National Hockey League

FINAL
Toronto Maple Leafs 4
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Columbus Blue Jackets 3
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Match Report

Matthews scores power-play goal in OT, Leafs knot series

Auston Matthews scored on a power play 13:10 into overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from a three-goal deficit in the third period to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Friday night, tying the best-of-five qualifying series at two wins...

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Team Stats

TOR CBJ
15
Blocked Shots
20
20
Hits
26
6
Takeaways
5
53
Shots
39
1
Power Play Goals
0
4
Power Play Opportunities
3
25.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
26
Faceoffs Won
37
41.3
Faceoff Win Percent
58.7
17
Giveaways
13
5
Total Penalties
6
13
Penalty Minutes
15

Top Performers

TOR

  • Frederik Andersen G GA 3 · SA 39 · SOS 0
  • John Tavares C BS 1 · HT 3 · TK 0
  • William Nylander RW BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Auston Matthews C BS 3 · HT 2 · TK 1

CBJ

  • Elvis Merzlikins G GA 4 · SA 53 · SOS 0
  • Nick Foligno LW BS 0 · HT 5 · TK 0
  • Boone Jenner C BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Pierre-Luc Dubois LW BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 1

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Injuries

Columbus Blue Jackets

Toronto Maple Leafs

  • Kirill Marchenko Injured Reserve
  • Miles Wood Injured Reserve
  • Chris Tanev Injured Reserve
  • Nick Blankenburg Injured Reserve
  • Marshall Rifai Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Goal 13:10 4-3
    Auston Matthews 1st OT
  2. Penalty 13:00
    Nick Foligno 1st OT
  3. Missed 11:12 3-3
    Liam Foudy 1st OT
  4. Missed 10:59 3-3
    Ilya Mikheyev 1st OT
  5. Missed 9:40 3-3
    Gustav Nyquist 1st OT
  6. Missed 7:09 3-3
    Liam Foudy 1st OT
  7. Missed 5:56 3-3
    David Savard 1st OT
  8. Missed 3:56 3-3
    Cody Ceci 1st OT
  9. Missed 3:27 3-3
    Gustav Nyquist 1st OT
  10. Missed 3:09 3-3
    Ilya Mikheyev 1st OT
  11. Missed 1:52 3-3
    Pierre-Luc Dubois 1st OT
  12. Missed 1:36 3-3
    Oliver Bjorkstrand 1st OT
  13. Missed 1:27 3-3
    Alexandre Texier 1st OT
  14. Missed 0:25 3-3
    Auston Matthews 1st OT
  15. Goal 19:37 3-3
    Zach Hyman 3rd
  16. Missed 18:22 2-3
    Pierre-Luc Dubois 3rd
  17. Goal 16:54 2-3
    John Tavares 3rd
  18. Missed 16:42 1-3
    Cam Atkinson 3rd
  19. Goal 16:03 1-3
    William Nylander 3rd
  20. Goal 14:18 0-3
    Boone Jenner 3rd
  21. Missed 12:47 0-2
    Pierre Engvall 3rd
  22. Missed 9:22 0-2
    Oliver Bjorkstrand 3rd
  23. Penalty 9:04
    Mitch Marner 3rd
  24. Missed 7:34 0-2
    Pierre-Luc Dubois 3rd
  25. Missed 5:18 0-2
    Tyson Barrie 3rd
  26. Missed 2:09 0-2
    Liam Foudy 3rd
  27. Missed 0:46 0-2
    Cam Atkinson 3rd
  28. Penalty 19:39
    Morgan Rielly 2nd
  29. Penalty 18:03
    David Savard 2nd
  30. Penalty 15:39
    Nick Foligno 2nd
  31. Penalty 15:17
    Alexander Kerfoot 2nd
  32. Penalty 15:17
    Cam Atkinson 2nd
  33. Penalty 13:52
    Jason Spezza 2nd
  34. Penalty 13:52
    Dean Kukan 2nd
  35. Penalty 13:52
    Jason Spezza 2nd
  36. Missed 10:15 0-2
    Liam Foudy 2nd
  37. Missed 8:48 0-2
    Kyle Clifford 2nd
  38. Goal 4:40 0-2
    Vladislav Gavrikov 2nd
  39. Missed 1:45 0-1
    Cody Ceci 2nd
  40. Missed 0:29 0-1
    Mitch Marner 2nd
  41. Penalty 17:24
    Zach Werenski 1st
  42. Missed 11:22 0-1
    Boone Jenner 1st
  43. Missed 11:04 0-1
    Alexandre Texier 1st
  44. Missed 8:46 0-1
    Vladislav Gavrikov 1st
  45. Goal 3:58 0-1
    Cam Atkinson 1st
  46. Missed 3:41 0-0
    Mitch Marner 1st
  47. Missed 0:55 0-0
    Alexandre Texier 1st
  48. Missed 0:19 0-0
    Boone Jenner 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 4-3
    1st OT
  2. Period End 20:00 4-3
    1st OT
  3. Goal 13:10 4-3
    Auston Matthews 1st OT
  4. Face Off 13:00 3-3
    Riley Nash 1st OT
  5. Penalty 13:00
    Nick Foligno 1st OT
  6. Face Off 12:13 3-3
    Boone Jenner 1st OT
  7. Stoppage 12:13 3-3
    1st OT
  8. Shot 12:13 3-3
    Morgan Rielly 1st OT
  9. Giveaway 12:12 3-3
    David Savard 1st OT
  10. Giveaway 12:03 3-3
    Alexander Wennberg 1st OT
  11. Hit 11:38 3-3
    Nathan Gerbe 1st OT
  12. Giveaway 11:28 3-3
    Dean Kukan 1st OT
  13. Missed 11:12 3-3
    Liam Foudy 1st OT
  14. Hit 11:09 3-3
    Riley Nash 1st OT
  15. Missed 10:59 3-3
    Ilya Mikheyev 1st OT
  16. Shot 10:10 3-3
    Mitch Marner 1st OT
  17. Face Off 9:57 3-3
    John Tavares 1st OT
  18. Stoppage 9:57 3-3
    1st OT
  19. Shot 9:56 3-3
    Nick Foligno 1st OT
  20. Shot 9:49 3-3
    David Savard 1st OT
  21. Missed 9:40 3-3
    Gustav Nyquist 1st OT
  22. Blocked 9:33 3-3
    Gustav Nyquist 1st OT
  23. Hit 9:22 3-3
    Liam Foudy 1st OT
  24. Blocked 9:02 3-3
    Seth Jones 1st OT
  25. Face Off 8:45 3-3
    Riley Nash 1st OT
  26. Stoppage 8:45 3-3
    1st OT
  27. Blocked 8:39 3-3
    Pierre-Luc Dubois 1st OT
  28. Shot 8:32 3-3
    Jason Spezza 1st OT
  29. Shot 8:09 3-3
    Auston Matthews 1st OT
  30. Shot 8:08 3-3
    Auston Matthews 1st OT
  31. Takeaway 7:48 3-3
    Gustav Nyquist 1st OT
  32. Hit 7:32 3-3
    John Tavares 1st OT
  33. Shot 7:23 3-3
    David Savard 1st OT
  34. Face Off 7:20 3-3
    Boone Jenner 1st OT
  35. Stoppage 7:20 3-3
    1st OT
  36. Blocked 7:20 3-3
    Oliver Bjorkstrand 1st OT
  37. Hit 7:16 3-3
    Riley Nash 1st OT
  38. Missed 7:09 3-3
    Liam Foudy 1st OT
  39. Shot 6:51 3-3
    Morgan Rielly 1st OT
  40. Takeaway 6:44 3-3
    Alexander Kerfoot 1st OT

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