Red-hot Matthew Knies scored the winner, deflecting a third-period shot by Morgan Rielly, and the Leafs won their fifth in a row — their longest streak of the season — to move within one point of the first-place Vegas Golden Knights (57 points) in the overall standings.

Auston Matthews will officially be back in action for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night against the Boston Bruins. After missing six games to an undisclosed injury, the former Hart Trophy winner will slide back into the Leafs' lineup that's looking to take sole ownership of first place in the Atlantic Division.

Auston Matthews is set to return to the Maple Leafs lineup Saturday night against the Boston Bruins after missing the last six games with an undisclosed injury. “It’s exciting,” Matthews said Saturday morning.

Auston Matthews is back in the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup. The 27-year-old confirmed the news himself following Toronto's morning skate on Saturday ahead of their game against the Boston Bruins. It's his first game since Dec.

Auston Matthews had missed 15 games throughout this season, nursing a mysterious upper-body injury, and with a little help from his friends, his return to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ lineup was an overwhelming success.

Who knows if Auston Matthews could’ve made the play even a few days ago. His Toronto Maple Leafs were protecting a 5-4 read late in the third period of a back-and-forth war with their division rival Boston Bruins Saturday night at Scotiabank Arena,

Matthew Knies recorded his first career NHL hat trick and Mitch Marner had a goal and four assists Saturday, lifting Toronto to a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins in Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews return from injury.