The Toronto Maple Leafs are without star forward Auston Matthews for the second consecutive game when the Boston Bruins on Thursday for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference first-round series. Matthews, dealing with an illness, skated briefly on Tuesday and Thursday morning but was ruled out for those games. Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe confirmed Matthews' status for Game 6 on Thursday morning. Without Matthews, the Maple Leafs staved off elimination with a 2-1 overtime victory versus the Bruins in Game 5. Boston holds a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Matthews did not play in the third period of Toronto's 3-1 loss in Game 4 on Saturday and Keefe said he was "removed by doctors." He played just 14:16 and recorded a shot on goal and two hits before exiting for the…