TORONTO Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman has a sprained MCL in his right knee and will miss at least two weeks, but head coach Sheldon Keefe says his team “shouldn t miss a beat” during his absence with reinforcements already on the way.
The Leafs’ winger was injured in the second period of Toronto’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Canucks in Vancouver on Sunday, moving through the neutral zone when Alex Edler’s outstretched right leg tripped him up. Hyman left the game and would not return, while Edler was assessed a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct. The Canucks’ defenceman was subsequently suspended for two games by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Monday.
TSN Toronto Reporter Mark Masters reports on the Maple Leafs, who practised on Tuesday in Edmonton ahead of Wednesday’s final game of their three-game series against the Oilers.
Before the Leafs opened training camp a few guys – Joe Thornton, Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Rasmus Sandin and Mac Hollowell – returned to Canada and quarantined together in the same house. And it was there that the Willy Styles nickname was born. It comes from Jumbo when we were in a quarantine house together, Nylander revealed. He started calling me that so I put that on my sticks now.
William Nylander has two sticks on the bench for warmup. One says ‘Nylander’. the other says ‘Willy Styles’. pic.twitter.com/LowI8AkUZo
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Even with wrist injury, Maple Leafs Matthews keeps historic run going
Sportsnet s Chris Johnston and Shawn McKenzie take a look at the Maple Leafs win over the Flames and discuss William Nylander finding form along with Auston Matthews dealing with a wrist injury not just in this game but since start of the season. | February 25, 2021, 12:59 AM
February 25, 2021, 12:59 AM
TORONTO The historic run Auston Matthews is putting together to start this season takes on an even more impressive look when you factor in that he’s operating at less than full health.
A wrist injury kept Matthews from even taking a faceoff for the final 24 minutes of Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames, but it didn’t keep him from picking up assists on both William Nylander’s late tying goal and his winner.
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