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Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Regular Season Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 on Friday, December 28, 2018 on the road.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 46-28-8
at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 47-31-4

Goals by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 1 1 4
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 0 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 13 6 10 29
Columbus Blue Jackets 8 10 11 29

Three stars

  1. J. Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs (2 goals)
  2. M. Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. G. Sparks, Toronto Maple Leafs (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:22 Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares (25) Nazem Kadri (16), Mitch Marner (39) Power play TOR 1, CBJ 0
1st 04:47 Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Foligno (10) Alexander Wennberg (17), Seth Jones (16) Even strength TOR 1, CBJ 1
1st 18:04 Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares (26) Mitch Marner (40) Even strength TOR 2, CBJ 1
2nd 09:46 Toronto Maple Leafs Mitch Marner (13) Auston Matthews (16), Jake Gardiner (21) Even strength TOR 3, CBJ 1
3rd 13:44 Toronto Maple Leafs Frederik Gauthier (2) Par Lindholm (10), Trevor Moore (2) Even strength TOR 4, CBJ 1
3rd 18:32 Columbus Blue Jackets Artemi Panarin (12) Zach Werenski (13) Even strength TOR 4, CBJ 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Toronto Maple Leafs Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 29 29
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 6 6
Hits 8 24
Blocked shots 17 12
Giveaways 10 5
Takeaways 10 9
Faceoffs won 36/62 (58.1%) 26/62 (41.9%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player
12 P. Marleau C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 16:00
16 M. Marner R 1 2 3 +1 0 2 1 2 0 22:23
18 A. Johnsson L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 15:36
24 K. Kapanen R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 14:05
26 P. Lindholm C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 100% 09:40
28 C. Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 100% 16:08
29 W. Nylander R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 42.9% 14:17
33 F. Gauthier C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 83.3% 07:49
34 A. Matthews C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 57.9% 16:46
42 T. Moore L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 08:08
43 N. Kadri C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 60% 15:48
91 J. Tavares C 2 0 2 +1 0 5 1 1 1 52.4% 19:35
2 R. Hainsey D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 3 0 20:42
22 N. Zaitsev D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:41
23 T. Dermott D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 0 16:45
44 M. Rielly D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 21:19
51 J. Gardiner D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 4 0 20:31
92 I. Ozhiganov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:47
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
40 G. Sparks 29 27 2 .931 60:00 Win

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
9 A. Panarin L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:56
10 A. Wennberg C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 30.8% 15:30
13 C. Atkinson R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 20:26
17 B. Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 30.8% 12:56
18 P. Dubois C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 1 0 28.6% 18:24
20 R. Nash C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 0 100% 08:22
28 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:25
37 M. Hannikainen L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 08:14
38 B. Jenner C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 73.3% 15:49
71 N. Foligno L 1 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 33.3% 15:56
77 J. Anderson R 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 50% 16:05
91 A. Duclair L 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 0 0 09:40
3 S. Jones D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 25:22
4 S. Harrington D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 13:42
8 Z. Werenski D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 2 0 23:28
27 R. Murray D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 21:02
58 D. Savard D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 15:33
65 M. Nutivaara D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 21:24
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
72 S. Bobrovsky 29 25 4 .862 59:14 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:50 Columbus Blue Jackets Josh Anderson Tripping 2
1st 12:24 Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander Tripping 2
2nd 06:35 Columbus Blue Jackets Anthony Duclair Tripping 2
2nd 09:05 Columbus Blue Jackets Scott Harrington Roughing 2
2nd 09:05 Toronto Maple Leafs Kasperi Kapanen Roughing 2
2nd 15:18 Toronto Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri Holding 2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Mike Babcock
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
John Tortorella
Referees
Kevin Pollock, Corey Syvret
Linesmen
Matt MacPherson, Bryan Pancich
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
Martin Marincin, Justin Holl
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Lukas Sedlak, Dean Kukan

2018-2019 season series

Matchup Status Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 28

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Florida Panthers 3 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at New York Islanders 6 Final Game page

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