Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving said Auston Matthews sustained a head injury during their first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins.
Treliving addressed the media Friday, alongside Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO Keith Pelley and team president Brendan Shanahan, a week after the team was eliminated in Game 7.
Matthews was also dealing with a virus and told reporters Monday he “took a weird hit” during Game 4. Treliving clarified it was “head injury issues” that forced the Leafs superstar to miss the following two games in the series.
Matthews, who scored a league-leading 69 goals during the regular season, finished the series with one goal and three assists.
Treliving also said goaltender Joseph Woll sustained a back sprain.
Woll helped the Leafs stave off elimination in Games 5 and 6, stopping 49 of 51 shots, but he did not dress for the decisive series finale due to the injury.
Treliving added that Bobby McMann suffered an MCL sprain and Connor Dewar is undergoing shoulder surgery Friday.
McMann, who missed the final two games of the regular season and the entire first-round playoff series, had a breakout season scoring 15 goals and 24 points in 56 games during the regular season.
Dewar had one goal and five points in 17 games during the regular season after he was acquired from the Minnesota Wild at the trade deadline on March 8. He added one assist in six playoff games.
