BOSTON -- Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews left his team's 5-3 loss to the Boston Bruins at TD Garden Tuesday night with a lower-body injury.

Matthews, who did not play in the third period, took a hit into the sideboards from behind by Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov midway through the second period. Though Zadorov took a roughing call in the third period, he was not penalized for the hit on Matthews.

"I think it's a penalty, personally," Toronto coach Craig Berube. "But I'm not the referee. I don't like it. I don't like the hit. He was in a vulnerable position."

Berube did not have an update on Matthews, who has nine goals and 14 points this season, after the loss.

"I don't know exactly," he said. "I can't give you a timeline or how serious it is right now. I'm n

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