Jake McCabe was placed on injured reserve after leaving Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers with an upper-body injury, the team announced Monday.
McCabe was slow to get up after his head crashed to the ice at the conclusion of a fight with Flyers heavyweight Garnet Hathaway.
The tilt was a response to Hathaway crashing into Leafs goalie Dennis Hildeby just seconds earlier.
McCabe previously missed five games this season after he was hit on the side of the head by an errant shot.
The 31-year-old has one goal and 10 assists across 36 contests this season as he’s played on a shutdown pairing alongside Chris Tanev.
With McCabe sidelined, defenceman Marshall Rifai was recalled from the AHL’s Toronto Marlies.
Toronto returns to the ice Tuesday for the back half of a home-and-home set against the Flyers in Philadelphia.
