Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Toronto Maple Leafs

5-5-1

Final
3 - 6

Columbus Blue Jackets

6-4-0

Sillinger, Olivier lead Blue Jackets to 6-3 win over Maple Leafs for third straight win

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Game Highlights

Mathieu Olivier had a goal and three assists, Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist, and Ivan Provorov and Dante Fabbro also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have won five of six. Charlie Coyle had four assists, and Elvis Merzlikins finished with 35 saves.

Sammy Blais and Nicholas Robertson each had a goal and an assist, and John Tavares scored his 500th career goal for Toronto. Cayden Primeau had 19 saves as the Maple Leafs snapped a two-game win streak and lost for the fourth time in six games (2-3-1).

Toronto outshot Columbus 9-6 in the first period but trailed by two goals after 20 minutes.

Sillinger gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead 6:56 into game, taking a pass from Coyle inside the blue line, skating up on Primeau and beating the goalie with a forehand shot past the blocker. Coyle got his 300th career assist on the play.

Werenski made it 2-0 with 8:44 remaining in the first as he fired a shot past Primeau on the glove side.

The Maple Leafs then had an 18-7 advantage on shots in the second and fell further behind.

Blais, in the lineup in place of William Nylander (lower body injury) after 10 games as a healthy scratch, got Toronto on the scoreboard at 2:43.

However, the Blue Jackets scored three goals in an 8 1/2-minute stretch later in the period to pull away.

Provorov put a backhander past Primeau at 8:33 to restore the two-goal lead. Sillinger got his second of the night with 6:36 remaining as he scored on a 2-on-1 with Coyle, and Fabbro made it 5-1 a little more than 3 1/2 minutes later as got a drop pass from Olivier and fired it past Primeau from inside the left circle.

Olivier made it a four goal lead at 7:50 of the third, and Tavares and Robertson scored 2:25 apart late to pull the Maple Leafs to 6-3.

Up next Maple Leafs: At Philadelphia on Saturday.

Blue Jackets: Host St. Louis on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 6:56	Cole Sillinger Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (4), Mathieu Olivier (2)
Goal	1st Period 11:16	Zach Werenski Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (5), Mathieu Olivier (3)
Goal	2nd Period 2:43	Samuel Blais Goal (1) Batted, assists: Jake McCabe (3), Steven Lorentz (4)
Goal	2nd Period 8:33	Ivan Provorov Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Dmitri Voronkov (5), Kirill Marchenko (5)
Goal	2nd Period 13:24	Cole Sillinger Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (6), Zach Werenski (5)
Goal	2nd Period 16:58	Dante Fabbro Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Mathieu Olivier (4), Cole Sillinger (3)
Goal	3rd Period 7:50	Mathieu Olivier Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (7)
Goal	3rd Period 15:45	John Tavares Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (10), Nicholas Robertson (2)
Goal	3rd Period 18:10	Nicholas Robertson Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Max Domi (1), Samuel Blais (1)

Statistics

TOR		CBJ
21	Blocked Shots	19
24	Hits	7
9	Takeaways	5
36	Shots	24
0	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
25	Faceoffs Won	34
42.4	Faceoff Win Percent	57.6
23	Giveaways	19
2	Total Penalties	2
4	Penalty Minutes	4

Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Erik Gudbranson, D	Day-To-Day	Oct 30

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
William Nylander, RW	Day-To-Day	Oct 31
Scott Laughton, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 31
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 31
Steven Lorentz, C	Day-To-Day	Oct 31
Joseph Woll, G	Injured Reserve	Oct 27