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Even though of the NHL's next wave, there's a player who's even younger than McDavid who is breaking Wayne Gretzky-held records. Maples Leafs center , 21, became the 12th and youngest player in NHL Trestan Ebner Jersey history to put up multiple points in the first five games of a season with a pair of goals against the on Thursday, breaking a record set by then-22-year-old Wayne Gretzky in 1983. Caleb Johnson Jersey Toronto is off to scorching 4-1 start this season, thanks in no small part to Matthews' efforts. He had a four-point game against the last Sunday, scoring two goals and picking up two more a sists. He currently has nine goals and three a sists on the season, At age 21, is the youngest ever to achieve this feat, besting the previous mark set by Wayne Gretzky at age 22 in 1983-84. NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) In the 1983-84 season, Gretzky had multiple points in the first seven games of the year before having his streak snapped. He finished the season with an outrageous 87 goals and 118 a sists Tom Waddle Jersey , good for one of his four 200-point seasons (no other player has ever had 200 points in a season, although Mario Lemieux came close with 199 in 1988-89).While Leafs fans Alex Bars Jersey should hold off on celebrating the 147-goal 49-a sist season that Matthews is on pace for, it's a thrilling start to the year for a Toronto team that could well be contending for the Stanley Cup. , and in Matthews' four-point game against the Blackhawks. The ' 25 goals through five games outpaces the second-place by seven (though the Caps have only played four games). The Maple Leafs' next challenge will be against those very same Capitals on Saturday, as they try to take down the defending Stanley Cup champs. The Capitals are currently 2-1-1 as they battle what has to be a killer Stanley Cup hangover, but they'll arguably be the Maple Leafs Chris Williams Jersey ' toughest test so far this season.