Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 50th goal of the season and the Maple Leafs beat the Jets 7-3 on Thursday night.

Matthews scored Toronto's sixth goal of the game into an empty net with 2:06 left in regulation. He moved past Leon Draisaitl (49 goals) of idle Edmonton for the league goal lead and became the first Maple Leafs player to reach the milestone since Dave Andreychuk scored 53 in 1993-94.

Matthews joined Andreychuk, Rick Vaive (three times) and Gary Leeman as the only Maple Leafs players to reach the half-century goal mark.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin passed hockey legend Jaromir Jagr for third all time on the NHL goal-scoring list, scoring career goal No. 767 at home against the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin tied Jaromir Jagr for No. 3 on the NHL's all-time goals list at 766 after scoring twice in a 5-4 win at the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.