Toronto says defenceman Morgan Rielly is out day-to-day with a lower-body injury and centre Colton Sissons is week-to-week with a lower-body ailment.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs announced before Tuesday’s home game against the Colorado Avalanche that defenceman Morgan Rielly is out day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
Rielly, 32, did not return after the first period of Toronto’s 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday and then sat out Sunday’s 4-0 defeat to the New Jersey Devils. Before leaving early against Montreal, he had 12 assists and averaged 19 minutes, 31 seconds of ice time across 17 games this season.
The Leafs also said centre Colton Sissons, 33, is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury after he was hurt late in Sunday’s second period. Sissons has two goals and four assists for six points in 19 games with Toronto since signing in free agency over the summer.
Toronto entered Tuesday having lost three straight and five of six games in regulation. The team recalled Ryan Tverberg from the American Hockey League and reassigned Vinni Lettieri to the minors.
The Leafs’ injury list also includes winger Kirill Marchenko (lower body), and defencemen Marshall Rifai (lower body) and Nick Blankenburg (upper body), all listed as week-to-week.
Elsewhere on the injury report, veteran centre John Tavares returned to action Saturday after missing nine games with a lower-body injury, and shutdown defenceman Chris Tanev recently returned after an upper-body ailment and nine-game absence, but was held out of Sunday’s contest for load management on the second half of a back-to-back.
Colorado, 10-6-2, beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-0 on Saturday to snap a two-game slide. The Avalanche finished first in the NHL regular season last year to capture the Presidents’ Trophy, then were swept by the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference final.
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