Leafs' Andersen day to day, McElhinney will start at least 1 game
All eyes were on Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen on Monday after he was pulled from Saturday's loss to the Buffalo Sabres due to an apparent injury.
Andersen - who's being listed as day to day with an upper-body injury - skated with the goalie coach prior to the full team skate, and was able to briefly participate in practice, but made an early exit.
Shortly thereafter, backup Curtis McElhinney revealed he will start Tuesday's game against the Florida Panthers, per Chris Johnston of Sportsnet.
Andersen's injury, however, doesn't appear to be too serious.
Leafs coach Mike Babcock on Andersen: "it doesn't appear to be long, obviously that's great"
— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) March 27, 2017
McElhinney has appeared in 10 games for the Maple Leafs, posting a record of 4-5-0 with a .919 save percentage.
Toronto will enter Tuesday's action in third place and one point up on the Boston Bruins in the Atlantic Division standings.