Toronto Maple Leafs Mitch Marner Auston Matthews combine for highlight-reel goal vs. Wild

Toronto Maple Leafs forwards Mitch Marner Justin Jones Jersey and Auston Matthews did what they do best on Tuesday against the Minnesota Wild: connect for a highlight-reel goal. In the second period, defenseman Morgan Rielly broke out of the zone with an outlet pa s that Matthews picked up in the neutral zone. Upon entering the attacking zone, a game of give-and-go ensued between the forwards. Matthews left the puck with Marner, who had Shawne Merriman Jersey waited along the blue line. Marner thendrew back his stickwhile No. 34 skated between Wild defensemen Ryan Suter and Matt Dumba and toward the net. When he released, he made a deliberate pa s wide of the net directly to Matthews, who tapped the puck into Charlie Joiner Jersey Devan Dubnyk’s pads. Lucky number 7 for 7 games. 7 goals. Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) Dubnyk made the initial save, but Chris Rumph II Jersey Matthews’ momentum carried him right to the puck again, and he slipped it in for Toronto’s fourth goal of the game. MORE: Matthews’ goal was his seventh goal in seven games this season. The Scottsdale, Ariz. resident currently Trey Marshall Jersey holds second place solely in the league’s goal-scoring race, while Edmonton Oilers winger James Neal leads the league still with eight.