Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Toronto Maple Leafs

4-3-0

Final
2 - 6

Columbus Blue Jackets

3-3-0

Olivier scores 2 as Blue Jackets beat Maple Leafs 6-2

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Game Highlights

Justin Danforth had a goal and two assists, Sean Monahan added a goal and an assist, and James van Riemsdyk and Kirill Marchenko also scored for Columbus Zach Werenski had two assists.

Matthew Knies and Nicholas Robertson scored for Toronto, which has lost two of three. Dennis Hildeby finished with 32 saves.

Takeaways Maple Leafs: Toronto, which traveled to Columbus early this morning after their home win over Tampa Bay on Monday, came out flat with just six shots in the first period and could never find its offensive flow.

Blue Jackets: Columbus scored three goals in a period twice this season, the previous time Oct. 12 at Colorado.

Key moment The Blue Jackets shook up their lines to spread the offensive output, and it worked as they scored three goals n the first period. The reshuffled fourth line brought home the first score from van Riemsdyk at 5:29. The third line padded the lead 52 seconds later with Danforth’s first of the season and added Olivier’s score with 7:18 left. The first line finally got in on the action with Monahan’s goal at 5:35 of the second.

Key stat The Maple Leafs seem to bring out the best in Danforth, who has three goals and four assists in seven career games against Toronto.

Up Next The Maple Leafs host St. Louis on Thursday, while the Blue Jackets visit Nashville on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 5:29	James van Riemsdyk Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Ivan Provorov (2), Kevin Labanc (3)
Goal	1st Period 6:21	Justin Danforth Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Werenski (3)
Goal	1st Period 12:42	Mathieu Olivier Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Justin Danforth (1), Jake Christiansen (4)
Goal	2nd Period 5:35	Sean Monahan Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Kirill Marchenko (5), Zach Werenski (4)
Goal	2nd Period 11:36	Mathieu Olivier Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Zachary Aston-Reese (1), Justin Danforth (2)
Goal	2nd Period 18:59	Matthew Knies Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 11:58	Kirill Marchenko Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Sean Monahan (4), Cole Sillinger (3)
Goal	3rd Period 13:03	Nicholas Robertson Goal (1) Backhand, assists: John Tavares (2), Simon Benoit (1)

Statistics

TOR		CBJ
15	Blocked Shots	14
22	Hits	19
6	Takeaways	5
28	Shots	38
0	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
32	Faceoffs Won	38
45.7	Faceoff Win Percent	54.3
16	Giveaways	19
6	Total Penalties	5
12	Penalty Minutes	10