The Toronto Maple Leafs have been playing without their captain for almost two weeks, and that will continue to be the case.

TSN’s Darren Dreger reports that the Maple Leafs will take on the Edmonton Oilers without Auston Matthews, who is still dealing with an upper-body injury.

Matthews has missed the last five Maple Leafs contests and is expected to miss at least one more.

The focus for the Maple Leafs has been to make sure Matthews fully recovers to 100% and doesn’t have any carryover problems in the near future.

Their upcoming schedule plays in their favor that he may not miss too many more contests.

Following their meeting with the Oilers, the Maple Leafs will have just one game in the next seven days, and just four in the final two weeks of November.

That slow pace helps get Matthews back to 100% while missing the fewest amount of games possible.

Dreger’s colleague Chris Johnston said on Insider Trading that Matthews’ recovery is moving in the right direction, but there is hope that he will return with no lingering problems.

“There is a feeling that when he does return he will be completely over this issue,” Johnston said. “This rest period will basically eliminate this issue entirely.”

Matthews has had a slower start than normal through his first 13 games as Maple Leafs captain with just five goals and six assists for 11 total points.

The Maple Leafs are 10-6-2 on the year and have gone 4-1-0 without Matthews in the lineup.