{"id":37344,"date":"2018-10-27T22:05:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T02:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=37344"},"modified":"2018-10-27T22:08:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T02:08:17","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-auston-matthews-out-with-shoulder-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/10\/27\/toronto-maple-leafs-auston-matthews-out-with-shoulder-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews Out With Shoulder Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":nw\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":nv\" class=\"a3s aXjCH \" role=\"gridcell\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews was hit by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> defenseman<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/troubja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob Trouba<\/a><\/strong> during the second period of Saturday night&#8217;s game. He played just 7:38 and managed three shots on goal before leaving the ice. Matthews didn&#8217;t return to the game after the hit. He suffered a similar shoulder injury last year for the Leafs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matthews heads to the tunnel after taking a big hit from Trouba. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ItKCJlVYI7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ItKCJlVYI7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Flintor (@TheFlintor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFlintor\/status\/1056339812259573760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/matthau01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auston Matthews<\/a> Injured<\/h1>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The first overall pick in 2016 is in his third season with the Leafs. This season Matthews has 10 goals and 6 assists for 16 points in just 11 games; good for the team league, and third in the NHL heading into tonight&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Matthews has only committed one minor penalty this season, but his boxcar stats hide a concerning &#8211; if likely short-term &#8211; problem. His possession numbers are 49.5 percent Corsi with a relative Corsi of -0.4 per cent; not the kind of numbers an elite 1C should deliver. Matthews has 84 goals and 64 assists for 148 points in 154 career games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 32px;\">What This Means for the Future<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\":nv\" class=\"a3s aXjCH \" role=\"gridcell\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">This is a huge loss for the Leafs as Matthews is their top offensive player. The Leafs will especially miss Matthews on the powerplay where he is a vital part of their man advantage. He&#8217;s currently leading the Leafs in goals so far this season. Matthews is set to be a free agent at the end of the season. The spotlight will now turn to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tavarjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Tavares<\/a><\/strong> with Matthews out. The Leafs will look to either <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marlepa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Marleau<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kadrina01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nazem Kadri<\/a><\/strong> to take Matthews role on the second line.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Even with Matthews out the Leafs will continue to be strong contenders in the East.<br \/>\nIt will be interesting to see if Matthews injury puts more pressure to sign <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nylanwi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Nylander<\/a><\/strong> to a contact.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"1AD0MpfsT4JcnQNVz-705w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1047834808\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'1AD0MpfsT4JcnQNVz-705w',sig:'uYi_uyxOXfCDriLdiDgD7xa_D1Z0J-DitGbrhQVyExA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1047834808',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews was hit by Winnipeg Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba during the second period of Saturday night&#8217;s game. He played just 7:38 and managed three shots on goal before leaving the ice. Matthews didn&#8217;t return to the game after the hit. He suffered a similar shoulder injury last year for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":37347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,18],"tags":[228,37,1576,955,72,357],"class_list":["post-37344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-leafs","tag-auston-matthews","tag-hockey","tag-injury","tag-nhl-news","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"modified_by":"Colton Praill","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}