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late in the third period Saturday night in the 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals Tomas Plekanec Jersey Womens , the Toronto Maple Leafs center joined some elite company.In scoring Toronto’s final goal of the season, Matthews notched his league-leading 10th after six games.He is the fifth player in the modern era (since 1943-44) to reach at least 10 goals in his team’s first 20 games of the season. The others were Bobby Hull, 1965-66 (Chicago Blackhawks), Mike Bossy, 1984-85 (New York Islanders), Dino Ciccarelli, 1986-87 (Minnesota North Stars) and Mario Lemieux, 1988-89 (Pittsburgh Penguins).Article continues below ...The Maple Leafs (5-1-0) won all four games on their road trip and will open a three-game homestand Monday night with a game against the Los Angeles Kings (2-2-1), who lost 5-1 to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.Another important aspect for the Maple Leafs in their win over last season’s Stanley Cup champions was that they had scoring from players like Josh Leivo (first of the season) and Par Lindholm (first of his NHL career) and Kasperi Kapanen (second of the season).“I think you have to have that,” Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. “Obviously, it’s great that our big guys got off to a good start because I think having them feeling good is so important. In saying that, part of the reason we’re going to have success is we have real good depth.”The Kings, meanwhile, will be trying to return to the standard of Thursday when Jack Campbell stopped 40 shots to earn his first career NHL shutout in a 3-0 victory over the Canadiens in Montreal.Jeff Carter had a goal and two assists in that game, his first points of the season.It was different in Ottawa. The defense broke down and the power play continued to sputter.“We’ve definitely got to clean some things up,” center Trevor Lewis, who scored the Kings’ goal on Saturday Tomas Tatar Jersey Womens , told the Los Angeles Times. “I think first and foremost it starts with our compete, right off the bat. We’ve got a good veteran group, so we’ll be better.”Campbell allowed four goals on 11 shots before being replaced by Peter Budaj against the Senators.“We’ve got to do a lot better job of not making (Campbell) face those types of quality chances, especially on the road in a big game,” Kings coach John Stevens said. “You regroup and you go again. I didn’t like the way those goals were scored. The pucks that we turned over that end up in the back of the net — we had bodies around our net that had position on us, and we had pucks on top that got through to the net. Those are all, to me, mental things that you can make a difference in if manage them in the right place.”The Kings’ power play remains 0-for-18 for the season despite adding Ilya Kovalchuk.“I thought we got some momentum, but you’ve got to score goals,” Kings center Anze Kopitar said. “But I think we took a step in the right direction.”There is not much wrong with Toronto’s power play, which is 8-for-17 on the season. Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly has six assists in man-advantage situations.Rielly earned his 10th assist overall of the season Saturday on Matthews’ third-period goal. Rielly also has three goals and has had at least one point in six consecutive games. He is the third defenseman in NHL history to record at least 13 points in his team’s first six games of the season. The others were Harry Cameron with the 1917-18 Toronto Arenas (nine goals and six assists) and Paul Reinhart of the 1989-90 Vancouver Canucks (five goals, nine assists).The Maple Leafs will try to keep their early-season success going, but also know that the Kings will be determined to make up for their loss Saturday.“Obviously, L.A. will be ready to go, and we’ll have to get prepared,” Babcock said after the game in Washington. “We feel good, we’ll feel good on the way home and it’s nice to have an off-day (Sunday) after a win Tom Kuhnhackl Jersey Womens , but we’ve got to get back at ‘er.” RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins traded hits — and, occasionally, goals — during an intense game with a decided playoff feel.Because the Hurricanes found a way to rally for a victory, they moved closer to finally earning some real playoff games.Dougie Hamilton scored in the shootout after Justin Williams scored the tying goal with 1:56 left in regulation, leading the Hurricanes past the Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday night.“The fun part is, we’re playing playoff hockey,” Williams said, “and it hasn’t started yet.”Petr Mrazek stopped all three Pittsburgh shooters in the tiebreaker, and Brock McGinn also scored for the Hurricanes.They won their fourth in five games and earned an important two points in the tight Eastern Conference playoff race — and perhaps just as important, prevented the Penguins from picking up a second point.Carolina, which remained in wild-card position and moved two points behind Pittsburgh for third place in the Metropolitan Division, has the NHL’s longest active postseason drought and is seeking its first playoff berth since 2009.“It’s not like a normal day. We all know where Pittsburgh is, where we are” in the standings, Mrazek said. “Everybody’s trying to push hard, and finish checks hard on the ice and play a 60-minute game.”Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, Kris Letang scored a late goal Anthony Beauvillier Jersey Womens , Bryan Rust had two assists and Matt Murray made 37 saves for the Penguins, who have earned points in nine of their last 10 games against divisional opponents.But they’ve also lost three straight, the last two coming in either overtime or the shootout after a late lead slipped away. Two nights earlier, Pittsburgh took a 2-1 OT loss to Philadelphia after allowing the Flyers to score the tying goal with 18 seconds left in regulation.“We like to believe that we can defend leads better,” coach Mike Sullivan said. “We have in the past, and been very good at it. So I know we’re capable.”Letang, in his first game back from an upper-body injury that sidelined him for 11 games, seemingly put the game on ice for the Penguins with his 3-on-1 goal with 4:37 left in regulation. But — with Mrazek pulled — Williams put in the rebound of Hamilton’s late shot to tie it at 2.Letang took a 2-minute minor for slashing Sebastian Aho with 2:04 left in overtime, then also received a 10-minute misconduct for voicing his objection to that call. But the Hurricanes couldn’t make them pay, with Jack Johnson blocking Aho’s late shot into an open net.Hamilton scored in the first round of the shootout, and Mrazek took over after that, stopping Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby and finally Guentzel to end it. He finished with 36 saves and has won seven of his last eight starts.“He’s phenomenal. He’s a gamer, right?” Williams asked rhetorically. “I love his enthusiasm in there. As a player on the bench when he makes a big save and he gets all jacked up like that, that gets you going. He’s in your corner and he’s a great guy to have there.”McGinn broke a scoreless tie — and scored Carolina’s first home goal against the Penguins this season — with 10:22 left in the second, snapping the puck past Murray after taking a slick pass from Justin Faulk.That lead lasted only 38 seconds: Guentzel took a feed from Crosby in the slot and blasted the puck past Mrazek for his fourth goal in six games.NOTES: Carolina D Lucas Wallmark rang the crossbar late in the first. … Penguins RW Phil Kessel skated in his 320th consecutive game to break the club record set by Craig Adams from 2009-14.UP NEXTPenguins: Play at Nashville on Thursday night.Hurricanes: Continue their five-game homestand Thursday night against Tampa Bay.