Auston Matthews stood looking relaxed in a place he hasn’t been seen much lately: At the front of the Toronto Maple Leafs practice facility locker room. “From where I was at up to now, I feel night and day,

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been without captain Auston Matthews for the last seven games, as he’s dealing with an upper-body injury that has kept him out of the lineup. The good news for the Leafs is that they’ve managed to go 6-1 without him thanks to the depth scoring from throughout the roster.

Auston Matthews came back from Germany with a spring in his step Saturday, but wasn’t too forthcoming about what exactly his upper body injury is. After five days seeing a specialist in Germany, at least some of the mystery about his day-to-day condition that has stretched into three weeks was explained.