Auston Matthews is an American professional ice hockey player. As of January 2025, he plays as a center and captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League. He played with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and the Swiss National League's ZSC Lions before beginning his professional career.
Matthews made NHL history with four goals in his debut and won the Calder Memorial Trophy in his rookie season. He claimed the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy in 2020–21 and set records for most goals (60 goals) in a season by an American-born player and a Maple Leafs player in 2021–22. He has won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy three times (2021, 2022, 2024) and the Hart Trophy one time in 2022. Matthews has earned seven All-Star honors throughout his career, as of January 2025.
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How many goals did Auston Matthews score last year?
According to Sporting News, Auston Matthews had an impressive 2023-24 NHL season, scoring 69 goals in 81 games. This performance marked the second time in his career that he reached the 60-goal mark, with Matthews maintaining an elite scoring rate of 0.873 goals per game. His goal total positioned him as the league leader in scoring that season, winning his third Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, awarded to the top goal-scorer in the NHL.
Auston Matthews’ goals year by year
Auston Matthews has been a prolific goal-scorer throughout his NHL career. According to Hockey Reference, in his rookie season (2016-17), he scored 40 goals, followed by 34 in 2017-18. His totals increased to 37 in 2018-19, 47 in 2019-20, and 41 in the shortened 2020-21 season. Matthews had a standout year in 2021-22, netting 60 goals, which earned him the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy. In 2022-23, he scored 40 goals, and in 2023-24, he had a career-best season with 69 goals across 81 games, cementing his place as one of the NHL’s top goal-scorers. He has also contributed in the playoffs, with 23 goals in 55 postseason games so far.
A table depicting Auston Matthews' goals as of January 10, 2025, is shown below:
| Regular season | |||||
| Season | Team | League | GP | Goals | |
| 2013–14 | U.S. National Development Team | USHL | 20 | 10 | |
| 2014–15 | U.S. National Development Team | USHL | 24 | 20 | |
| 2015–16 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 36 | 24 | |
| 2016–17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 82 | 40 | |
| 2017–18 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 62 | 34 | |
| 2018–19 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 68 | 37 | |
| 2019–20 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 70 | 47 | |
| 2020–21 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 52 | 41 | |
| 2021–22 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 73 | 60 | |
| 2022–23 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 74 | 40 | |
| 2023–24 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 81 | 69 | |
| 2024-25 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 28 | 14 | |
| NHL totals | 590 | 382 | |||
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