Auston Matthews won't be in the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup on Wednesday against the Vegas Golden Knights as he deals with an upper-body injury. Given Toronto's light schedule this week, with games against Vegas on Wednesday and Utah Hockey Club on Sunday,

Auston Matthews boarded a plane and crossed an ocean. The Maple Leafs are hoping the trip provides some answers — and gets their best player back on the ice.

Toronto taking advantage of a relatively lighter schedule this week, with only two games in eight days, to help the Leafs captain return to health.

As important as Matthews is to his team's success, the Maple Leafs have survived life without him. Berube's club owns a 5-1-0 record across his six-game absence heading into Wednesday's showdown with the Golden Knights.

Toronto Maple Leafs' forward Auston Matthews "isn't getting worse" but remains at least another week away from returning from an undisclosed upper-body injury. That was the latest from Leafs' coach Craig Berube on Monday when questioned about the status of his team's captain,

According to a report from NHL insider Chris Johnston, Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has left the team and has travelled to Munich, Germany to see a medical specialist. Check it out: “More as a general check-up but also to get some work done on his thing,

Day. Not only was Auston Matthews not on the ice again Tuesday, he wasn’t even in the country, but seeing a doctor in Munich Germany this week to try and help what has been a mysterious upper-body injury that has kept the Rocket Richard Trophy-winning captain out since Nov.

Auston Matthews traveled to Germany to visit a doctor as he continues to recover from an upper-body injury, but Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving insisted the center is progressing well and could play next week.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have revealed that captain Auston Matthews has traveled to Germany for further evaluation of his upper-body injury.