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Auston Matthews misses second straight playoff game with Leafs facing elimination

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TORONTO — Auston Matthews was back on the Scotiabank Arena ice Thursday morning. That wasn't the case when his Maple Leafs once again faced elimination roughly 10 hours later. Head coach Sheldon Keefe announced following Toronto's 11 a.m.

That wasn't the case when his Maple Leafs once again faced elimination roughly 10 hours later.

Keefe was asked before Game 5 if there was something else — namely an injury — bothering Matthews, but he declined to answer directly. "It's the nature of the game, the sport," Leafs captain John Tavares said of dealing with absences."We gotta play together as a group, everyone stepping up and doing more.Game 7, if necessary, would be Saturday in Boston. The series winner will take on the rested Florida Panthers in the second round after they dispatched the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 in the other Atlantic Division matchup.

The Leafs responded with that 2-1 extra-time victory Tuesday to improve to 2-0 in 2023-24 minus Matthews following a 7-0 regular-season triumph 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," Montgomery said of the top pick at the 2016 draft."Great player, but they played great without him."

 

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