After Auston Matthews briefly returned before the holiday break, it was announced that he had re-aggravated his injury. The hope was that the break would give the Maple Leafs' captain the needed time to recover. Unfortunately for Mathews, he remains out.

TORONTO -- Auston Matthews will not play for the Maple Leafs in either of their next two games, beginning against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday (7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, SNO, TVAS).

The Toronto Maple Leafs will continue to play without Auston Matthews as the first-year captain remains sidelined with an upper-body injury, head coach Craig Berube confirmed to David Alter of The Hockey News. Matthews missed the Maple Leafs’ past two ...

It was clear before Craig Berube revealed Matthews was still “fighting through” something that not all was right with the Leafs captain.

The Auston Matthews watch continues, post-Christmas, with Toronto’ top scorer to miss two more games, including his third consective and Friday night in Detroit.

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews is out for Monday's game against the Winnipeg Jets continuing an injury-filled season.

The Toronto Maple Leafs missed their captain for about a month earlier in the season due to an upper-body injury, and when he returned it was expected he would

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.