{"id":400307,"date":"2026-01-10T21:59:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/400307\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:59:25","slug":"craig-berube-drops-big-anthony-stolarz-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/400307\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Berube drops big Anthony Stolarz injury update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Stolarz hasn’t played a game with the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> since suffering an injury during a 5-3 loss to the Boston Bruins on November 11.<\/p>\n

Although his absence continues to stretch on much longer than originally anticipated, head coach Craig Berube provided a positive update<\/a> on the injured netminder ahead of a Hockey Night in Canada clash with the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s coming along well,\u201d Berube said after the morning skate, per NHL.com. \u201cHe’s been skating for a bit now. I think it’s close where he will be with us full-time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stolarz was on the ice prior to the morning skate at Scotiabank Arena and took shots from Toronto’s development staff. Berube said he expects the 31-year-old to accompany the Leafs on their upcoming four-game road trip.<\/p>\n

That begins with a visit to Denver to play the National Hockey League-leading Colorado Avalanche on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Without Stolarz, the team has been rolling with a Joseph Woll-Dennis Hildeby tandem, which has been much better as of late.<\/p>\n

Maple Leafs getting William Nylander back vs. Canucks<\/p>\n

Although Stolarz will have to wait a little bit longer before playing his first game of 2026, a couple other players could return to the lineup on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The most notable is William Nylander, who will play; he missed six games after suffering a lower-body injury during a 7-5 win over the Ottawa Senators at the end of December.<\/p>\n

Despite his absence, the Swedish star leads Toronto with 41 points through 33 games. He was skating on a line with Matias Maccelli and John Tavares at the morning skate.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s obviously a great player, skill, speed,\u201d Berube said, per NHL.com. \u201cHe adds offense and he adds in a lot of areas. It’s great to have him back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with Nylander, defenseman Jake McCabe could be on the verge of a return after being a full participant in the morning skate. After missing two contests with a lower-body injury, he’s set to be a game-time decision on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The reinforcements are coming for the Maple Leafs, who have won six of their last eight games<\/a> \u2014 and picked up a point in all eight of them. As the surge continues, Toronto has reduced the magic number for an East wildcard berth to just two points.<\/p>\n

They’ll look to continue making up ground in a crowded conference when puck drops on Leafs-Canucks just past 7:00 p.m. ET in downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Stolarz hasn’t played a game with the Toronto Maple Leafs since suffering an injury during a 5-3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5106],"tags":[5,20,5172,4,7901,66,31,5171],"class_list":{"0":"post-400307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-maple-leafs","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-maple-leafs","10":"tag-mapleleafs","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-nhl-injury","13":"tag-toronto","14":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs","15":"tag-torontomapleleafs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115873052434685786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}