"The Toronto Maple Leafs officially placed Joseph Woll on injured reserve Saturday with a lower-body injury, and in response brought up goaltender Artur Akhtyamov from the Marlies. The move is retroactive to Dec. 4, but it doesn't soften the blow: Woll is out, and the Leafs suddenly have a major problem in net. Woll left Thursday's 5-1 win over Carolina after making a second-period save that clearly didn't sit right. He never returned for the third, and now the timeline becomes a waiting game."
"What makes this tougher is how much the Leafs have leaned on him lately. Since returning to the lineup on Nov. 15, he has basically taken over the crease, starting eight of the last nine games and posting a 4-3-1 record and a .927 save percentage despite missing almost all of camp and the start of the year for personal reasons."
"His teammates didn't hide how much the injury stung. "It sucks, obviously," Matthew Knies said Thursday. "He's been the backbone of our team for this road trip... You don't want to see him go down like that." Auston Matthews echoed the same sentiment: nobody wants to see their most reliable goalie get hurt, especially when the team's been riding him this hard."
Joseph Woll was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 4 with a lower-body injury, prompting the Leafs to recall Artur Akhtyamov from the Marlies. Woll left the Dec. 4 game after a second-period save and did not return, leaving a timeline that is now a waiting game. Since returning Nov. 15 Woll had started eight of nine games, posting a 4-3-1 record and a .927 save percentage after missing most of camp and the season start for personal reasons. Anthony Stolarz remains out with an upper-body injury since Nov. 11 with no timetable. Dennis Hildeby, a 6'7" rookie, will take over the crease.
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