Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews will miss the rest of the season due to left leg injury.
The NHL team says Matthews suffered a torn knee ligament and bruised quadriceps muscle in Thursday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks.
The club says it’s a Grade 3 tear of the medial collateral ligament.
Matthews will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
The star forward was hit by Ducks captain Radko Gudas in the second period of Toronto’s 6-4 win at Scotiabank Arena. Gudas was given a major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct. He had a phone hearing on Friday and is awaiting discipline from the NHL’s department of player safety.
Matthews has 53 points (27-26) this season for the Maple Leafs, who are 14th in the Eastern Conference standings with 67 points.
