{"id":502626,"date":"2026-03-14T06:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/502626\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T06:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:56:27","slug":"maple-leafs-captain-matthews-out-for-season-with-torn-knee-ligament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/502626\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs Captain Matthews Out for Season with Torn Knee Ligament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773451300641.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews suffered a severe knee injury during a game against Anaheim and will miss the remainder of the hockey season. The 28-year-old star tore his MCL after taking a knee-on-knee hit from an opposing player.\n        <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773451300641.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36568\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will be out for the remainder of the hockey season after suffering a serious knee injury, the team announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old star forward suffered a Grade 3 tear to his medial collateral ligament in his left knee, along with a bruised quadriceps muscle, according to team officials.<\/p>\n<p>The injury occurred during the second period of Toronto\u2019s matchup with the Anaheim Ducks when Matthews received a knee-on-knee collision from Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas. Matthews went down in obvious pain and required assistance from team medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>Officials penalized Gudas with a five-minute major penalty and ejected him from the game for the hit.<\/p>\n<p>Team medical staff will reassess Matthews in two weeks, with the organization planning to provide additional updates on the former Hart Memorial Trophy recipient at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the injury, Matthews managed to score a goal in Toronto\u2019s 6-4 victory over Anaheim. His season concludes with 53 points, including 27 goals and 26 assists, across 60 games played.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his decade-long career with the Maple Leafs, Matthews has accumulated 428 goals and 780 points over 689 regular-season contests. The former Calder Trophy winner as rookie of the year has earned seven All-Star Game selections, participating in five events and capturing MVP honors in 2024. Previous injuries forced him to withdraw from the 2020 All-Star Game due to a wrist problem and the 2023 event because of knee issues.<\/p>\n<p>                    More from TV Delmarva Channel 33 News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews suffered a severe knee injury during a game against Anaheim and will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5106],"tags":[56123,56124,56117,56125,56119,56120,56118,56121,5,20,5172,4,66,31,5171,56122],"class_list":{"0":"post-502626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-maple-leafs","8":"tag-102-3","9":"tag-102-3fm","10":"tag-fine-day","11":"tag-fine-day-102-3","12":"tag-fine-day-fm","13":"tag-fine-day-media","14":"tag-fine-day-radio","15":"tag-have-a-fine-day","16":"tag-hockey","17":"tag-maple-leafs","18":"tag-mapleleafs","19":"tag-nhl","20":"tag-toronto","21":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs","22":"tag-torontomapleleafs","23":"tag-weller-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116226228028013375","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}