The Toronto Maple Leafs lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2. The game saw multiple lead changes and ties, with Kent Johnson, Adam Fantilli, and Dmitri Voronkov scoring for the Blue Jackets. The Leafs had a strong first period with a 1-0 lead, but the Blue Jackets fought back, eventually tying the game at 4-4. The game went into overtime, and the Blue Jackets secured a 6-5 victory with a goal from Johnny Gaudreau.
End of two, 2-0 TOR. Leafs not giving the Kings anything and Martin Jones is pitching a shutout.
Good first period for the #Leafs. 0-0, shots on goal 11-6 Toronto.
GOAL JACKETS! KENT. JOHNSON. 1-1 #CBJ
#CBJ tie the game at one as Johnson scores his 6th goal of the season 4:06 into the second period. Assists to Provorov and Voronkov.
#Leafs with a third period push, but fall to the Hurricanes with Michael Bunting scoring in his return to Toronto. ⤵️ https://t.co/95aFTColbs https://t.co/95aFTColbs
#Leafs lose 3-2.
Fantilli scores his 11th goal of the campaign 13:45 into the 2nd period to give #CBJ a 2-1 lead. Assists to Danforth and Sillinger.
#CBJ Fantilli just out of the box, gets a nice backhand pass from Danforth, who outraced a #LetsGoBuffalo player to a loose puck headed toward the Buffalo zone. Fantilli finishes, his 11th goal of the season. Its 2-1 #CBJ at 13:45 of the second.
GOAL JACKETS! Fresh off the PK, Fantilli comes back on the ice and sends it home! 2-1 #CBJ
Fantilli puts #CBJ up 2-1 off a great reverse feed from Danforth, who skated hard to a loose puck in the neutral zone and turned it into a 2-on-1 with Fantilli coming out of the box. Goal with 6+ left 2nd.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Adam Fantilli Moments after a great kill, Fantilli comes out of the box and scores. Justin Danforth chases one down again and makes a nice spinning pass to Mo, who is able to sneak the shot past Luukkonen Jackets up 2-1 with 6:15 left in the second.
#CBJ Fantilli heads off at 11:38 of the second period. Hooking is the call. First power play of the game goes to #LetsGoBuffalo.
#CBJ lead 1-0 after the opening period of play. Shots are 12-7, BUF.
#CBJ strike first as Severson scores his 4th goal of the season with 13 seconds left in the 1st period. Assists to Voronkov and Chinakhov.
Much like last night, not a great first for the #CBJ, but this time the Jackets are up 1-0 with the late Severson goal. Pascal Vincent let them know during intermission last night. Wonder what tonight will bring.
#Sabres have a 12-7 edge in shots over #CBJ after one. The Jackets have a 1-0 lead on Severson's late goal.
After 20: Blue Jackets lead the Sabres 1-0. Shots on goal are 12-7 for Buffalo.
#CBJ lead 1-0 after one period. Lots to clean up for Columbus during the first intermission.
1-0 Blue Jackets. Damon Severson scores with 12.1 seconds left in the first. Moments earlier, Peterka had a chance from the right circle that went high.
#CBJ strike with 12.1 seconds left in the first period. Severson gets two cracks at the puck from the slot and buries the second one. 1-0 #CBJ late first.
Severson gives the #CBJ a 1-0 lead with 12.1 seconds left in the 1st ... moments of Peterka somehow didn't score into a wide open cage at the other end for the #Sabres It's 1-0 at the end of one in Buffalo.
Damon Severson cashes in with 12.1 seconds to go in the first after a bit of a scramble. This came moments after JJ Peterka had a yawning net to shoot at and missed high and wide. 1-0 Jackets after one
Damon Severson scores w/12.1 seconds left in the first after the Sabres thoroughly outplayed Columbus in the first.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Damon Severson The shift after Peterka misses an open net, the Jackets get on the board with 12.2 seconds left in the first. Severson crashes the net and cleans up Dmitri Voronkov's rebound to make it 1-0.
Brutal turn of events for the Sabres. JJ Peterka missed a golden opportunity, then a few Sabres weren't able to prevent Severson from getting a rebound past UPL with 12 seconds left in the 1st period.
And there you go. A whole period of work down the drain. Severson bangs home his own rebound with 12.1 seconds left and #CBJ leads #Sabres 1-0. Woof.
#CBJ Tarasov with a strong save to deny #LetsGoBuffalo Quinn on a shot created off the end boards. Still 0-0, nearing the mid-point for the first.
Tarasov with a bit of a Superman save there at the right post to keep it 0-0 approaching the mid-point of the 1st. #CBJ #Sabres
Last night was another data point that as the young Blue Jackets learn how to win games, they're actually pretty fun to watch. #CBJ https://t.co/xygwhnlKrB
The Athletic: #CBJ comeback multiple times, stun #LeafsForever on Adam Fantilli’s highlight goal late in the third and Johnny Gaudreau‘s OT winner “It felt amazing to see one go the right way.” - Fantilli https://t.co/asxqM4ThBf
ICYMI last night ... it was a wild, exhilarating game @NationwideArena last night and the #CBJ came out of it victorious over #LeafsForever again -> Blue Jackets take season series from Maple Leafs in OT win: 6 takeaways https://t.co/eyjXlN3Mpa via @DispatchAlerts
Adam Fantilli on last night's win: “I know we have it in this locker room, and it felt amazing to see one go the right way.” And the #CBJ can prove it again tonight in Buffalo https://t.co/32o79HGyc4
Johnny Gaudreau's OT goal lifts Blue Jackets over Maple Leafs https://t.co/JcfI5uy55g https://t.co/eGwZ3mNpio
The Athletic: Tables turned | #CBJ come back repeatedly on #LeafsForever to win 6-5 in overtime on a wild night in Nationwide. Adam Fantilli scores a highlight goal to tie it, Johnny Gaudreau caps a three-point night with OT winner https://t.co/asxqM4ThBf
"I'm sure Tree will consider everything." The #Leafs don't want to dip into their goalie prospects pool. The trade market is also not great. But after another rough start for Ilya Samsonov, it's clear the patience in the net has reached its max ↩️ https://t.co/lCTmakbm4v
Four. Six. Five. Six goals against. Ilya Samsonov’s last four starts. The time has come: The Leafs can’t play Samsonov any longer: https://t.co/bx38Y3T1FJ
“You cannot put him back in the net at the NHL level…” After another uninspiring performance that saw him surrender six goals on just 21 shots, Ilya Samsonov’s serious slump continues. More from @frankcorrado22: https://t.co/PIcs2ZhB0J https://t.co/n9Wt4O4ghG
#CBJ postgame recap/early takes -> Blue Jackets take season series from Maple Leafs with OT win: takeaways https://t.co/eyjXlN4keI via @DispatchAlerts
You never know how these things are gonna go. But when you talk about a young team trying to learn how to win, tonight felt like a really big step for the #CBJ
Adam Fantilli (1-0—1) scored the @BlueJacketsNHL's third tying goal of the game with his 10th tally of the season and set the stage for Johnny Gaudreau's overtime winner. #NHLStats: https://t.co/EXjYZA1BFK https://t.co/REHUFVORW3
Ilya Samsonov allows six goals on 21 shots as the #Leafs fall 6-5 to the Blue Jackets in overtime. More on the game that was. ⤵️ https://t.co/ASZ1ZnkF9i https://t.co/ASZ1ZnkF9i
🔵 JOHNNY HOCKEY 🔴 The @BlueJacketsNHL pick up the two points thanks to Johnny Gaudreau's @Energizer overtime winner! https://t.co/dZtpzf70Ve
#CBJ beat the Leafs tonight. #CauseChaos play in Toronto tomorrow. Back to back dubs for the Wild Card Chaos Squad vs the Leafs 👀 IKYKY https://t.co/HrUpzaZv8S
Gaudreau scores his 7th goal of the season 2:56 into overtime. Assists to Severson and Danforth. #CBJ win 6-5. Blue Jackets are back in action tomorrow vs. the Buffalo Sabres at 5pm ET @KeyBankCtr.
Ilya Samsonov's .862 Save Percentage is the lowest by a Leafs goaltender through the first 15 starts of a season since Allan Bester in 1989-90. It's the lowest by any NHL goalie through 15 starts since Dan Cloutier (.862) in 2006-07.
Of the 60 NHL goalies with at least 10 appearances this season, Ilya Samsonov is dead last among them with an .840 save percentage. The #leafs are running out of time with him.
Of the 60 NHL goalies with at least 10 appearances this season, Ilya Samsonov is dead last among them with a .840 save percentage. The #leafs are running out of time with him.
#CBJ comes to Buffalo off 6-5 OT win over #Leafs. Gaudreau with the goal. Samsonov had made two great stops earlier in the OT on Fantilli. Two straight OT wins by same score for Jackets over Toronto.
JACKETS WIN IN OT!!! Gaudreau with an easy goal to beat the Maple Leaves 6-5! #CBJ
Severson to Gaudreau ... and the #CBJ take the season series against #LeafsForever with their second 6-5 OT victory of the season in three games against Toronto.
Johnny Hockey wins it. 6-5 #CBJ. What a game. Absolutely fantastic.
#CBJ win 6-5 in OT. Gaudreau scores at 2:56 of OT.
#CBJ and the Maple Leafs head to overtime tied, 5-5. Shots through regulation are 34-19, TOR.
#CBJ trailed 1-0, 3-1, 4-2 and 5-4 before rookie Adam Fantilli scored to tie it 5-5 with 6:14 remaining.
Extra hockey as we are tied at the end of regulation! #CBJ
For the second time in 15 days, these teams will go to OT tied at 5. This one feels a bit different though. What a game in Nationwide. #CBJ just kept on battling.
#CBJ and #LeafsForever head to overtime, tied 5-5. Pretty great night at the barn, I gotta say.
GOOOAAALLL JACKETS!! Fantilli does it all himself! #CBJ tie it back up 5-5!
#CBJ tie the game at five as Fantilli scores his 10th goal of the season with 6:14 left in the third period. Assist to Gaudreau.
#CBJ Fantilli with an incredible effort/shot to tie it at 5-5 at 13:46 of the third. He fired that through the legs of the #LeafsForever defender in front of him in the left circle. 5-5
Fantilli, who's been a bubbling pot of boiling water all game, ties it 5-5 with 6:14 left 3rd ... and goes off with a fantastic goal celebration. That's his 10th goal of the season. Gaudreau the assist. #CBJ #LeafsForever
🚨 #CBJ goal: Adam Fantilli What a goal and what a moment for the Toronto kid. Not much to that one other than him simply beating Samsonov clean from the left dot. Quite a celly after. 5-5 with 6:14 to go. Buckle up.
#CBJ Roslovic gets tripped by #LeafsForever Marner at 2:13, so 4-on-4 hockey for :59.
#LeafsForever McMann set the bait, and #CBJ Severson took it. Slashing. To the box at 1:12 of the third period.
3rd period is happening! #CBJ
Samsonov down to .863 save percentage on the season, last among goalies with 15+ starts. https://t.co/usKhO4nEaT
#CBJ trail 5-4 after 40 minutes of play. Shots are 26-11, TOR.
Toronto power play goal scored by Tavares with 55 seconds left in the second period to give the Maple Leafs a 5-4 lead over #CBJ.
CBJ has 4 goals on 11 shots vs Leafs? Great, I suppose, but doesn’t mean much when they’ve given up five
Ilya Samsonov has faced 30 shots in his last two starts — and given up nine goals.
Aaaaaand the Leafs are back on top. Five seconds after Alexandre Texier goes to the box for high-sticking, John Tavares tips a shot in on the power play. 5-4 Leafs with 54.9 seconds left in the second. This game is crazypants.
Leafs 5, #CBJ 4 after two periods. The Jackets keep fighting back in what has been a fun, generally insane hockey game.
A busy period that has the Jackets down 5-4 after 40 minutes of play #CBJ
Aaaaaand the Leafs are back on top. Five seconds after Alexandre Texier goes to the box for high-sticking, William Nylander tips a shot in on the power play. His second of the night. 5-4 Leafs with 54.9 seconds left in the second. This game is crazypants.
Texier sent to the box for high-sticking and #LeafsForever score 5 seconds into the ensuing PP to take a 5-4 lead with 54.9 seconds left in the 2nd. Jackets trailing, have the Leafs right where they want them for the third?
John Tavares puts the #Leafs back on top with a PP goal. 5-4.
Only 5.1 seconds into the power play, #LeafsForever strike to take back the lead. It's 5-4 w 54.9 to play.
Aaaaaand the Leafs are back on top. Five seconds after Alexandre Texier goes to the box for high-sticking, John Tavares tips a shot in on the power play 5-4 Leafs with 54.9 seconds left in the second. This game is crazypants.
Excellent play by Bemstrom to win this puck, excellent finish by KJ. That's hockey. #CBJ https://t.co/0wkTmAPRVP
Good lord. It’s now 4-4 and #Leafs Samsonov has given up four goals on 11 shots. https://t.co/mtAGZNybl6
Ilya Samsonov's allowed 2.87 more goals than expected so far tonight on just 17 unblocked shots, now that the Blue Jackets have tied it 4-4 (per @NatStatTrick) 🫣
#CBJ has four goals on 11 shots on goal. Ilya Samsonov is deep in it right now. Gotta keep getting pucks on net here.
Watching these teams play hockey is a lot of fun. #CBJ have overcome the stagger against #LeafsForever in this second period on goals by Gaunce, Voronkov and that last one by Johnson. It's 4-4 with 5+ to play in the 2nd period.
#CBJ has four goals on 11 shots on goal. Ilya Samsonov is deep in it right now. Gotta keep pucks on net here.
#CBJ and the Maple Leafs tied at four as Johnson scores his fifth goal of the season with 7:17 left in the second period. Assist to Bemstrom.
GOOOAAALLL JACKETS!! Kent Johnson likes scoring on Toronto as he is left wide open in the slot with everyone looking at Bemmy! 4-4 #CBJ
#CBJ pull even, 4-4, at 12:43 of the second. Kent Johnson scores from out front of the cage off a tremendous effort/play below the goal line by Bemstrom.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Kent Johnson Some good work by Emil Bemstrom gets it to the netfront and Johnson is there to make a pretty little curl and drag before roofing a backhander past the helpless Samsonov. Two CBJ goals in 1:38 and it's 4-4 with 7:17 left in the second.
Kent Johnson ties the game. CBJ has 4 goals on 11 shots.
PP GOAL! Voronkov with a beautiful screen and redirect from Gaudreau’s shot at the blue line. #CBJ down 4-3
#CBJ within one, 4-3, as Voronkov scores his 7th goal of the season on the power play with 8:55 left in the second period. Assists to Gaudreau and Provorov.
It's a CBJ power-play goal as Voronkov's shot squeaks through Samsonov. 4-3 TOR now.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Dmitri Voronkov A nifty finish from Big Vronk on the 4-on-3 power play. Johnny Gaudreau shoots it, Voronkov is at the net front for a perfect tip that gets under Samsonov and dribbles across the line. Jackets cut it to 4-3 with 8:55 in the second.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Dmitri Voronkov A nifty finish from Big Vronk on the 4-on-3 power play. Johnny Gaudreau shots it, Voronkov is at the net front for a perfect tip that gets under Samsonov and dribbles across the line. Jackets cut it to 4-3 with 8:55 in the second.
#CBJ strike on the power play at 11:05. Voronkov deflects a Gaudreau goal through Samsonov, and it's 4-3 now. #CBJ pull back within one.
#CBJ Jiricek dragged down by #LeafsForever Robertson, who will sit for hooking at 10:10 of the second. #CBJ to the power play.
#CBJ Cole Sillinger takes exception to #LeafsForever Calle Jarnkrok camping next to his goalie after a whistle. Gets a takedown in the corner. They both go off for roughing at 9:56 of the second.
Maple Leafs power play goal by Nylander with 10:18 left in the second period to give Toronto a 4-2 lead over #CBJ.
Powerplay goal for the Leaves. #CBJ down 4-2
That is pure filth from Nylander who goes roof on the power play to give Toronto a 4-2 lead.
#LeafsForever Nylander with an ungodly angle from below the right circle, just above the extended goal line. Nasty. 4-2 at 9:42 of the second
William Nylander scores from a ridiculous angle on the power play to make it 4-2 Leafs with 10:18 left int he second. That was almost impossible.
Sillinger with a great look at a second goal from right in front after Texier forces another turnover, but Samsonov gloves his shot. #CBJ
Gaunce scores his 1st goal of the season 3:20 into the 2nd period to cut Toronto's lead to 3-2. Assists to Texier and Severson. #CBJ
Toronto goal by Robertson 1:35 into the 2nd period. #CBJ trail 3-1.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Brendan Gaunce The Jackets force the Leafs into a turnover leaving the zone and Alexandre Texier gets it to Gaunce for a clean look on Samsonov, and his shot goes up and over the Leafs goalie and into the net. 3-2 game, Leafs.
When you spend that much time in a zone, you get bounces. #LeafsForever push the lead to 3-1 at 1:35 of the second. Shot from up to deflects off Robertson on the doorstep and kicks into the net behind Merzlikins. 3-1
Here we go. 3-1 Leaves #CBJ
Nicholas Robertson deflects a shot past Martin 1:35 into the third and it's 3-1 Leafs. #CBJ
Cole Sillinger blasts one from the slot to beat Samsonov and tie the game After looking at the replay, Liljegren fell and wasn’t tripped before the goal.
That's as good of a period Samsonov and the Leafs could ask for 15-4 shots on goal. Marner with a goal and an assist, TOR leads 2-1 after 1.
#CBJ trail 2-1 after the first period. Shots are 15-4, TOR.
#CBJ down 2-1 after one period of play. Cole Sillinger with the Jackets' tally.
End of one in Columbus and it's #LeafsForever 2-1 over #CBJ
#LeafsForever 2, #CBJ 1 after one period.
Voronkov off for interference with 2:19 left in the 1st ... putting #LeafsForever on the PP leading the #CBJ 2-1.
#CBJ Voronkov heads off for interference at 17:41 of the first period. #LeafsForever with a 13-4 shot advantage, now get the game's first power play.
Leaves back up. 2-1 #CBJ
#CBJ tie the game at one as Sillinger scores his 4th goal of the season with 8:43 left in the first period. Assist to Bean.
GOAL JACKETS! Sillinger gets the puck in net after a little sloppy defending from the Leaves! 1-1 #CBJ
Third goal in the last five games for Cole Sillinger, and the Jackets needed it to get some momentum going. #CBJ
Moments after his bio interview played on the video board during the stoppage, Cole Sillinger ties it 1-1 for the #CBJ with a snipe through traffic from just inside the right circle. Tied it at 11:17 of the 1st. #LeafsForever
#LeafsForever cough up the puck in their own end - Liljegren fell behind the net - and #CBJ take advantage. Cole Sillinger scores from the slot off a Bean feed. 1-1 at 11:17 of the first
Cole Sillinger blasts one from the slot to beat Samsonov and tie the game 1-1. Looked like he might of tripped Liljegren before the goal. But it’s 1-1.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Cole Sillinger The Jackets take advantage of a Leafs turnover, as Tim Liljegren slipped on a banana peel. Sillinger gathered, gave to Jake Bean and then ripped his return pass past Samsonov. 1-1 game with 8:43 left in the first.
Merzlikins with a breakaway stop on Domi after quite a #CBJ turnover right to the former Jacket. CBJ started fine but it's been all Leafs since the goal.
Toronto strikes first as Marner scores 4:14 into the first period. #CBJ
1-0 #LeafsForever at 4:14 of the 1st. Marner redirects it home off a #CBJ defenseman's skate
#LeafsForever cash in off the rush. Rielly with a lot of time and space, centers the puck. Marner directs it home off a #CBJ skate. 1-0 Toronto at 4:14 of the first period
Leafs take a 1-0 lead 4:14 into the game. Morgan Rielly's centering pass went off a #CBJ skate, right to Mitchell Marner at the back post to tap in. Tough one to start.
Mitch Marner puts the #Leafs on the board. Set it up with the pass back to Rielly and is there at the doorstep to put it back in. 1-0 TOR.
#CBJ vs #LeafsForever is under way in Columbus. https://t.co/Ai7dhdsTKW
#Leafs lose 4-2.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Yegor Chinakhov Oh my word, what an effort. Chinakhov outmuscles a defenseman to the puck and pokes it through the legs of Vanecek. What a huge goal, and the Jackets are up 3-2 with 2:26 left.