Bad news for Auston Matthews as he may miss tonight's game
The Toronto Maple Leafs just got dealt some bad news as it appears Auston Matthews may be missing tonight's game against the Washington Capitals.
David Alter of the Athletic shared some important news from Toronto Maple Leafs practice today, and it doesn't look good, as Auston Matthews was absent from practice this morning.
This would be a terrible loss to the Leafs top scoring lines, as they would be missing Mitch Marner who remains out with an ankle injury and Auston Matthews, their two top-scoring players.
However, Mark Masters suggested that Matthews could be in the lineup tonight, given the way the lines were presented at practice if you consider Marner to be a placeholder for Matthews in the lineup tonight.
Mitch Marner, who is not playing, filling in on the top line
Elliotte Friedman has just revealed the reason Auston Matthews missed practice today.
Elliotte Friedman has shared on social media that Matthews is a game-time decision tonight with an illness, which should relieve some of the stress of Leaf fans that this likely won't be a long-term issue.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are coming off one of their worst games of the season that saw Head Coach Sheldon Keefe call out their top guys. The Washington Capitals will be hungry tonight, as every game counts for them in order to make the playoffs.
| POLL | ||
MARS 28 | 70 ANSWERS Bad news for Auston Matthews as he may miss tonight's game Do you think Auston Matthews will be in the lineup tonight? | ||
| Yes | 44 | 62.9 % |
| No | 26 | 37.1 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Taylor Hall | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brayden Point | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pavel Zacha | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Erik Karlsson | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Elias Lindholm | - | 3 | 3 | |
| David Pastrnak | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Tim Stutzle | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Adam Gaudette | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Dylan Holloway | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Brad Marchand | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sean Couturier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex DeBrincat | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 23 | 18 | 5 | - | 36 | |
Hurricanes | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | |
Wild | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | |
Devils | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 32 | |
Capitals | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | |
Golden Knights | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 31 | |
Maple Leafs | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
Panthers | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 27 | |
Kings | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 27 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||