{"id":439210,"date":"2024-03-28T13:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=439210"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:19:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:19:02","slug":"matthews-game-time-decision-against-caps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/03\/28\/matthews-game-time-decision-against-caps\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthews Game Time Decision Against Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> Head Coach Sheldon Keefe<\/a> announced that Auston Matthews<\/a> is a game-time decision. This was following him missing today’s practice so questions were expectedly swirling. As of now, it is just being reported as an illness.<\/p>\n

Auston Matthews Missing a Game Could be Costly, Individually<\/h2>\n

One reason this is significant is for the purpose of individual accolades. The Toronto Maple Leafs are currently 40-22-9 and have 11 games remaining in the NHL’s regular season competition. Currently, Matthews sits on 59 goals. Missing a game isn’t a big deal, big picture. In contrast, if Matthews wants to try to hit the magical 70-goal mark, he’s got work to do. Of course, anytime someone dominates offensively like Matthews has been doing this season, you do get streaky. Matthews does have four goals in his previous four games. However, as hot as Matthews can be, scoring 11 goals over the final 10 games, assuming he only misses one, will be tricky. Even for him. We shall see how many he ends up within 2023-24.<\/p>\n

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Leafs lines during morning skate Mar.28\/24<\/p>\n

Bertuzzi-Domi-Marner*
McMann-Tavares-Nylander
Knies-Holmberg-Robertson
Dewar-Kampf-Reaves
Extra: Gregor
Absent-Matthews
*Marner could be placeholding <\/p>\n

McCabe-Liljegren
Brodie-Lyubushkin
Benoit-Timmins
Giordano
Absent: Rielly(UBI),\u2026<\/p>\n

— David Alter (@dalter) March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n