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Auston Matthews

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Toronto's franchise center and captain. The PPH file on Matthews and the Leafs' window.

The PPH read on Auston Matthews

Every Play-Pause Hockey story on this player, newest first.

Maple LeafsOpinion

The CBA Lets Toronto Name Matthews' Injuries. It Doesn't.

Almost everyone treats the NHL's upper-body and lower-body language as a privacy rule the clubs are stuck with. Article 34 of the collective bargaining agreement says the opposite, in plain words, and it has said so since 2013.

Aug 14, 2026

Maple LeafsOpinion

McKenna Is the Right Pick. He Won't Save Toronto.

Gavin McKenna is the best player in this draft and the easiest decision Toronto will make all summer. He also doesn't fix a single thing that actually ends the Maple Leafs' seasons. Why the pick is the start of Chayka's job, not the answer to it.

Jun 25, 2026

Auston Matthews on NHL EDGE

Puck and player tracking, 2026-27 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Bars show the league percentile among NHL skaters: a longer bar is always better, so for defensive-zone time less time reads as a higher percentile. All 32 teams

21.5mphTop skating speed39th percentileleague avg 21.7
17Bursts over 20 mph70th percentileleague avg 13
41.5miDistance skated100th percentileleague avg 20.6
4.0miLongest game98th percentileleague avg 2.8
90.5mphTop shot speed94th percentileleague avg 78.8
37Shots on goal98th percentileleague avg 14
21.6%Shooting %86th percentileleague avg 13.3
45.7%Offensive-zone time84th percentileleague avg 42.5
37.3%Defensive-zone time78th percentileleague avg 40.4

Auston Matthews by the numbers

2026-27 regular season · NHL career · source NHL, data as of 2026-10-23.

12GP
8G
10A
18PTS
+5+/-
21:05TOI/GP

Career — regular season

NHL regular season, by season
Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	GWG	S	S%	TOI/GP
2016-17	Maple Leafs TOR	82	40	29	69	+2	14	8	21	8	279	14.3	17:38
2017-18	Maple Leafs TOR	62	34	29	63	+25	12	5	13	5	187	18.2	18:08
2018-19	Maple Leafs TOR	68	37	36	73	-9	12	12	20	5	251	14.7	18:33
2019-20	Maple Leafs TOR	70	47	33	80	+19	8	12	25	5	290	16.2	20:58
2020-21	Maple Leafs TOR	52	41	25	66	+21	10	10	13	12	222	18.5	21:33
2021-22	Maple Leafs TOR	73	60	46	106	+20	18	16	29	10	348	17.2	20:37
2022-23	Maple Leafs TOR	74	40	45	85	+31	20	13	28	8	327	12.2	20:17
2023-24	Maple Leafs TOR	81	69	38	107	+31	20	18	29	8	369	18.7	20:58
2024-25	Maple Leafs TOR	67	33	45	78	+11	20	10	25	2	261	12.6	20:28
2025-26	Maple Leafs TOR	60	27	26	53	-4	18	5	12	3	227	11.9	20:48
2026-27	Maple Leafs TOR	12	8	10	18	+5	0	3	7	2	37	21.6	21:05
Career · 11 seasons		701	436	362	798	+152	152	112	222	68	2798	15.6	19:58

Career — playoffs

Stanley Cup Playoffs, by season
Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	GWG	S	S%	TOI/GP
2016-17	Maple Leafs TOR	6	4	1	5	+2	0	0	0	0	16	25.0	20:18
2017-18	Maple Leafs TOR	7	1	1	2	-4	0	0	0	1	27	3.7	17:32
2018-19	Maple Leafs TOR	7	5	1	6	-3	2	2	3	0	32	15.6	19:47
2019-20	Maple Leafs TOR	5	2	4	6	+1	0	1	2	2	27	7.4	25:00
2020-21	Maple Leafs TOR	7	1	4	5	+1	0	0	2	1	35	2.9	23:53
2021-22	Maple Leafs TOR	7	4	5	9	+1	0	1	2	1	29	13.8	22:17
2022-23	Maple Leafs TOR	11	5	6	11	+2	7	1	4	0	49	10.2	22:52
2023-24	Maple Leafs TOR	5	1	3	4	+2	2	0	1	1	20	5.0	19:53
2024-25	Maple Leafs TOR	13	3	8	11	0	2	1	3	1	47	6.4	20:39
Career · 9 seasons		68	26	33	59	+2	13	6	17	7	282	9.2	21:20

2026-27 game log

12 regular-season games, newest first
Date		Opp	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S	TOI
Oct 22	vs	NYR	0	0	0	0	0	4	19:16
Oct 20	@	CBJ	1	1	2	+3	1	3	17:06
Oct 19	vs	SJS	1	2	3	0	2	3	20:57
Oct 17	vs	NYI	0	0	0	-1	0	1	19:56
Oct 15	vs	BUF	1	0	1	0	0	1	22:14
Oct 13	@	UTA	1	1	2	+1	1	4	20:12
Oct 10	@	COL	2	2	4	0	2	5	22:06
Oct 8	@	VGK	0	1	1	+1	0	2	21:32
Oct 6	vs	NSH	1	3	4	+2	1	4	25:09
Oct 3	vs	OTT	1	0	1	+1	0	6	21:50
Sep 30	vs	NYI	0	0	0	-1	0	1	20:04
Sep 29	vs	MTL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	22:34

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