Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews plans to keep his game simple on Saturday night as he returns from a concussion against the New York Rangers.
The concussion was the first of Matthews's career and forced him to miss the last six games.
``As far as conditioning it's not totally going to be there, but hopefully throughout the first, second and third period I just get better and better, start feeling better each period, just do what I do,'' Matthews told reporters after Saturday's morning skate.
``I want to contribute in a number of different ways and just play my game and have fun.''
Matthews leads the Leafs with 26 points (13 goals, 13 assists) in 26 games this season. He'll centre a line with Zach Hyman and William Nylander against the Rangers.
The star centre took an accidental hit to the head from Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly late in a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Dec. 9.
He also missed four games in November with what the team called an ``upper-body injury.''
Toronto has gone 2-4 in their latest stint without Matthews, and 6-4 over the two absences.