Morgan Rielly suffers injury in overtime loss to Islanders, will have imaging done

During the third period of Monday's overtime loss to the New York Islanders, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost their best defenceman, Morgan Rielly to a suspected lower-body injury.

Rielly collided with Islanders forward Kyle Palmieri, both players fell to the ice and were slow to get up. The Maple Leafs blue liner appeared to be holding his left knee and went on to play one more shift before leaving the game and not returning.

Rielly and Palmieri collide

both look okay pic.twitter.com/YhcGi0x23V— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) November 22, 2022

The 28-year-old will have imaging done on his injury at some point on Tuesday and an update on his status will likely come Tuesday evening or following Wednesday's morning skate.

It's been a tough go for the Maple Leafs in terms of injuries to their defensive core. First it was Jake Muzzin, who has a spine injury and likely won't play again this season. Then more recently, T.J. Brodie who's out with an oblique injury and it doesn't sound like he will be returning anytime soon.

Rielly, a native of Vancouver, has been off to a very good start to the 2022-23 season. In 20 games, he's put up 16 assists, seven penalty minutes and is a minus-one.

Source: Sportsnet

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