The Toronto Maple Leafs released an injury update on former captain John Tavares, days after Auston Matthews returned to action for the 2024-25 NHL season.

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. Maple Leafs F John Tavares has been placed on IR (lower body).

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.

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

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Thursday morning that forward John Tavares has been placed on injured reserve, sidelining him for at least the next three games. Officially labeled as week-to-week, the 34-year-old will be unavailable for the foreseeable future, further testing the team’s depth amidst a season plagued by injuries.

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.

These are tough times, suddenly, around the Toronto Maple Leafs. They’ve had three straight regulation losses for the first time all season, and now there’s an injury to John Tavares. Tavares left practice in obvious discomfort on Wednesday afternoon after getting awkwardly tied up with Chris Tanev during a power-play drill.

The Maple Leafs have placed John Tavares on injured reserve with a lower-body injury that he suffered in practice

Toronto Maple Leafs practice went silent during the back half of practice after John Tavares went down with an injury. The 34-year-old went down in the corner while the team practiced the power play. Chris Tanev's left leg got caught with Tavares' skate, causing the forward to almost do the splits.

: 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

Tavares is out of the Leafs lineup after sufferingan injury in practice that will now keep him out from tonight's game against New Jersey and later. Tavares