The Maple Leafs will be without defenseman Jake McCabe for at least the next week after the club placed him on IR on Monday and recalled a Marlies defenseman.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed defenceman Jake McCabe on injury reserve, retroactively on Jan. 5. As a result, they’ve called up Marshall Rifai from the AHL’s Toronto Marlies.

The Maple Leafs placed McCabe on injured reserve on Monday afternoon. The earliest he’ll be eligible to return is Jan. 14 against Dallas. A recent history of head injuries makes it possible, however,

Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake McCabe is headed to injured reserve for an upper-body injury after sustaining a concerning injury on Sunday. McCabe dropped the gloves with Philadelphia Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway in the first period of the Leafs' 3-2 victory and fell hard to the ice with Hathaway landing on top of him.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed defenseman Jake McCabe on injured reserve and called up Marshall Rifai from the Toronto Marlies, the club announced via X on Monday. Maple Leafs D Jake McCabe has been placed on IR (retroactive to January 5).

The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed defenceman Jake McCabe on injured reserve retroactive to January 5 and recalled defenceman Marshall Rifai. McCabe, 31, left Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers after a fight gone wrong against Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway.