NHL regular season resumes, Toronto Maple Leafs fans have been wondering if captain Auston Matthews will be suiting up against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night. Matthews's outlook has been up in the air ever since he re-aggravated an upper-body injury during a 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Dec.

The Maple Leafs have already shut Auston Matthews down for Monday's game versus the Jets, and now Craig Berube has provided an update on his captain. After taking a heavy cross-check from Buffalo's Dennis Gilbert on Friday,

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ seventh first-round playoff loss in eight years meant another year of speculation over whether the Core, the head coach, or both would be safe from losing their jobs.

The hope was that the break would give the Maple Leafs' captain the needed time to recover. Unfortunately for Mathews, he remains out. NHL insider Elliotte Friedman is reporting t

The center has already missed two straight games because of an upper-body injury, and was ruled out through the weekend, which also includes a game against the Washington Capitals on Saturday. "He's doing better,

The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced an update regarding their injured captain, Auston Matthews. The star will miss the next two games as he continues to recover from an upper-body injury.

On Friday morning, star forward and captain Auston Matthews was not taking part in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ practice ahead of their matchup with the Detroit Red Wings. After the morning skate, Leafs head coach Craig Berube announced that Matthews would miss tonight’s game against Detroit as well as Saturday’s contest against the Washington Capitals.

Auston Matthews wasn't on the ice during the Toronto Maple Leafs' full morning skate inside Little Caesars Arena on Friday morning. The 27-year-old forward has missed Toronto's last two games — both losses to the New York Islanders and Winnipeg Jets — after re-aggravating his previous upper-body injury from earlier in the season.