Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews, Anthony Stolarz won’t play vs. Kings due to injury

The Toronto Maple Leafs lost a pair of players to injury on Tuesday night vs. the Boston Bruins, and both players will sit out for Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Kings. Matthews took a hit to the letters from Bruins defenceman Nikita Zadorov and later threw a retaliatory hit against the towering defender, and one of these hits triggered something that evolved into a lower-body injury, although it’s unclear which one it was. Stolarz, meanwhile, got hurt sometime in the first period against the Bruins on Tuesday after a net-front scrum, and he’ll be sidelined with an upper-body injury. In the wake of this news, the Maple Leafs announced that they have re-called goaltender Artur Akhtyamov from the Toronto Marlies, who will likely back up Dennis Hildeby against the Kings. Despite the injuries coming to a pair of important players, neither are expected to be serious. Matthews had been heating up after a slow start to the season, with nine goals and 14 points in 17 games at the time of his injury. SRead More