"It's unknown at the time how the injury was sustained, but Nylander appeared to leave the game just over halfway into the second period. Then, at second intermission, the Maple Leafs confirmed that he would not return. The video below shows the play it appeared to occur on, but doesn't reveal what exactly happened and what caused it."
"Nylander was slumping hard heading into the Leafs' win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, with no goals in his past 11 games leading up to that game and only five assists in that span. He ended up exploding for two goals and two assists against the Penguins and had a goal in Saturday's game against the Senators before leaving with the injury."
""It's just not going in, that's the way it is," Nylander said following Sunday's game. I don't know if I've felt like this before, or had a stretch like this. I'm not sure, I don't feel like I've had that in the NHL, at least.""
William Nylander exited Saturday's game against the Ottawa Senators with a lower-body injury and did not return. The specific cause of the injury was unclear from video of the play. Nylander had scored a power-play goal in the first minute before leaving. He had been experiencing a goal drought, producing no goals in 11 games and five assists during that stretch, before recording two goals and two assists against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Nylander leads the Maple Leafs with 40 points in 32 games and trails Auston Matthews by two goals. A prolonged absence would be a significant loss for an injury-plagued team.
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