Leafs’ Sissons exits game due to lower-body injury

Another injury blow to the blue and white.

When the third period between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils began on Sunday night, the Maple Leafs announced that forward Colton Sissons wouldn’t be returning to the game due to a 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.