Kirill Marchenko is week to week because of a lower-body injury, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Wednesday.
The forward left a 5-2 loss at the Calgary Flames in the second period on Monday. He took a hit from Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich and fell awkwardly to the ice before playing one more 14-second shift and leaving the game.
"He couldn't come back and finish the game, so that's never a good sign," Toronto coach Jim Hiler said after the game.
Marchenko is third on the Maple Leafs with 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in 14 games this season, his first with them. The 26-year-old was acquired in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sept. 28, along with forward Miles Wood and goalie Elvis Merzlikins, for forwards Matthew Knies, Steven Lorentz, defenseman Emil Andrae, and a second-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.
Marchenko has points in 11 of his 14 games this season, including a hat trick in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Oct. 15.
The Maple Leafs announced Tuesday that forwards John Tavares (lower body), and defensemen Nick Blankenburg (upper body) and Marshall Rifai (lower body) each remain week to week. Tavares has missed the past six games, Blankenberg the past two, and Rifai the past three.
Chris Tanev has been upgraded to day to day; the defenseman participated in Toronto's morning skate prior to its game at the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; Prime Video, KONG, KING, SNO). Tanev practiced fully in a noncontact jersey at the morning skate prior to the game Monday. It was his first full practice with teammates since he was injured in the first period of a 6-3 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Oct. 10.
Forward Dakota Joshua was recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League on Wednesday,
