{"id":380440,"date":"2025-12-31T20:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/380440\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T20:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:55:08","slug":"maple-leafs-get-bad-news-on-chris-tanev-but-glimmer-of-hope-with-anthony-stolarz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/380440\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs get bad news on Chris Tanev but glimmer of hope with Anthony Stolarz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 The Maple Leafs updated the status of injured defenceman Chris Tanev, and it\u2019s not good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris Tanev\u2019s gonna miss some time, significant time,\u201d Leafs coach Craig Berube said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Berube said the 36-year-old suffered a groin injury in the third period of a Sunday night overtime loss in Detroit. \u201cKind of a freak thing more than anything,\u201d the coach said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those things that happens. It\u2019s unfortunate for him. You feel for him, what he\u2019s gone through this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">the Chris Tanev energy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y1FG6YAnFd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/y1FG6YAnFd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omar (@TicTacTOmar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TicTacTOmar\/status\/2006161165701755033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">December 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tanev \u2014 who has played in only 11 games all season \u2014 has already had two separate (but related) injury-related absences, totalling 28 games.<\/p>\n<p>The game he played on Sunday was only his third back in the lineup following an absence that began on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough,\u201d Berube said. \u201cHe wants to be out there helping the team. It\u2019s been hard on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Leafs are still determining a plan of care for Tanev.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the team did get a glimmer of hope with injured goaltender Anthony Stolarz on Wednesday morning. Stolarz, 31, skated for the first time since he suffered an undisclosed injury in Boston more than seven weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>However, there remains no timetable for Stolarz\u2019s return to the net.<\/p>\n<p>The crease will continue to be manned for the foreseeable future by Joseph Woll and Dennis Hildeby.<\/p>\n<p>Dakota Joshua, meanwhile, will remain in Detroit with family until the New Year before heading back to Toronto. Joshua suffered an internal injury to his kidney in Sunday\u2019s game against the Red Wings and had to remain there in the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>He was doing \u201cbetter,\u201d according to Berube. \u201cBut again, he\u2019s (going to miss) significant time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">this is what is keeping Dakota Joshua out of the game <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tC47UBqIWk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tC47UBqIWk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omar (@TicTacTOmar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TicTacTOmar\/status\/2006161015596044796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">December 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The injury news didn\u2019t end there: Auston Matthews took part in an optional practice Wednesday morning and could be available to play on Thursday night against the Winnipeg Jets.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews is expected to take part in the morning skate before a determination on his status is made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully he\u2019s in there tomorrow,\u201d Berube said.<\/p>\n<p>The Leafs captain missed his team\u2019s Tuesday night win over the New Jersey Devils with a foot injury.<\/p>\n<p>Also sidelined for the game was the team\u2019s leading scorer, William Nylander. Unlike Matthews, Nylander didn\u2019t skate on Wednesday. He didn\u2019t skate on Tuesday either and looks to be in jeopardy of missing a third straight game.<\/p>\n<p>While they\u2019ve lost Tanev for an extended period, the Leafs may have fellow righty, Brandon Carlo, back soon. Carlo continues to skate with the team and might be available to return Saturday in New York from a foot injury that\u2019s kept him out since the middle of November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s close,\u201d Berube said.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 The Maple Leafs updated the status of injured defenceman Chris Tanev, and it\u2019s not good. \u201cChris&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99,1788],"class_list":{"0":"post-380440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}