Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Jake Muzzin left Tuesday night's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the third period with a hand injury, the team announced. 

 The 31-year-old left the game after blocking a shot with his hand, he had a goal in the game before exiting. 

The injury comes just one day after he signed a four-year contract extension. 

Muzzin was scheduled to become a free agent in July and carries a $4 million cap hit this season, the last of a five-year deal signed with Los Angeles in 2014. The extension will make Muzzin the Maple Leafs' highest-paid defenceman next season, coming in ahead of Morgan Rielly, who carries a $5 million cap hit through 2021-22.

The 30-year-old has six goals and 23 points 53 games with the Maple Leafs this season while averaging 21:43 of ice time per game.

The Maple Leafs acquired Muzzin, a Stanley Cup winner in 2014, from the Kings for Carl Grundstrom, Sean Durzi and a 2019 first-round pick on Jan. 28, 2019.

After playing 12:30 minutes in the first two periods, Steven Stamkos didn't take a shift in the third period. 

"We’ll have to check here." Lightning head coach Jon Cooper told reporters, "Some things that have been bothering him in the past got to him today. He couldn’t come back.”

Stamkos has been dealing with a nagging lower-body issue for the most part of the season. 

The 30-year-old left Tuesday night's contest after collecting an assist on Nikita Kucherov's opening goal of the game. 

In 56 games this season, Stamkos has 29 goals and 65 points. 

Toronto went on to win the game 4-3 thanks to two goals from captain John Tavares