Auston Matthews left Monday’s win against the Carolina Hurricanes in the third period after getting hit in the back of the head by Brett Pesce while battling with Nino Niederreiter. Matthews was down for a long while on the ice, but eventually left under his own weight but didn’t return.
Auston Matthews went into concussion protocol after taking a hit to the back of the head pic.twitter.com/4shSJ3vNqL
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Matthews wasn’t at practice on Tuesday, but he was always scheduled to miss that day because of the All-Star weekend.