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Leafs G Samsonov exits vs. Bruins with knee injury

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Ilya Samsonov sustained a knee injury while trying to stop a Brad Marchand penalty shot with 15 minutes remaining in the second period of Saturday's game. 

He finished the period, but did not return for the third. 

"I don't know the extent of it at this point," said coach Sheldon Keefe. "He's not going to be available tomorrow, I'll say that."

Erik Kallgren stopped all seven shots in relief and will start on Sunday in Raleigh. 

Matt Murray is already sidelined with an adductor injury. He returned to the ice earlier this week. 

"I think he is still quite a ways away," Keefe said of Murray on Tuesday. 

Joseph Woll, who is No. 4 on the depth chart, remains sidelined following offseason shoulder surgery. 

Kallgren made his NHL debut last season playing 14 games (8-4-1) for the Leafs as Petr Mrazek and Jack Campbell dealt with injuries. 

"Well, not many teams in the league are going to have three goalies injured in their system and feel comfortable about that, but it's the reality that we have here right now," Keefe said. "Lucky for us, Kallgren being the guy that has to come in and sort of clean things up is a position that he's been in and a position our team's been in and we are comfortable in that."

Kallgren is 0-2-1 this season with an .884 save percentage. 

Dennis Hildeby, a fourth round pick in the 2022 draft, is the only other goalie the Leafs have signed to an NHL contract at the moment. He is playing on loan in the Swedish Hockey League.

After Nicolas Aube-Kubel was claimed on waivers earlier Saturday, the Leafs are now down to 49 NHL contracts, which puts them one under the maximum. 

Keith Petruzzelli and Dylan Ferguson are the two goalies currently with the Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League. Petruzzelli has never played in the NHL while Ferguson suited up in one game for the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017-18 season.