The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without John Tavares for a minimum of three games after the club announced that they placed the forward on injured reserve. Following Toronto's morning skate ahead of their game against the New Jersey Devils,

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been dealt a significant blow with John Tavares landing on injured reserve due to a lower-body injury sustained in practice, but they have already make a subsequent roster move to make up for his absence.

Toronto will be without one of its biggest contributors for the near future after a drill mishap on Wednesday.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body ailment on Thursday and is considered week-to-week, head coach Craig Berube said.

The injury report for the Toronto Maple Leafs (27-16-2) heading into their matchup with the New Jersey Devils (26-15-5) currently has five players on it. The matchup begins at 7:00 PM ET on

Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares is being evaluated after sustaining an apparent leg injury during Wednesday's practice.

: TSN insider Pierre LeBrun is now reporting that John Tavares will be out 2-4 weeks following today’s announcement that the Toronto Maple Leafs have moved him to the injury reserve. From LeBrun today on TSN’s ‘Insider Trading’ segment: “What I was

John Tavares is week to week for the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower-body injury and was placed on injured reserve Thursday. The center left practice early Wednesday after he took an awkward fall along the boards during a power-play drill.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without John Tavares for some time after a freak injury at a recent practice put him on the shelf. Tavares left a Maple Leafs workout early when an inadvertent trip and awkward fall forced him to suffer a lower-body injury.