Auston Matthews describes night out with pop star Justin Bieber

It's no secret that that pop icon Justin Bieber loves the Toronto Maple Leafs. He's routinely seen taking in Leafs home games either in a suite or behind the Leafs bench, and also has become buddies with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner.

Over the summer, Matthews and now-former Leafs forward Joe Thornton were seen with Bieber's entourage this summer at UFC 264 headlined by Connor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.

"We were just like, 'Let's make a little trip of it, and maybe we'll just watch the fights and do the whole Vegas thing,"' Matthews recalled at the recent NHL/NHLPA media tour. "It was an incredible experience."

Later in the night, the group all went out. 

"We went out to eat after," Matthews continued with a grin. "How everybody was getting back to the hotel was in this big sprinter van.

"Just hopped in with everybody else, and off we go."

And when we say Bieber loves the Leafs, it's literal. In fact, he recently released his song "Hold On” and called it a “love letter” to the team.