In Game 5, with the Leafs getting blown out, Sportsnet panned to the Leafs' bench and showed Matthews breaking a stick over the boards. At the time, many believed it was his own stick, as he immediately received a new one from the training staff. During the broadcast of Game 6, however, Kevin Bieksa revealed that it was not his own stick that Matthews snapped over the boards, but another one of Greig's sticks.
On a line change, Greig stuck his stick between Matthews' legs and instead of turning around and engaging in a shoving match, which likely would have led to a penalty, Matthews took Greig's stick onto the bench with him, gracefully handed his own stick to the training staff before smashing Greig's across the top of the boards.
Although Matthews and the rest of the 'Core 4', had a very uninspired performance in Game 5, they bounced back with an excellent effort in Game 6 to send Greig and his sticks packing, punching the Leafs' ticket to the 2nd Round.