Kasperi Kapanen put the Maple Leafs on the board with a short-handed goal at 11:25 of the first period. Both of Kapanen’s goals have been scored while short-handed this season. He has scored multiple shorthanded goals in consecutive seasons after recording two shorthanded goals in 2018-19.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 4 (4-3-2 – 10 Points) vs. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (5-3-2 – 12 Points) 3.

MONDAY, OCT. 21, 2019

1 2 3 OT FINAL

COLUMBUS 2 0 1 1 4

TORONTO 2 1 0 0 3

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Kasperi Kapanen put the Maple Leafs on the board with a shorthanded goal at 11:25 of the first period. Both of Kapanen’s goals have been scored while shorthanded this season. He has scored multiple shorthanded goals in consecutive seasons after recording two shorthanded goals in 2018-19.
  • – Auston Matthews scored Toronto’s second goal of the night at 19:22 of the first period and later collected the secondary assist on William Nylander’s second period goal. Matthews has assists (2) and points (1-2-3) in two consecutive games. He has recorded seven of his eight goals on home ice this season.
  • – William Nylander scored the third Maple Leafs goal of the night at 19:45 of the second period. Nylander has five points (3-2-5) in seven games on home ice this season. He has two points (1-1-2) in two games against Columbus in 2019-20.
  • – Mitch Marner registered the primary assist on Kapanen’s first period goal. The assist is Marner’s first shorthanded point of the season. He had a shorthanded goal and two shorthanded assists in 201819.
  • – Jake Muzzin collected the secondary assist on Kapanen’s first period goal and later had the secondary assist on Matthews’ first period goal. Muzzin has assists (4) in three consecutive games. He had one shorthanded assist last season in 30 games with the Maple Leafs. Tonight’s game is his first multi-assist and multi-point game of the season.
  • – Andreas Johnsson registered the primary assist on Matthews’ first period goal and later recorded the primary assist on Nylander’s second period goal. Johnsson has two multi-point performances in his last four games. He has assists (3) in two consecutive games. All seven (2-4-7) of his points have come on home ice.
  • – Frederik Andersen stopped 34 shots in the overtime loss. Tonight’s game is his 200th game as a Maple Leaf. He is the 13th goaltender to reach the milestone.

SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets)
1st 2nd 3rd OT TOTAL

COLUMBUS 9 (4) 15 (12) 10 (8) 4 (0) 38 (24)

TORONTO 13 (5) 12 (11) 6 (6) 0 (0) 31 (22)

SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)

1st 2nd 3rd OT TOTAL

COLUMBUS 15 (9) 21 (17) 16 (13) 5 (0) 57 (39)

TORONTO 23 (12) 23 (21) 12 (12) 2 (0) 60 (45)

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

  • The Maple Leafs are 3-2-2 at home this season.
  • – Toronto’s all-time record is 14-11-1-4 in 30 games against the Blue Jackets and 6-6-1-3 in 16 games played in Toronto.
  • – Toronto is 4-2-2 against the Eastern Conference this season and 1-1-1 against the Metropolitan Division.
  • – Tonight’s attendance was 18,898.
    MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS
    Shots 6 (Matthews)
    Shot Attempts 8 (Barrie, Matthews)
    Faceoff Wins 10 (Spezza)
    Faceoff Win Percentage 78% (Gauthier, Shore – 7 won, 2 lost)
    Hits 4 (Moore)
    Blocked Shots 3 (Ceci)
    Takeaways 2 (Matthews)
    TOI 27:06 (Rielly)
    Power Play TOI 2:37 (Rielly)
    Shorthanded TOI 5:22 (Ceci, Muzzin)
    Shifts 30 (Muzzin, Rielly)
    5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 76.7% (Johnsson – 23 for, 7 against)

RECORD WHEN…

  • The Maple Leafs were 4-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play tonight. Toronto is 2-12 when allowing one power play goal this season and 2-2-1 when not scoring a power play goal.
  • – Toronto is 3-2-2 when their opponent scores the first goal of the game.
  • – The Maple Leafs are 1-1-1 when tied after one period and 5-0-2 when leading after two periods.
  • – Toronto is 1-1-2 when outshot by their opponent.
  • – The Maple Leafs are 0-1-1 in Monday games.
    OF NOTE…
  • Toronto forwards Frederik Gauthier and Nick Shore were the lone Maple Leafs to not start a 5-on-5 shift in the offensive zone. – Frederik Gauthier was 5-for-6 (83%) in the faceoff circle when taking defensive zone draws.
  • – Auston Matthews was on the ice for a team-high 28 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5. Matthews finished the game with a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 66.7 percent (28 for, 14 against).
  • – Nick Shore won 100 percent (5 won, 0 lost) of his faceoffs when matched up with Columbus centre Alexander Wennberg.
  • – Jason Spezza won 60 percent (6 won, 4 lost) of his offensive zone faceoffs.
    UPCOMING GAMES:
  • Tuesday, October 22, 7:00 p.m. at Boston Bruins (TSN4, TSN 1050)
  • – Friday, October 25, 7:00 p.m. vs. San Jose Sharks (Sportsnet Ontario, FAN 590)
  • – Saturday, October 26, 7:00 p.m. at Montreal Canadiens (Sportsnet, TSN 1050)
  • – Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 p.m. vs. Washington Capitals (TSN4, TSN 1050)
  • – Saturday, November 2, 7:00 p.m. at Philadelphia Flyers (Sportsnet, FAN 590)

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