The Leafs opened the 2023-24 season at home against Montreal... it was Auston Matthews scoring a hat trick, including 2 goals within the last 5 minutes to force overtime. Auston's 3 goals also put him over 300 for his career, as he entered the game with 299 goals. John Tavares had three assists and it was Mitch Marner scoring the shootout winner as Toronto came back from trailing 2-0 and 5-3 to win the game 6-5.
