Injury news went from bad to worse for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.

Hours after defenceman Chris Tanev was placed on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, fellow blue-liner Morgan Rielly missed practice.

Rielly’s status for Friday’s game against the Buffalo Sabres is now in jeopardy, head coach Craig Berube said.

“He’s dealing with something … I don’t know yet for tomorrow (whether Rielly plays),” Berube said, per Terry Koshan of Postmedia.

Rielly, 31, has enjoyed a strong start to the season with two goals and four assists through seven games.

In his absence at practice on Thursday, Oliver Ekman-Larsson stepped into quarterback duties on the top power-play unit.

Dakota Mermis, who was called up from the AHL to replace Tanev, skated on a pair with Ekman-Larsson, while Ja

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