The Maple Leafs superstar captain Auston Matthews was set to miss Tuesday night’s game against the Atlantic Division rival Boston Bruins with an upper-body injury.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will play a massively important early-season contest against the Boston Bruins without their newly minted captain. It was announced by the Maple Leafs that superstar forward Auston Matthews would be out of the lineup on a day-to-day basis as he recovers from an upper-body injury.

Auston Matthews will miss some time for the Toronto Maple Leafs as the team announced that he's out with a day-to-day upper-body injury.

NHL insider Chris Johnston is reporting that Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews won't be suiting up against the Bruins tonight. According to the team, the 27-year-old sniper is being classified as "day-to-day" with an upper-body injury.

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has been ruled out of Tuesday's game against the visiting Boston Bruins due to an upper-body injury. Matthews, who is considered day-to-day with the injury,

TORONTO -- Auston Matthews has an upper-body injury and will not play when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; TSN4, NESN). The forward and Maple Leafs captain is day to day. He has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in 13 games this season.