Toronto Maple Leafs normal supervisor Kyle Dubas introduced Friday that celebrity ahead Auston Matthews will miss a minimal of three weeks resulting from a knee sprain that he suffered in Wednesday’s 3-2 time beyond regulation victory over the New York Rangers.
Matthews logged 21:53 of ice time and had 4 pictures and three blocked pictures that sport, he additionally held a faceoff share of 56.2% that evening. This season, Matthews has recorded 53 factors (25 targets, 28 assists) in 47 video games, he additionally has 10 powerplay targets and 18 powerplay factors on the 12 months.
He presently ranks third in factors for the Maple Leafs trailing Mitchell Marner and William Nylander. Matthews’ harm timeline will put him out of the 2023 NHL All-Star Weekend in Florida which is scheduled for Feb. 4.
With Matthews now sidelined with an harm, Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov was named his alternative on the All-Star Weekend.
The 2016 first general decide is coming off a monstrous season that noticed him register 60 targets and 46 assists for 106 factors in 73 video games. He additionally picked up 16 power-play targets and 29 power-play factors all through the 2021-12 marketing campaign.
Matthews turned the primary United States-born participant in NHL historical past to attain 60 targets in a season and the primary participant since Tampa Bay Lightning’s Steven Stamkos to hit that feat in 2011-12. He was named the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy winner for main the league in targets. Matthews is presently within the second to the ultimate 12 months of his five-year, $58 million contract he signed in 2019.
The Maple Leafs will play Friday towards the Ottawa Senators with out Matthews within the lineup.
