Maple Leafs celebrate Matthews becoming team’s all-time leading goal scorer

Auston Matthews was honored for etching his name in the Toronto Maple Leafs history books.

The Maple Leafs celebrated their captain becoming the team’s all-time leading goal scorer with a special pregame ceremony before their matchup against the Florida Panthers at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday.

Matthews surpassed Mats Sundin on the Maple Leafs all-time goals list when he scored his 421^st NHL goal against the New York Islanders on Saturday.

At center ice, Sundin presented Matthews with a plaque featuring his 420^th and 421^st goal pucks and the game sheet from the game against the Islanders.

Before the game, the Maple Leafs sported custom T-shirts in honor of their captain’s achievement.

The shirts featured four different drawings of Matthews and “Toronto Maple Leafs all-time goals leader” written on the bottom.

Matthews is in his 10^th season with the Maple Leafs. He has won the NHL’s Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the NHL’s leading goal scorer three times in 2020-21 (41 goals), 2021-22 (60 goals) and 2023-24 (69 goals).