Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle said forward Daniel Winnik is 100 per cent fine after being stretched off the ice in the first period of Thursday night's loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

Less than one minute into the first period, Winnik was checked by Avalanche defenceman Jan Hejda while trying to enter the offensive zone. He collided head-first into the ice and lay motionless several minutes before being removed from the ice by medical staff.

The Toronto Maple Leafs later announced Winnik had not been transported to hospital and was moving all of his extremities.

During the first intermission, Leafs defenceman Stephane Robidas told TSN's Mark Masters that Winnik was walking in the team's dressing room.

Winnik, who signed a one-year contract with the Leafs prior to this season, has one goal and six assists in 12 games with the team.

Maple Leafs defenceman Jake Gardiner also left Thursday's game in the first period after blocking a shot off his left knee. Carlyle said following the loss Gardiner sustained a bone bruise.