Auston Matthews fourth hat trick of the season, Calgary Flames 4-game win streak comes to an end 1/18/14

January 18, 2024

Auston Matthews fourth hat trick of the season, Calgary Flames 4-game win streak comes to an end 1/18/14

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Auston Matthews scored a hat trick and had an assist, making sure the Maple Leafs finished the game with a 4-3 win against the Calgary Flames on Thursday, January 18th. Matthews leads the league with four hat tricks this season.

Maple Leafs lineup against the Flames:

Holmberg - Matthews - Marner

Knies - Tavares - Nylander

Bertuzzi - Domi - Jarnkrok

McMann - Kampf - Gregor

Rielly - Brodie

Benoit - McCabe

Giordano - Liljegren

Jones

Samsonov

Flames lineup against the Maple Leafs:

Huberdeau - Lindholm - Sharangovich

Zary - Kadri - Pospisil

Mangiapane - Backlund - Coleman

Greer - Ruzicka - Dube

Weegar - Andersson

Hanifin - Tanev

Oesterle - DdeSimone

Vladar

Wolf

Yegor Sharangovich scored the first goal of the game, giving Calgary the lead with 9:08 remaining in the first period. Sharangovich has 19 goals this season. Nazem Kadri gave the Flames a two-goal lead with his 16th of the season. Auston Matthews strikes the first goal for the Maple Leafs and makes it a 2-1 game with 1:36 remaining in the first frame.

Matthews strikes again, tying the game and getting his 36th goal of the season. Mitch Marner put Toronto ahead with a 3-2 score - Marner has 19 goals this season. Auston Matthews completed a hat trick, his fourth of the season. Matthews leads the league with four hat tricks. Andrew Mangiapane made it 4-3 with his 9th goal of the season.

Connor Zary tied up the game 4-4 - Toronto challenged the goal and it was determined the goal did not count.

Notes:

- Martin Pospisil did not return for the final period due to an upper-body injury

- The Maple Leafs broke the 4-game win streak the Flames had

- Dan Vladar made 29 saves and Martin Jones made 23 saves

- Auston Matthews leads the league not only with four hat tricks but also with 37 goals

"I thought we did a good job defending and Jones came up with some big saves too - I don't think the first period start was very good. I thought we were a little bit sluggish, and obviously, they come out pretty hot and score two. So I thought just to cut it to one for the second and just get into the locker room, regroup, take a deep breath, and get back out there and play. That's exactly what we did." Auston Matthews met with the media after Toronto's 4-3 victory against the Flames.