Saturday night’s game was more than Jacob Quillan‘s NHL debut. It was the entire family’s event. When Jacob stepped onto NHL ice for his first shift with the Toronto Maple Leafs, his family was there with him.

Quillan offers exactly the attributes that a bottom-six player in Leafs head coach Craig Berube’s system needs to have.

Add Jacob Quillan’s name to the list of local hockey players to make it to the NHL. The 22-year-old forward from Dartmouth made his big league debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, just months into his professional career.

Quillan will draw into the lineup against the Ottawa Senators with injuries to a couple of forwards opening up a spot in the lineup.

Pacioretty was placed on the team's injured reserve list and is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, Berube said on Tuesday.

With Toronto Maple Leafs veteran Max Pacioretty on the mend from being hit with a puck close to his ear during a play on Saturday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens, youngster Jacob Quillan has been called up from the American Hockey League (AHL) Toronto Marlies.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Toronto Maple Leafs placed veteran forward Max Pacioretty on the injured reserve list, retroactive to Jan. 18. That’s why the Leafs had to make a move and therefore recalled Jacob Quillan from the AHL’s Toronto Marlies in a corresponding move.