The Washington Capitals’ (23-9-2) injury report has five players listed as they ready for their Saturday, December 28 matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs (22-12-2) at Scotiabank Arena. It

TORONTO -- Auston Matthews did not play for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Friday's 5-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings and will not play on Saturday against the Washington Capitals (7 p.m. ET; NHL Network, MNMT 2, CBC, SNE, SNO, SNP).

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without captain Auston Matthews for at least the next two games as the star center continues to nurse an upper-body injury, NHL.com reported Friday. Matthews, 27, has missed Toronto's last two games and will sit out Friday's contest at Detroit and Saturday's home showdown against Washington.

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The Maple Leafs likely will be without captain Auston Matthews for at least the next two games, although the star center is said to be doing better as he recovers from an upper-body injury.

Auston Matthews wasn't on the ice during the Toronto Maple Leafs' full morning skate inside Little Caesars Arena on Friday morning. The 27-year-old forward has missed Toronto's last two games — both losses to the New York Islanders and Winnipeg Jets — after re-aggravating his previous upper-body injury from earlier in the season.