The Toronto Maple Leafs are already having a terrible and pointless season as they are almost guaranteed to miss the playoffs for the first time this decade. To just make it worse, on Thursday night they have potentially lost their captain to a brutal injury after a dirty hit from a notorious player.
During the second period of the Leafs hosting the Anaheim Ducks, Leafs captain Auston Matthews was trying to make a play, stickhandling the puck in the slot to try and dish it to an open teammate, but Ducks blueliner Radko Gudas came charging in and decided to make the dirtiest possible play.