{
  "id": 15251343,
  "title": "Maple Leafs centre John Tavares out week-to-week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/maple-leafs-centre-john-tavares-out-week-to-week",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T18:02:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12106503/maple-leafs-centre-john-tavares-out-week-to-week/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Toronto Maple Leafs will have to adjust to playing without one of their key players following the announcement on Saturday that centre John Tavares is out for an indefinite period due to a lower-body injury. The timeline suggests Tavares could be sidelined for up to six weeks. Standing at 36 years old, Tavares has contributed 2 goals and 5 assists in 7 games this season so far. The incident occurred during Toronto's 5-4 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, when he was involved in a collision with the Sabres' Josh Norris in the defensive zone. Tavares' teammate Nick Paul was also involved in the incident, pushing Norris into Tavares, causing him to go down and stay on the ice before being helped to the locker room.\n\nIn other injury news, the Leafs are also dealing with the absence of veteran shutdown defenseman Chris Tanev, who has been out week-to-week with an upper-body injury since last Saturday's 6-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. This development comes as Global News reports on the injury situation for the Toronto Maple Leafs.",
  "summary": "The Maple Leafs will have to get used to life minus another key piece.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Maple Leafs announce John Tavares out on week-to-week basis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/maple-leafs-announce-john-tavares-out-on-week-to-week-basis",
        "published": "2026-10-17T15:17:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Maple Leafs’ John Tavares out week-to-week with lower-body injury",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/maple-leafs-john-tavares-out-week-to-week-with-lower-body-injury",
        "published": "2026-10-17T15:29:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Maple Leafs centre John Tavares out week-to-week with lower-body injury",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/maple-leafs-centre-john-tavares-out-week-to-week-with-lower-body",
        "published": "2026-10-17T18:01:48.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}