Columbus Blue Jackets vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Tuesday, December 7, 2021 · Scotiabank Arena
TSN4 · BSOH
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Blue Jackets 40-32.
Auston Matthews scored twice and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice. William Nylander, Nick Ritchie, John Tavares, Sean Kuraly and Max Domi also scored.
Jack Campbell made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 25 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
William Nylander (11)Auston Matthews (11), Morgan Rielly (16)0–104:43 TOR · PPG
Auston Matthews (16)Michael Bunting (12), Morgan Rielly (17)0–215:08 TOR
Nick Ritchie (1)Ondrej Kase (4)0–316:30 TOR
2nd period
Oliver Bjorkstrand (7)Zach Werenski (12), Boone Jenner (5)1–311:39 CBJ · PPG
John Tavares (12)Morgan Rielly (18), William Nylander (15)1–418:34 TOR · PPG- Auston Matthews (17)Morgan Rielly (19)1–518:41 TOR
3rd period
- Oliver Bjorkstrand (8)Jake Bean (6), Gregory Hofmann (5)2–500:33 CBJ
Sean Kuraly (5)Alexandre Texier (5), Eric Robinson (6)3–516:25 CBJ
Max Domi (4)Jakub Voracek (19), Jack Roslovic (6)4–519:59 CBJ
Team stats
CBJTOR
32Shots on goal40
48%Faceoff %52%
1/2Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits18
8Blocked shots20
11Giveaways11
6Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 04:30
Cole Sillinger · hooking2 min - 1st 04:43Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 1st 12:52
Michael Bunting · slashing2 min - 2nd 10:16Morgan Rielly · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 18:25Oliver Bjorkstrand · tripping2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 7 | 18:57 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:39 |
| 15Gregory HofmannC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 16Max DomiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:08 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:31 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 27:34 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 34Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:07 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 53Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Daniil TarasovG | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 17:06 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 39:35 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 22:51 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 20:00 |
| 88William NylanderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 20Nick RitchieL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:39 |
| 25Ondrej KaseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 58Michael BuntingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 91John TavaresC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 15Alexander KerfootC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 24Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 43Kyle CliffordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:49 |
| 46Alex SteevesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:28 |
| 47Pierre EngvallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 3Justin HollD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 8Jake MuzzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 37Timothy LiljegrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 56Kristians RubinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:40 |
| 78TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36Jack CampbellG | W | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 60:00 |
| 60Joseph WollG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |