Columbus Blue Jackets vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Thursday, December 14, 2023 · Scotiabank Arena
SNO · BSOH
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 in overtime on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Blue Jackets 48-35.
Kent Johnson scored twice and Auston Matthews scored twice. Patrik Laine, Justin Danforth, Egor Chinakhov, Johnny Gaudreau, William Nylander, Mitch Marner and Jake McCabe also scored.
Elvis Merzlikins made 43 saves on 48 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 29 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Laine (6)Kent Johnson (6)1–006:19 CBJ
Kent Johnson (2)Andrew Peeke (2)2–011:56 CBJ
2nd period
Justin Danforth (7)Ivan Provorov (14), David Jiricek (5)3–008:16 CBJ
Egor Chinakhov (7)Ivan Provorov (15), David Jiricek (6)4–010:45 CBJ
Johnny Gaudreau (5)Egor Chinakhov (4), Zach Werenski (21)5–014:19 CBJ · PPG
3rd period
William Nylander (14)Auston Matthews (12), William Lagesson (3)5–100:38 TOR
Mitch Marner (12)John Tavares (19), Bobby McMann (3)5–203:49 TOR
Jake McCabe (1)Conor Timmins (4), Nick Robertson (5)5–314:21 TOR · PPG
Auston Matthews (22)William Nylander (24), Mitch Marner (19)5–418:45 TOR- Auston Matthews (23)Mitch Marner (20), John Tavares (20)5–519:15 TOR
OT period
- Kent Johnson (3)Zach Werenski (22), Justin Danforth (7)6–503:26 CBJ
Team stats
CBJTOR
35Shots on goal48
44%Faceoff %56%
1/2Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes6
33Hits32
38Blocked shots7
9Giveaways11
10Takeaways9
Penalties
- 2nd 06:48
William Lagesson · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:48
Cole Sillinger · roughing2 min - 2nd 11:04Adam Fantilli · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:01William Lagesson · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:05William Nylander · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 12:34Ivan Provorov · boarding2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 14:23 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19:21 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29:05 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 55David JiricekD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 29Patrik LaineL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 07:41 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:12 |
| 11Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 52Emil BemstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:15 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 77Nick BlankenburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer MartinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 48 | 43 | 5 | .896 | 63:26 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 16Mitch MarnerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 25:24 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 9 | 24:42 |
| 88William NylanderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 23:18 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:24 |
| 74Bobby McMannC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 08:23 |
| 89Nick RobertsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:01 |
| 22Jake McCabeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 24:02 |
| 25Conor TimminsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 85William LagessonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:27 |
| 11Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:11 |
| 18Noah GregorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:36 |
| 2Simon BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 26:43 |
| 78TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Ilya SamsonovG | O | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 61:44 |