Leafs’ Morgan Rielly leaves game with lower-body injury

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on social media that defenseman Morgan Rielly left Saturday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens with a lower-body injury and would not return.

It’s not clear how or when Rielly sustained the injury, but he left the bench during the first period. He finished the night with 5:45 of ice time on eight shifts.

Going into Saturday’s game, Rielly had 12 assists and averaged 19:31 of ice time in 17 games in 2026-27. Now in his 14th NHL season, Rielly had 98 goals and 463 assists for 561 points in 968 career regular-season games.

Since entering the league in 2013-14, Rielly has recorded three 50-assist seasons and has four seasons where he recorded at least 50 points. His best season came in 2018-19 when he posted 20 goals and 52 assists for 72 points. That season, he finished fifth in Norris Trophy voting and fourth in the Lady Byng Trophy vote.

Rielly, a native of Vancouver, also has 15 goals and 32 assists for 47 points in 70 Stanley Cup Playoff contests.

Taken No. 5 overall by the Leafs in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Rielly spent parts of three seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Moose Jaw Warriors. He finished with 21 goals and 79 assists for 100 points in 143 career regular-season games. He also had nine assists in 11 WHL playoff games.

Internationally, Rielly represented Canada at the World Championships multiple times and helped them win a gold medal in 2016. He was also part of the 2013 World Junior Championship roster.