Toronto Maple Leafs fans covered their eyes in horror on Monday night when they watched starting goaltender James Reimer suffer an injury (video below) against the Philadelphia Flyers that forced him to leave the game and not return.
UPDATE: Tuesday, February 12 at 3:13 p.m. ET by Nicholas Goss
The Leafs have confirmed that Reimer has a knee injury:
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Reimer battled whiplash and a concussion last year after a strong start to the 2011-12 season, and fans at the Air Canada Centre feared a repeat scenario was beginning to unfold on Monday.
Luckily for the Leafs, their goaltending plans for 2013 shouldn't change too much because the 24-year-old goaltender isn't expected to be out of the team's lineup for too long.
"Reimer's got a lower-body injury and we don't think it's that serious at this point. Shouldn't miss an extended period of time," said Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle (via NHL.com) after his team's 5-2 victory over the Flyers.
TSN's Darren Dreger has the latest injury report on Reimer from Tuesday.
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