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Because it happens so often these days, Auston Matthews’ goal-scoring has come to feel almost normal. (He added his 16th goal in 25 games over the weekend in Colorado.)



It’s not.



In fact, it doesn’t seem hyperbolic to conclude Matthews is the most potent scorer to enter the NHL since Alex Ovechkin.



Here’s how the 22-year-old’s first 237 NHL games stack up against others over the same period since the start of the 1979-80 season:



That’s the 17th-most goals after 237 career games over the last 40 years. (Those little stars, by the way, mark the Hall of Famers.)



Do you know what’s nuttier? The even-strength goal leaders after 237 games during that four-decade run.



Just a hair outside the top five, Matthews has been swimming in the same waters as...