $53M extension with Maple Leafs
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The reason Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner haven't jelled at 5-on-5 - The Athletic
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