The brighter the star, the greater the pressure entering the NHL Playoffs.
Toronto's Auston Matthews, New York's Artemi Panarin, and Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon are among the best to lace skates and they all understand the enormity of the postseason and the chance to play for a Stanley Cup.
They expressed as much as the regular season ended and their attention turned to the highest-stakes time of the year in professional hockey.
Auston Matthews Focused on Team, Not Individual Goals
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Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews fell just short of 70 goals this season, which would have made him the first player to achieve that feat since Alexander Mogilny and Teemu Selanne both did so in the 1992-93 season.