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 Toronto Maple Leafs will be without veteran center John Tavares for the foreseeable future after he suffered an injury during a power-play drill at practice on Wednesday. The team announced that Tavares had been placed on injured reserve as a result of the injury,

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.

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

The Toronto Maple Leafs will play Monday night's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning without forward Max Pacioretty. Pacioretty will be absent due to an upper-body injury that he sustained after taking a shot to the side of the head in Saturday's 7-3 comeback win against the Montreal Canadiens.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Connor Dewar did not take part in the club's practice and will not be in the lineup for his team hosts the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday, either. The forward sustained an upper-body injury in Toronto's 5-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will miss multiple players for their next game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. At Tuesday’s practice, head coach Craig Berube provided an injury update on John Tavares, who was placed on injury reserve last week.