The Toronto Maple Leafs are placing captain Auston Matthews on the injured reserve list with an upper-body injury.

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Tuesday they placed forward Auston Matthews on Injured Reserve (IR), retroactive to Dec. 20. In a corresponding move, the team recalled defenseman Marshall Rifai from their AHL affiliate,

Toronto is hoping that Matthews can finish the 2024-25 campaign healthy whenever he returns. The veteran forward took over the Maple Leafs' captaincy from Tavares during the offseason nearly one year after the former signed a four-year, $53 million extension with the franchise.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without captain Auston Matthews for at least the next two games as the star center continues to nurse an upper-body injury, NHL.com reported Friday. Matthews, 27, has missed Toronto's last two games and will sit out Friday's contest at Detroit and Saturday's home showdown against Washington.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have officially placed Auston Matthews on injured reserve, but several notable NHL Insiders have revealed why fans shouldn't be concerned.

The Maple Leafs likely will be without captain Auston Matthews for at least the next two games, although the star center is said to be doing better as he recovers from an upper-body injury.

Auston Matthews’ return to the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup after dealing with an upper-body injury was relatively short-lived. Following last Friday’s win over the Buffalo Sabres, it was revealed that Toronto’s captain aggravated the injury during the game.

On Friday morning, star forward and captain Auston Matthews was not taking part in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ practice ahead of their matchup with the Detroit Red Wings. After the morning skate, Leafs head coach Craig Berube announced that Matthews would miss tonight’s game against Detroit as well as Saturday’s contest against the Washington Capitals.