""He had a good day today, so we will go into tomorrow and see how he feels in the morning," Berube said via Maple Leafs Hot Stove. "He'll probably go on the ice, and we'll go from there. It'd be huge (to get him back tomorrow). It was a good day for him, I know that. Hopefully, he is in there tomorrow, and we'll get him back.""
""The Leafs are hosting the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night, so it's not like they are going to have a lengthy break to hopefully have Matthews back before then. But it is good to hear from the head coach that he hopes that the captain is available for the game and it will be just a one-game absence that the team had to deal with.""
""While Matthews is certainly nowhere close to what he is capable of doing -- with just 15 goals and 27 points in 33 games this season -- but there is no denying that the Leafs are a much better team with him in the lineup compared to without. That might be the most obvious statement ever written about the Toronto Maple Leafs.""
Auston Matthews missed the Leafs' game against the New Jersey Devils but the team posted a 4-0 shutout in his absence. Head coach Craig Berube said Matthews had a good day and could practice and be available the next morning, with optimism about a return versus the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Matthews participated in Wednesday's optional practice doing limited stickhandling. The schedule offers little extra recovery time before the Jets game. Matthews has 15 goals and 27 points in 33 games this season. The Leafs perform significantly better with Matthews in the lineup.
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