Ilya Samsonov was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury and is expected to miss at least a week.
Samsonov was injured on a successful penalty shot attempt by Brad Marchand in the second period of Toronto's 2-1 win against the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
"With the nature of the injury, and probably more specifically with his position, it's going to be more than a week," coach Sheldon Keefe said before the Maple Leafs faced the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. "We'll know the full extent of it probably later today or (Monday)."
The Maple Leafs were already without injured goalies Matt Murray and Joseph Woll. Erik Kallgren will start against Carolina. Keith Petruzzelli was signed to an NHL contract to serve as the backup goalie.
"Our organization identified him as a guy to give an opportunity that we could work with and develop," Keefe said. "It's not a guy coming out of nowhere. Certainly his signing is probably expedited given our situation, but he's a guy our organization has believed in and frankly, the way that it was going, his signing was somewhat inevitable."
Murray is expected to return soon. He was placed on long-term injured reserve with an adductor injury Oct. 15.
"Matt Murray's return is on the horizon here," Keefe said. "It's not going to be as big a window of opportunity (for Petruzzelli) as you may be perceiving it to be. Matt Murray has progressed very well. His return is not too far away."
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