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Sheldon Keefe on his starting goaltender for the Heritage Classic: “We want to give Petr Mrazek an opportunity to get back in and respond”

Auston Matthews has only drawn five penalties this season. Does that seem low to you?

Keefe: It seems very low. He has the puck a ton.

We talked about this earlier. Part of it you can’t help but relate to the fact that he is, in a lot of ways, unstoppable. His feet keep moving. He plays through obstruction, traffic, sticks, and holds. A lot of players can’t do that. They don’t have that ability.

While you see a stat like that and you might focus on the officiating, it is also a lot more challenging to call penalties against Auston because he plows through it like there is nothing there.