Leafs’ Sissons exits game due to lower-body injury

It isn’t quite clear what exactly led to Sissons exiting the contest. The 33-year-old logged just 9:55 of ice time, which ended up being the second-fewest minutes among Leaf skaters. He registered a plus/minus of -1, as Toronto fell to the Devils by a final score of 4-0.

If Sissons is forced to miss time, he joins a list of notable Leafs who have missed considerable time. Chris Tanev, Morgan Rielly, and Nick Blankenburg are a trio of defensemen who are on the shelf, with Kirill Marchenko and Jack Roslovic also in the press box.

Sissons signed a two-year contract with the Leafs this past summer, with the deal carrying an AAV of $4.25 million. He was brought in to provide needed depth down the middle for a Leafs team that was looking to bounce back after a disappointing 2025-26 campaign. In appearing in each of the team’s first 19 contests, Sissons has scored two goals and four assists for six points, with an even plus/minus, averaging less than 15 minutes of ice time per game. He picked up an assist in the Leafs’ 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, but hasn’t found the back of the net since Oct. 17 against the New York Islanders.

The Leafs (8-9-2) only have a day off before welcoming the Colorado Avalanche to town on Tuesday night. Toronto is currently seventh in the Atlantic Division.