NHL: Flames Beat Maple Leafs 5-2 for Fourth Straight Win as Matthews Reaches 800 Points in Record 703 Games
In an NHL game on the night of October 26 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the Calgary Flames defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 for their fourth straight win and a perfect four-game homestand, as 20-year-old forward Matvei Gridin scored two goals and added an assist for the first three-point game of his NHL career, while Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews reached 800 career points in 703 games, the fastest in franchise history.
According to NHL.com's postgame report published October 27, Gridin opened the scoring at 10:05 of the first period, Mikael Backlund made it 2-0 at 11:50, and Gridin's power-play goal 25 seconds into the second period extended the lead to 3-0. Easton Cowan scored for Toronto in the second and William Nylander made it 3-2 at 6:06 of the third, but Joel Farabee and Martin Pospisil scored empty-net goals in the final two minutes for the 5-2 final. Flames goaltender Devin Cooley made 26 saves to win his fourth consecutive start.
For Toronto, Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves in his 800th career NHL start. NHL.com's notes said Matthews's 800 points comprise 437 goals and 363 assists; the previous fastest mark in franchise history was Darryl Sittler's 742 games, and Matthews became the second-fastest U.S.-born player to 800 points, behind only Pat LaFontaine's 664 games.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 枫叶球员 Auston Matthews（资料图）。Quintin Soloviev 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Maple Leafs player Auston Matthews (file photo). Photo by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
