Matthews leaves practice early, but issue not considered serious
The Maple Leafs held a morning skate (game group) and practice on Tuesday at the Ford Performance Centre.
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Auston Matthews left the ice midway through Tuesday's practice and did not return.
"Just an upper-body thing," said head coach Craig Berube. "It's not serious. He should be fine."
Matthews was not scheduled to play in Tuesday's game.
With Matthews sidelined, Mitch Marner moved to the middle during the rest of the practice.
"Mitch is talented enough to play anywhere to be honest with you," said Berube. "He was fine at centre. A good fill-in there."
The Leafs also have pre-season games on Thursday and Saturday this week.
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Veteran winger Calle Jarnkrok missed practice with a lower-body injury. He is listed as day-to-day.
Jarnkrok started training camp on a line with William Nylander and Max Domi.
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After being sidelined early in camp with an upper-body injury, Steven Lorentz rejoined practice on Tuesday.
"I'm just testing things right now," the 6-foot-4 forward said. "Getting back to almost 100 per cent, but I'm feeling confident, feeling strong. Again, when you take a few days off, like I just........
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