Overview
- Gudas received a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the second-period knee-on-knee during the March 13 game.
- Matthews was ruled out for the rest of the game with a lower-body injury and will undergo further evaluation, coach Craig Berube said.
- NHL Player Safety announced the hearing, which was first reported by The Leafs Nation’s Nick Alberga and later confirmed by the league.
- Gudas is a repeat offender with prior lengthy bans, including a 10-game suspension in 2017 for slashing Mathieu Perreault.
- Leafs players and Berube criticized the delayed on-ice response to the hit, with Morgan Rielly publicly taking responsibility for not reacting sooner.