TORONTO – Auston Matthews scored three times to increase his total NHL leading goals to 31, Jack Campbell made 27 saves to set an NHL record for consecutive wins to start a season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs survived the Ottawa Senators 6-5 on Saturday night.
Campbell became the first goalkeeper to win in each of his first 11 appearances as first-place Maple Leafs continued their dominance over the rest of the North Division.
Mitch Marner added a goal and three assists for Toronto. The Maple Leafs have won six in a row to improve to 28-10-3, and they are 5-2-1 against Ottawa this season.
Matthews had the third hat-trick of his career and also had an assist for a four-run evening. He has five consecutive seasons with 30 goals to start his career.
Campbell broke the 10-win goal to start a season set by Montreal’s Carey Price in 2016-17. And Ilya Mikheyev and Zach Hyman each had a goal and an assist. With Saturday’s victory, he moved within two steps of team leader Frederik Andersen, who is 13-8-2. Michael Hutchinson also played in eight games in the net for Toronto this season.
Tim Stutzle, Drake Batherson and Connor Brown each had a goal and an assist, and Alex Formenton and Josh Norris also scored for Ottawa.
Anton Forsberg stopped 32 shots for the senators. They have lost four straights and are 1-5-1 over their past seven.
Brown set a franchise record by scoring in a seventh straight game – he broke a tie with Batherson, Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley, Daniel Alfredsson and Bob Kudelski.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.