Leafs' Polak out for season with injury suffered after Orpik hit

Roman Polak's season is over.

The Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman will miss the rest of the playoffs as a result of the injury he sustained after being hit by Washington Capitals blue-liner Brooks Orpik on Saturday night.

Leafs head coach Mike Babcock confirmed the recovery timetable postgame, according to TSN's Mark Masters.

Polak came down awkwardly and appeared to be in agony after taking a hit from Orpik late in the second period. He had to be helped off the ice and didn't return.

Despite the severity of Polak's ailment, the club would only classify it as being of the lower-body variety, according to TSN's Kristen Shilton.

Babcock didn't blame Orpik for the hit.

"He's a good guy, he didn't mean to hurt him," the head coach told reporters, according to For The Win's Hemal Jhaveri.

The Leafs are already playing without defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, who hasn't appeared in their first-round playoff series against the Capitals after being injured last Sunday in Toronto's regular-season finale against the Columbus Blue Jackets.