Overview
- Coach Craig Berube said Matthews has a lower-body injury and could return in roughly a week, possibly sooner.
- Both Matthews and Stolarz will miss Thursday’s game against the Kings, with Stolarz listed day-to-day with an upper-body issue.
- The Leafs placed Scott Laughton on injured reserve retroactive to Nov. 8 and recalled Akhtyamov while Joseph Woll remains on a conditioning stint.
- Matthews exited in Boston after contact with Nikita Zadorov that drew no penalty, and Berube later said he believed the play warranted a call.
- Toronto enters the next stretch on a three-game skid with pronounced defensive and goaltending struggles, including an NHL-worst 3.82 goals-against average reported this week.