The Toronto Maple Leafs are getting more reinforcements on the blue line with Morgan Rielly expected to make his return for Thursday’s game against the Arizona Coyotes.
Rielly has been sidelined since Nov. 21 with a left knee injury, which was expected to need four to six weeks to recover.
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He was placed on long-term injured reserve requiring him to miss a minimum of 10 games and 24 days.
Rielly accidentally collided in open ice with New York Islanders forward Kyle Palmieri tweaking and clutching his left knee. Both men hit the ice and were slow to rise. Rielly skated one more shift before leaving the game.
The 28-year-old was leading all Leafs defencemen in ice time averaging 23 minutes per game and has 16 assists in 20 games.
