The Toronto Maple Leafs have assigned goaltender Anthony Stolarz to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League on a conditioning loan, the team announced Tuesday morning.

Stolarz, who celebrates his 32nd birthday today, has been out since November 11 with what was previously an undisclosed injury. Stolarz recently confirmed that it was a nerve issue that kept him out for so long, and said he believes he’s a couple of practices away from being ready to return to the lineup.

“I had to kind of let it settle down a little bit,” Stolarz said via The Athletic’s Jonas Siegel. “It’s not like a bruise where it just goes away. It was just something I just kind of had to let heal on its own. And, you know, it just took a little while.”

Stolarz has only played 13 games for the Maple Leafs so far in 2025-26 and was thrust into another heavy workload with Joseph Woll missing the first month and a bit of the season due to personal reasons. He struggled in those 13 games, playing to a record of 6-5-1 with a goals-against average (GAA) of 3.51 and a save percentage (SV%) of .884. Despite his early struggles, he’s coming off a career year with the Maple Leafs in which he finished with a record of 21-8-3 with a GAA of 2.14 and a .926 SV%. The tandem of Joseph Woll and Dennis Hildeby has done a good job of keeping the team above the water, but the fatigue appears to be catching up to Woll, so Stolarz’s return will be a welcomed one.

“I don’t have a date like targeted, but he’s on this trip so he can get time with us and be around us and get practice time with us. So, that’s good,” head coach Craig Berube said prior to Monday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche. “I think he’s getting pretty close. Just needs the reps, needs the conditioning, that sort of thing.”

Stolarz will likely appear in a couple of games with the Marlies before returning to game action in the NHL.

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