An oral history of Matthews’ historic four-goal debut: ‘One of those nights’

‘EVERYTHING WAS GOING IN’ By ‘EVERYTHING WAS GOING IN’ A decade after Auston Matthews’ remarkable NHL debut, we spoke to his teammates, coaches, opponents, and the man himself about what they remember most from a historic night of hockey.

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12, 2016, Auston Matthews took the hockey world by storm.

His four-goal outing in his first-ever NHL game was as stunning as it was historic.