Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews will undergo an MRI on Friday afternoon to determine the extent of his injury, TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports.
Matthews left Thursday night’s win over the Anaheim Ducks taking a hit to the left knee from defenceman Radko Gudas.
“That’s a dirty play,” said coach Craig Berube. “The league is obviously going to look at it and see what the suspension will be, or whatever happens.”
Gudas received a major penalty and game misconduct. He will have a hearing with the league’s department of player safety on Friday.
Matthews scored his 27th goal of the season before exiting on Thursday, ending a 12-game goal drought in the process. He has 53 points in 60 games this season.
The 28-year-old centre won gold as captain of Team USA at the Olympics in Italy.
The Maple Leafs will visit the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. Toronto remains 11 points back of the Boston Bruins for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. With 16 games remaining in the season, the Maple Leafs are on track to miss the playoffs and see their active-record streak of nine straight postseason appearances end.