Toronto centre Auston Matthews has been named the NHLB次元官网网址檚 first star of its opening week of the 2023-24 season after he posted hat tricks in the Maple LeafsB次元官网网址� first two games.
Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson took second-star honours after posting a goal and five assists in two games, while Pittsburgh centre Evgeni Malkin was named third star with two goals and four assists in three games.
Matthews became just the second player since the NHLB次元官网网址檚 inaugural 1917-18 campaign to record a hat trick in each of his first two games of a season.
He scored two of his three goals in the final five minutes of regulation to erase a two-goal deficit in TorontoB次元官网网址檚 season-opening 6-5 shootout win over Montreal on Wednesday.
Matthews followed that with three goals in a 7-4 win over Minnesota on Saturday.
Pettersson opened the season with a goal and three assists in VancouverB次元官网网址檚 8-1 rout of visiting Edmonton on Wednesday, and followed with two assists in the CanucksB次元官网网址� 4-3 win in SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 rematch in Edmonton.
MalkinB次元官网网址檚 week was highlighted by a two-goal, two-assist performance in a 4-0 win at Washington on Friday.
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