Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews won't play in Thursday's Game 6 against the Boston Bruins, head coach Sheldon Keefe confirmed.
Matthews missed the third period of Game 4 and all of Game 5 due to an illness. He's also dealing with an apparent injury suffered on an innocuous hit in the series, per The Athletic's Chris Johnston, whose sources added that it would be "reckless" for Matthews to try to play through the ailment.
It's uncertain if Matthews could play in a potential Game 7, though one source told Johnston it's unlikely.