The Toronto Maple Leafs announced that star forward Auston Matthews will be out day-to-day due to a lower-body injury. Matthews suffered the injury on a blocked shot in Sunday’s overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings. He missed Tuesday morning’s practice and was designated as a game-time decision before being ruled out. The Maple Leafs are already down forward Dakota Joshua and defenseman Chris Tanev due to injury. Defender Matt Benning and forward Jacob Quillan were recalled to fill-in for those absences. Calle Jarnkrok will also step back into the lineup for Matthews after four games on the shelf. Even with the committee effort, and a quiet year from their star, Toronto is still going to face a steep test trying to make up for Matthews’ absence. He snapped a four-game scoring drought on Dec. 27 and has four points in two games since. That brings Matthews up to 27 points in 33 games this season, good for fourth on the team in scoring. He is riding a 11.7 shooting percentage this season — roughly four percen
