 and points (63) in just 62 appearances. He will sit out at least 13 games with this injury, and perhaps more if the recovery process stretches beyond 28 days. Matthews has 10 goals (tied for second in the NHL) and 16 points (tied for sixth) through 11 games this season. Calgary held a 12-4 edge in shots, with Toronto's output in the opening 20 minutes tying its lowest in any period in 2018-19. With their best player on the shelf, the Leafs were forced to shuffle their lines over Saturday's final two periods and again on Monday. Kadri, who started the campaign as Toronto's No. 3 center, was reunited with Marner and Patrick Marleau after the trio clicked in the second half 2017-18, while Tavares played between Hyman and Kasperi Kapanen to round out the top-six forward group. The Leafs are also still without winger William Nylander, who was slated to start the season alongside Matthews and Marleau following the addition of Tavares this summer, as the restricted free agent and the club remain at odds over a new contract.''It's frustrating,'' Matthews said of his injury prior to Monday's game. ''There's not much you can do.''I'm going to work as hard as I can to get back as soon as possible.''NOTES: Marner has five assists in his last three games. ... The Leafs were 11-7-2 without Matthews last season. ... Leafs defenseman Travis Dermott, who missed both victories over Winnipeg because of an illness, was a healthy scratch. UP NEXTCalgary: Back in action Tuesday in Buffalo. Toronto: Hosts the Dallas Stars on Thursday.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Time: 7:00 PM EDT Venue: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ont., Canada, M5J 2X2 / TORONTO - When the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Calgary Flames meet Monday night, each team will be coming off games on Saturday that contained both good and bad news. The Maple Leafs scored three third-period goals - including two 26 seconds apart late in the game - to come back and defeat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 Saturday. Early in the second period, however, center Auston Matthews left the game with a shoulder injury after a hard check near the Jets' goal from Jacob Trouba. Matthews, who has 10 goals and six assists, will miss the game Monday at the Scotiabank Arena. By then coach Mike Babcock said more will be known about the extent of the injury." He won't be playing on Monday," Babcock said. "We'll know more at that time." The Flames, who lost 9-1 at home Thursday to the Pittsburgh Penguins, were happier with the way they played Saturday against the Washington Capitals. The bad news is that they lost 4-3 in a shootout and are winless in three games." Any time you get embarrassed like (Thursday), it shows a lot about the character of this group when you play against the best team in the league and are right there, one bounce away from beating them," Flames goaltender Mike Smith said. "Obviously, we still want to push forward. We don't want to get complacent, but it's definitely a great sign." The game Monday is the opener of a quick two-game trip for the Flames (5-5-1), who visit the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday. The Maple Leafs (8-3-0) have had success playing without Matthews before. Last season, they were 11-7-2 when he missed 20 games with three injuries over the season, including one to his right shoulder. Babcock said the current injury is to the other shoulder." Obviously, he's a big part of our team and hopefully it's not severe but everyone did a good job picking up the slack," said Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri, who scored Toronto's first goal to start the comeback against the Jets. "We're a tight-knit group, we understand he is special talent that went down but at the same time we have a lot of good players in here who can play well together and step up and meet the challenge." Kadri was reunited with Mitch Marner and Patrick Marleau after Matthews was injured." We didn't have anything going," Babcock said. "We needed a change, we knew that had worked in the past. ... We'll look at it here (Sunday), we'll look at the game and figure out what direction we want to go." "It's tough to lose one of your best players but you've just got to keep playing and move on," said Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Gardiner, who scored the tying goal in his 500th game Saturday. Kasperi Kapanen, who opened the game on a line with Matthews and Marleau, scored the winning goal Saturday at 17:15 of the third. The Flames had some late-game heroics to salvage a point on Saturday against last season's Stanley Cup champions when Matthew Tkachuk tied the game with a goal at 18:33 of the third period after Smith had been replaced by an extra attacker." I thought we worked real hard," Flames coach Bill Peters said. "That's probably the hardest we've worked, from start to finish, as a group." "On any given night, if we're playing another team, maybe we get the two points," Tkachuk said.
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