Morning Coffee: Matthews Cements Status As Hart Favourite

The Toronto Maple Leafs are officially headed to playoffs with home-ice advantage for the opening round.

Before they turned the page on their regular season, their MVP had one more important piece of business to address.

Auston Matthews scored his 59th and 60th goals of the season in a 3-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings Tuesday night. 

Matthews became the first Maple Leaf and the first U.S.-born player to score 60 goals in a season. 

He’s one of only three active players to hit that milestone.

He’s also just the ninth different player in the last 30 years to register both 60+ goals and 100+ points in a single season.

Matthews entered last night as the clear top choice to win the Hart Memorial Trophy at FanDuel Sportsbook.

After hitting the 60-goal mark for the first time in his young career, Matthews’ odds to win the Hart at FanDuel were on the move once again. 

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Wednesday, April 27th, 2022.

Matthews Cements Status As Hart Favourite

After going a season-high five straight games without a goal, I guess you could say that the league’s best scorer was due for a big night. 

It was the return of Matthews The Money Maker. 

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Line them up.

Matthews to score a goal was -148 at FanDuel.

Matthews to score 2+ goals was +265. 

It was his 15th multi-goal effort – matching Rick Vaive’s record for the most by a Maple Leaf in a single season.

You knew it was coming