Auston Matthews Out for Season With Grade 3 MCL Tear

Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season after suffering a Grade 3 MCL tear and quadriceps contusion in a knee-on-knee collision with Radko Gudas. Matthews finishes his 10th NHL season with 27 goals and 53 points. His agent, Judd Moldaver, publicly criticized the NHL's five-game suspension of Gudas as "laughable and preposterous," citing a lack of confidence in the league's disciplinary process following the season-ending injury.