Matthews was pulled from Game 4 with an illness and didn’t play in Tuesday’s 2-1 overtime victory in Boston
Head coach Sheldon Keefe said following the morning skate the star sniper would be unavailable for Game 6 with Toronto down 3-2 in its first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins.
But the team’s best player will once again have to watch with the Leafs, who were minus star winger William Nylander for the first three contests of the best-of-seven matchup, again on the brink. The Leafs have a pair of victories without Matthews in 2023-24, including a 7-0 regular-season victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in mid-December.
“Realizing that we don’t have a nearly-70-goal-scorer,” he said. “We’ve got to find a way to produce and play well.” “Tremendous player – best goal-scorer in the league since he came in,” he said. “Great player, but they played great without him.”
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