John Tavares left practice early Wednesday after the foward took an awkward fall along the boards during a power-play drill.
Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube did not have an updatee.
"Nothing yet, he's being evaluated," Berube said. "I didn't even see it, it kind of happened behind the net, so I couldn't really get a good look at it. He's being looked at now. He's been a great player for us for sure in a lot of areas, so hopefully he's OK."
Tavares has 42 points (20 goals, 22 assists) in 44 games this season, averaging 18:17 of ice time. He is also tied for the team lead with seven power-play goals this season.
Jake McCabe was a full participant in practice and could play against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; TSN4, MSGSN2).
The defenseman, who has missed the past four games, was paired with Chris Tanev for the first time since sustaining an upper-body injury in a fight with Garnet Hathaway of the Philadelphia Flyers on Jan. 5.
"He looked good," Berube said. "I thought he had a good practice, he looked fine. We will see how he is tomorrow."
McCabe has 11 points (one goal, 10 assists) and is plus-10 in 36 games this season.
"It was good to be back out there with the fellas," McCabe said. "It's coach's decision, so I'm not going to make any lineup decisions for him. I felt good out there. It was unfortunate, we've all watched plenty enough games and seen situations like that, and unfortunately I was the one who took the brutal end of it."
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who skated with Tanev in a 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, was with Conor Timmins, replacing Simon Benoit who practiced as an extra defenseman.
Defenseman Marshall Rifai was returned to Toronto of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.
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