{"id":217952,"date":"2026-03-13T10:26:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217952\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:26:55","slug":"maple-leafs-auston-matthews-injured-ducks-radko-gudas-ejected-after-knee-on-knee-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217952\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs\u2019 Auston Matthews injured, Ducks\u2019 Radko Gudas ejected after knee-on-knee hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Radko<\/p>\n

Radko Gudas was given a five-minute major for kneeing and a game misconduct for a play that resulted in Auston Matthews having to be helped off the ice Thursday night. Chris Tanouye \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

TORONTO \u2014 Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews had to be helped off the ice following a knee-on-knee hit from Anaheim Ducks captain Radko Gudas on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Gudas was given a five-minute major for kneeing and a game misconduct following a video review.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a dirty play,\u201d Leafs coach Craig Berube said. \u201cThe league\u2019s gonna obviously look at it, and we\u2019ll see what the suspension will be or whatever happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthews immediately grabbed his left knee after the collision. He remained down during the ensuing TV timeout before being helped to the dressing room by team staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t like it,\u201d John Tavares said. \u201cHe really clips him pretty good. I thought it was dirty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only five minutes earlier, Matthews scored on the power play to end a season-long 12-game goal drought. He didn\u2019t return for the third period.<\/p>\n

While playing for the Czech Republic at the 2026 Olympics, Gudas was also involved in a play that ended the tournament for Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby due to injury. That play made Gudas a target of voluminous and harsh criticism online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tough penalty. It was a penalty,\u201d Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said. \u201cI\u2019m not complaining about the call. There was no premeditation. It was just reflexes (that) did it. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll leave it up to them (the NHL\u2019s Department of Player Safety). I don\u2019t know. But I know it\u2019s just one of those split-second moves. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gudas has been suspended four times during his NHL career: three games for a headshot on Mika Zibanejad in 2015, six games for a headshot on Austin Czarnik in 2016, 10 games for a slash to Mathieu Perreault\u2019s neck in 2017 and two games for high-sticking Nikita Kucherov in 2019.<\/p>\n

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