Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Missing rest of season
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Matthews (knee/quad) sustained a Grade 3 MCL tear and a quadriceps contusion Thursday versus the Ducks. He will be reevaluated in two weeks, but he has been ruled out for the remainder of the season.
Matthews took a knee-on-knee hit from Radko Gudas, and it will be enough to end the Toronto captain's campaign. The Maple Leafs haven't been mathematically eliminated from the playoff race yet, but it's hard to see a path forward for them to get there without Matthews. He ends the campaign with 27 goals and 53 points over 60 appearances, his lowest scoring numbers in any of his 10 NHL campaigns. It's unclear if he'll be cleared in time to have the option to represent Team USA at the IIHF World Championship.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Exits Thursday's game
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Matthews (lower body) won't finish Thursday's game versus the Ducks.
Matthews took a knee-on-knee hit from Radko Gudas in the second period. The 28-year-old Matthews was able to end his 12-game goal drought with a power-play tally prior to his exit, but the injury is now a much more significant concern. More should be known about Matthews' status prior to Toronto's weekend back-to-back with games in Buffalo on Saturday and in Minnesota on Sunday.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Longest assist streak of career
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Matthews picked up an assist Thursday in a 5-1 loss to the Panthers.
Matthews' assist streak now stands at five games and five assists. It matches the longest assist streak of his career. Matthews has gone six games without a goal (17 shots), and he has just one snipe in his last 10 games (one goal, seven assists).
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Three points vs. Germany
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Matthews recorded two goals, including one on the power play, and an assist in the United States' 5-1 win over Germany on Sunday in the 2026 Olympics.
Matthews was the USA's biggest difference-maker in this win, and he continues to be the Stars and Stripes' biggest scoring weapon. Matthews led all American skaters in the group stage with five points (three goals, two assists) in three appearances.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Climbing team record lists
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Matthews picked up an assist in regulation and a goal in the shootout in Saturday's 3-2 win over Vancouver.
Nikita Tolopilo had turned Matthews away on a penalty shot in the third period, but the sniper undressed the netminder on a beautiful play in the shootout. Matthews' assist was his 20th of the season, which gives him 10 consecutive regular seasons with that many at the start of his career. He's the fifth Maple Leafs player to accomplish that feat. The others are Dave Keon (15), Morgan Rielly (13), Mats Sundin (13) and Borje Salming (12).
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Three points in loss
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Matthews had a goal and two assists in a 7-4 loss to the Sabres on Tuesday. He fired three shots.
Matthews got back on the scoresheet after a three-game quiet stretch. The center looks every part the superstar, but his team is in a free fall without a chute -- they went 0-4-1 on a five-game homestand. Matthews cannot carry this team alone, despite being the most exciting offensive player to ever slip the blue-and-white over his head.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Nineteen points in last 12 games
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Matthews had a goal and an assist in a 6-3 loss to Minnesota on Monday.
Matthews moved into fourth place on the Maple Leafs' all-time points list with the goal, which was his 769th career point. He had been tied with Borje Salming (768). Matthews has a three-game goal streak (three goals, two assists) on the go, and he has 19 points, including 11 goals, in his last 12 games. The superstar is back.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Continues offensive surge Saturday
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Matthews scored a goal and added an assist in a 4-3 overtime win over Winnipeg on Saturday.
Matthews has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past five games. He has amassed 17 points, including 10 goals, in 11 appearances since Christmas. Matthews has fired 47 shots in that span in a return to form for the 28-year-old sniper.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Finds twine in overtime loss
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Matthews scored a goal on two shots and went minus-3 in Thursday's 6-5 overtime loss to the Golden Knights.
Matthews' hot January continued with this effort. He has eight goals and three assists over eight contests this month, though his minus-3 rating was his worst in a game since Dec. 20 in Nashville. The star center is up to 23 goals, 38 points, 156 shots on net, 60 blocked shots and a plus-4 rating over 41 appearances this season.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Scores goal, assist Monday
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Matthews scored a goal on two shots and added an assist in Monday's 4-3 win over the Avalanche.
Matthews seems to have found his scoring touch of late, racking up eight goals and six assists, including four power-play points, in his last eight outings. While it seems unlikely that the 28-year-old center will be able to get over the 60-goal mark, he should be capable of reaching 40 after coming up short of that mark in 2024-25.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Six goals on three-game streak
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Matthews scored a goal in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Florida.
Matthews now has goals in three straight games (six total), and the snipe extended the superstar's point streak to five games (seven goals, four assists). The Maple Leafs honored Matthews for becoming the team's all-time leading goal-scorer with a special pregame ceremony. He now has 422 goals and is tenth on the NHL's active goal leaders.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Now top scorer in franchise history
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Matthews scored two goals Saturday in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Islanders.
Matthews scored career goals No. 420 and 421 to become the leading goal scorer in Maple Leafs history, surpassing Hall of Famer Mats Sundin. He did it in 664 games compared to Sundin's 420 goals in 981 games. Matthews has five goals in his past two games, and he hit the 20-goal mark for the 10th straight season to become the fifth American player in NHL history to do that. Matthews also became the fifth active player to hit the 20-goal mark in his first 10 seasons. Who else is on that list? He joined stars Alex Ovechkin (20 from 2005-06 - 2024-25), Patrick Kane (13 from 2007-08 - 2019-20), Jonathan Toews (12 from 2007-08 - 2018-19) and John Tavares (11 from 2009-10 - 2019-20).
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Massive four-point game
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Matthews (lower body) scored three goals and added an assist in Thursday's 6-5 win over the Jets.
It was Matthews' 14th NHL hat trick. His third goal stood as the winner; it was his 419th regular-season snipe in the NHL, which puts him one goal from tying Mats Sundin for the most in franchise history. Matthews is on a personal three-game point streak (interrupted by injury) that includes four goals, four assists and 19 shots. He suddenly seems inspired, and that's the best gift that his managers received this holiday season.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Ready to rock
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Matthews (lower body) will return to action Thursday versus Winnipeg, per Dave McCarthy of NHL.com.
Matthews missed one game with the injury. He will center Matthew Knies and Max Domi on the top line, as well as the first power play. Matthews has slumped this season with 15 goals and 12 assists in 33 appearances, his first season since his rookie campaign in 2016-17, in which he has averaged less than a point a game.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Nearing return
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Matthews (lower body) is "fairly close" to returning to action, reports NHL.com.
Head coach Craig Berube shared the update after Tuesday's 4-0 win over the Devils, saying he hopes Matthews can get on the ice Wednesday for practice. The 28-year-old superstar is day-to-day after getting hit on the foot with a shot Sunday. Matthews' first opportunity for game action is Thursday, and managers will be looking for him to build off his first three-point game of the season, which came Saturday against Ottawa.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Game-time call against Devils
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Matthews will be a game-time decision against the Devils on Tuesday due to a lower-body injury.
Matthews sustained the injury while blocking a shot in Sunday's 3-2 overtime loss to Detroit. William Nylander (lower body) is not expected to play Tuesday, so the Leafs may be without two of their most prolific offensive weapons for this fast-paced matchup. If Matthews ends up being unavailable, John Tavares will most likely center the No. 1 line.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: First multi-pointer in seven games
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Matthews had a goal and an assist in Tuesday's 3-2 win over Chicago.
Matthews tied the game 2-2 with a power-play snipe at 16:51 of the third period. He picked up the puck behind the net and wheeled out, ripping a shot over Spencer Knight's glove from the below the right hashmarks. It was Matthews first multi-point game in seven games. Overall, he has 14 goals, nine assists and 102 shots in 27 games this season.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Pace finally quickening
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Matthews scored a power-play goal in Thursday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Sharks.
Matthews made it 2-0 at 14:32 of the second period when he one-timed a cross-ice pass from William Nylander below the right circle. It ended a streak of 0-for-12 and 2-for-28 for the Maple Leafs with the man advantage. Matthews has a goal in each of his last two games and three in his last four outings (20 shots). He's been held off the scoresheet just once in his last seven games (four goals, three assists; 31 shots).
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Pots empty-netter
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Matthews scored an empty-net goal on seven shots and blocked three shots in Monday's 2-0 win over the Lightning.
Matthews has three goals and three assists over his last six games. He's providing steady offense in a top-line role, though his scoring hasn't been as efficient this year, as he's at 12 goals, 20 points, 92 shots on net, 47 blocks and a plus-12 rating through 24 appearances. That's a 40-goal pace in a full campaign, but he's already missed five contests due to a lower-body injury in November, so the center will need to find a bit more offense to reach that level in 2025-26.
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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Four-game, five-point streak
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Matthews scored a goal in Thursday's 5-1 win over Carolina.
Matthews finished a pass from Max Domi on a 2-on-1 that started in the Leafs' zone when Matthews Knies intercepted a pass and sprung his linemates. The elite pivot is on a four-game, five-point streak that includes two goals and 16 shots.
