Maple Leafs Lose Another Forward, Colton Sissons Leaves Game With Lower-Body Injury

The Toronto Maple Leafs have lost several players to injury recently. But to add to that, center Colton Sissons was unable to finish the game against the New Jersey Devils due to a lower-body injury, the team said.

He played 9:55 of ice time across 13 shifts before exiting. His last shift came with 2:19 remaining in the second period.

Without any information on the extent of the injury to Sissons, this adds to an already long list of players who weren't available on Sunday, and maybe even further into the schedule.

Jack Roslovic didn't play on Sunday as he manages a lower-body injury. Morgan Rielly also didn't play on Sunday, leaving Saturday's game with a lower-body injury as well.

Chris Tanev sat in the press box and was also out of the lineup. He wasn't out of the lineup directly because of an injury, but rather a "planned maintenance" day for the 36-year-old defenseman.

Add defensemen Marshall Rifai and Nick Blankenburg, who haven't featured for the Maple Leafs since Oct. 20 and Oct. 22, respectively.

Sissons, 33, has featured in all of Toronto's 19 games so far this season, including the Devils game, scoring two goals and six points. Before Sunday, Sissons averaged 14:53 of ice time per game.

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