Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews will miss the rest of the season due to left leg injury.

The NHL team says Matthews suffered a torn knee ligament and bruised quadriceps muscle in Thursday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks.

The club says it’s a Grade 3 tear of the medial collateral ligament. 

Matthews will be re-evaluated in two weeks. 

The star forward was hit by Ducks captain Radko Gudas in the second period of Toronto’s 6-4 win at Scotiabank Arena. Gudas was given a major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct. 

Late Friday, the NHL announced Gudas has been suspended for five games.

Five was the maximum number of games that Gudas could have been suspended because the hearing was held over the phone.

Judd Moldaver, the agent for Matthews, called the suspension and the decision to only give Gudas a phone hearing “laughable and preposterous.”

“While the process is set in our CBA, that this was the discipline is reckless and ridiculous,” Moldaver wrote in a statement to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. “This decision results in a further loss of confidence in the disciplinary process for all players.

“Players and fans deserve better. The Player Safety Department should be suspended.”

Matthews has 53 points (27-26) this season for the Maple Leafs, who are 14th in the Eastern Conference standings with 67 points.