Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews suffered a lower-body damage throughout Tuesday’s 5-3 loss towards the Boston Bruins at TD Backyard.
Auston Matthews left the sport within the second interval after taking a success from behind by Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov and didn’t return. The Leafs formally introduced that Matthews wouldn’t return for the rest of the sport.
This is how followers on X (previously referred to as Twitter) reacted to Auston Matthews’ damage. One tweeted:
“Hardly a devastating hit. Comfortable.”
One other chimed in:
“Technically he threw a bit hissy at zadora within the nook first… Probably the place he injured himself working into the massive boy.”
Listed here are a few of the different high reactions on X:
“Thia appeared prefer it may be a concussion however they’re saying it’s decrease physique so if he has reaggravated the prevailing damage he may be out for a very long time,” a 3rd fan wrote.
“Matthews for positive has a continual again or wrist damage the Leafs arent telling anybody. Why did he go Germany final 12 months? It wasnt for nothing thats for positive,” one X consumer opined.
“Leafs even with Matthews so t make playoffs. Brad did an excellent job making group worse this offseason z backside line sucks lacking two wingers for the highest strains . And many others leafs don’t have any system simply gradual skating in circles . Berube and Brad ought to each fired,” one other wrote.
“And nobody there to defend the captain. Leafs are such a sorry group,” one other chimed in.
In the meantime, the Maple Leafs additionally misplaced goaltender Anthony Stolraz as a result of an upper-body damage sustained through the matchup.
Auston Matthews suffers damage as Maple Leafs misplaced 5-3 to Bruins
On Tuesday, the Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 at TD Backyard.
Pavel Zacha opened the scoring for the Bruins, placing them forward 1-0 on the ability play at 4:27 of the opening interval. Simply over two minutes later, at 6:41, Steven Lorentz tied it 1-1 for the Maple Leafs with a shorthanded purpose.
At 9:32, Hampus Lindholm elevated the Bruins’ result in 2-1 on the ability play earlier than Alex Steeves made it 3-1 for Boston at 17:23 earlier than heading into the second interval.
David Pastrnak gave the Bruins a 4-1 lead simply 49 seconds into the second body. Bobby McMann minimize the deficit to 4-2 for the Leafs on the ability play at 18:58 of the second earlier than heading into the ultimate interval.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson made it 4-3 for the Leafs at 3:32 of the third earlier than Pastrnak sealed the 5-3 win for the Bruins together with his second purpose of the sport (energy play) at 9:48.
Edited by Abhishek Dilta
