Where TOR34 Aims to Score

Workshop 124: An underrated way to beat elite goalies

Auston Matthews is on fire.

TOR34 has scored 10 goals in the past 10 calendar days against NHL competition.

Absolute insanity.

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I’ve written about the underlying principles behind Matthews’ otherworldly production, but here is another piece of the puzzle, which I found recently when listening to a HockeyPDOcast episode featuring my former colleague Darryl Belfry (link).

The episode discussed Leon Draisaitl’s shooting, but Matthews follows the same rule of thumb when looking to sneak the puck past the world’s best.

Here are five of his 10 most recent goals. See if you can spot the trend.