Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ryan O’Reilly will be placed on long-term injured reserve with a broken finger, head coach Sheldon Keefe confirmed Monday.
O’Reilly will be seeing a specialist on Monday afternoon and the Maple Leafs expect him back before the playoffs. Toronto's last game is on April 13, one day before the conclusion of the NHL regular season.
Maple Leafs captain John Tavares has also been ruled out of Tuesday’s game against the New Jersey Devils with an unspecified illness.
O’Reilly suffered the injury when he took a shot off his hand during Saturday’s loss to the Vancouver Canucks and he left the ice in obvious discomfort.