Auston Matthews is just fine.
After leaving the Toronto Maple Leafs' morning skate with "soreness" on Monday and sending an entire fan base into a collective panic, the 20-year-old took to the ice against the Vegas Golden Knights and resumed as if nothing had happened.
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Skating on a line with William Nylander and James van Riemsdyk, Matthews got hold of the puck on the right wing and completed a 360-degree spin move around Golden Knights defenseman Luca Sbisa before driving toward the net and feeding van Riemsdyk for an easy goal.
The first-period goal, scored at 9:31, gave Toronto a 2-1 lead. The Leafs added another before the Golden Knights rallied to tie the game 3-3, but Toronto prevailed in the shootout to claim a 4-3 victory.
A regular purveyor of excellence since joining the Leafs as the first-overall draft pick in 2016 and subsequently scoring 40 goals in his rookie season, Matthews is having an even better start to the 2017-18 campaign. With 10 goals and nine assists in his first 16 games, Matthews is on pace for over 100 points.