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.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have endured decades of frustration in the NHL. Arguably the most popular team in the NHL, the Maple Leafs have not won a Stanley Cup since 1967, the year before the league doubled in size from 6 to 12 teams.

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.

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

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

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,

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.