Leafs’ Scott Laughton placed on IR; Artur Akhtyamov recalled
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Thursday that forward Scott Laughton has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to Nov. 8, while the team also recalled Artur Akhtyamov from their AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies.
The Maple Leafs have recalled G Artur Akhtyamov.
F Scott Laughton has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to November 8.
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) November 13, 2025
The news comes after Laughton, 31, left the Leafs’ Nov. 8 game against the Boston Bruins with an upper-body injury after taking a hit from Bruins’ defender Nikita Zadorov. It was only Laughton’s second game of the 2025-26 season.
Nikita Zadorov with a HUGE hit on Scott Laughton 😳 pic.twitter.com/AS1d4OKwAD
— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) November 9, 2025
Meanwhile, Akhtyamov joins the Leafs after Anthony Stolarz left Tuesday’s game against the Bruins with a reported upper-body injury. There is no timeline as to how long Stolarz may be out of the lineup.
Laughton, 31, is entering his 13th NHL season, spending the first 12 and change with the Philadelphia Flyers. In 683 career games, the Oakville, Ont., native has 108 goals and 161 assists for 269 points and 399 penalty minutes.
He was acquired by the Leafs in a trade with the Flyers ahead of the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline, with Toronto sending a conditional first-round pick in 2027, along with prospect Nikita Grebenkin, to Philadelphia in exchange for Laughton, as well as a fourth- and sixth-round pick.
As for Akhtyamov, the 24-year-old Russian netminder is 4-2-0 in six appearances with the Marlies this season, posting an .894 save percentage (SV%) and 2.82 goals against average (GAA). In 2024-25, the 2020 fourth-round pick posted an 11-8-4 record with a .901 SV% and 2.81 GAA through 26 games.
The Leafs are 8-8-1 with 17 points in 2025-26, having lost three straight. Their next game is Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings, followed by a Saturday night road contest against their Original Six rival, the Chicago Blackhawks.