BOSTON — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews left his team’s 5-3 loss to the Boston Bruins at TD Garden Tuesday night with a lower-body injury.

Matthews, who did not play in the third period, took a hit into the sideboards from behind by Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov midway through the second period. Though Zadorov took a roughing call in the third period, he was not penalized for the hit on Matthews.

“I think it’s a penalty, personally,” Toronto coach Craig Berube. “But I’m not the referee. I don’t like it. I don’t like the hit. He was in a vulnerable position.”

Berube did not have an update on Matthews, who has nine goals and 14 points this season, after the loss.

“I don’t know exactly,” he said. “I can’t give you a timeline or how serious it is right now. I’m not sure when he hurt it, to be honest with you.”

Anthony Stolarz started in goal for Toronto and gave up three first-period goals on 11 shots and was replaced for the second period by Dennis Hildeby, who had 19 stops. The team said Stolarz has an upper-body injury, but Berube didn’t believe it to be “serious.” Berube added, “I think he’ll be fine.”

All told, it was a night to forget for the Maple Leafs, who have lost three in a row. Steven Lorentz, Bobby McMann and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for Toronto, which was swept in a quick two-game home-and-home set with Boston.

The news was much better for the home team. David Pastrnak scored twice to move past 400 goals for his career, and added an assist, as the rebuilding Bruins won their seventh consecutive game.

Pavel Zacha, Hampus Lindholm and Alex Steeves also scored for the Bruins while Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves. Charlie McAvoy had a pair of assists in the win.

Pastrnak’s goal 49 seconds into the second period was the 400th of his career and gave the Bruins a 4-1 lead. He added a power-play goal at 9:48 of the third. He is the sixth player to score 400 or more goals in a Bruins jersey, and is now one goal behind fifth-place Rick Middleton.

Steeves’ goal was his first as a Bruin after four years in the Toronto organization.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes rookie defenseman Charles-Alexis Legault had surgery to repair multiple torn extensor tendons in his right hand after getting cut by a skate blade during a game over the weekend in Toronto.

General manager Eric Tulsky announced Tuesday that the operation was completed on Monday by Dr. Harrison Tuttle at Raleigh Orthopaedic.

Legault’s hand was sliced by one of Nick Robertson‘s skates during a scrum at the end of the first period, while the Maple Leafs forward was prone on the ice following a hit.

The team put Legault on injured reserve and said he was expected to miss three to four months. The Hurricanes in a statement thanked the Leafs’ medical staff for swift and decisive assistance in triage care of the injury.

Legault, 22, played in his first eight NHL games this season as injuries piled up on the blue line for Carolina.

DENVER — Gavin Brindley was rewarded with a two-year contract extension less than 48 hours after scoring his first NHL overtime winner.

“Pretty funny how that works,” the Colorado Avalanche rookie forward cracked Tuesday before their game against Anaheim. “But yeah, very fortunate. Happy that they believed in me.”

Brindley’s new deal will be worth $850,000 next season if he plays in the NHL and $900,000 no matter what level he suits up at in 2027-28, according to a person familiar with the move. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because terms were not disclosed.

The 5-foot-8, 173-pound Brindley was acquired by Colorado on June 27 as part of a deal that sent Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood to Columbus. Brindley made an immediate impression in Colorado’s training camp with his persistence and grit, leading to a spot on the opening-day roster.

He has three goals this season, including the OT winner at Vancouver on Sunday when he knocked in his own rebound. The 21-year-old from Florida became the seventh-youngest player in franchise history to notch an OT-winning goal.

“I think he can be a top-six forward,” said Avalanche coach Jared Bednar, who currently has Brindley on the fourth line. “He plays bigger than his size. The motor, the relentlessness, the skill level, and the brain to go with it, is all there.”

His deal was still so new that even his linemate, Parker Kelly, hadn’t heard about it. Once Brindley came off the ice following the morning skate, Kelly congratulated him.

“Super happy for him,” Kelly said. “He deserved it. He came into camp, did really well, made his presence known. He’s been playing the right way and has great details to his game.”

A 2023 second-round pick by the Blue Jackets, Brindley signed an entry-level deal in April 2024 after playing for the University of Michigan. He made his NHL debut with the Blue Jackets on April 16, 2024, against Carolina.

Brindley spent last season with Columbus’ AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Monsters, where he had six goals and 11 assists in 52 games.

He’s thrived in his role since the trade.

“Honestly, I really didn’t know what to think,” Brindley said when asked if he viewed being dealt to Colorado as a fresh start. “A lot of different emotions. I feel like positives and negatives, getting traded that young, and going through it. I feel like it’s good to go through it early and experience that and experience the downs of last year. Just learn from it and get better and grow.”