Leafs' Auston Matthews could miss week with lower-body injury

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Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews could miss up to a week of action with a lower-body injury, coach Craig Berube confirmed on Thursday.

The forward's status was up in the air after he exited in the second period of Tuesday's game against Boston following a hit from behind by Bruins' defenseman Nikita Zadorov. Toronto hosts the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

"[Matthews] may be back sooner [than a week]," said Berube. "One of those things [where] he could come in a couple days from now feeling a lot better and [we're] hopefully he's good to go. But we'll see. Could be as long as a week."

It was midway through the second period on Tuesday when Matthews was…