Auston Matthews scored his 14th career hat trick and added an assist to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-5 comeback win against the struggling Winnipeg Jets.

TORONTO -- Auston Matthews scored his 14th NHL hat trick, and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from a three-goal deficit to defeat the Winnipeg Jets 6-5 at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.

The Maple Leafs are riding a four-game home winning streak. Their latest win was a solid 4-0 shutout of the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. What stood out was that Toronto managed that result without their captain, Auston Matthews, in the lineup, who was out with a lower-body injury.

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Auston Matthews scored a hat trick, including the game-winning goal late in the third period, as the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied for a 6-5 comeback victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday

Toronto scored two goals in the second period to pull within one of the Jets including a late power play goal from Matthews at 19:57. In the third period, Matias Maccelli tied the game with a perfect shot at 6:30 but Scheifele gave the Jets back the lead while on the power play just over two minutes later.

The Toronto Maple Leafs (18-15-6, 42 points) have won three of their last four games, going 3-0-1, as they host the slumping Winnipeg Jets (15-19-4, 34 points), losers of seven straight and 10 of 11,