Toronto Maple Leafs vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Friday, December 29, 2023 · Nationwide Arena

TorontoMaple LeafsAway

5–6

Final/OT

SOG 33–21

ColumbusBlue JacketsHome

SNO · BSOH

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 in overtime on Friday, December 29, 2023 at Nationwide Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Blue Jackets 33-21.

Goals came from Mitch Marner, Cole Sillinger, Auston Matthews, Nick Robertson, Brendan Gaunce, William Nylander, Dmitri Voronkov, Kent Johnson, John Tavares, Adam Fantilli and Johnny Gaudreau.

Spencer Martin made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 15 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
TOR	2	3	0	0	5	33
CBJ	1	3	1	1	6	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mitch Marner (14)Morgan Rielly (21)1–004:14 TOR
Cole Sillinger (4)Jake Bean (3)1–111:17 CBJ
Auston Matthews (29)Mitch Marner (24)2–112:55 TOR

2nd period

Nick Robertson (4)Timothy Liljegren (4), Max Domi (16)3–101:35 TOR
Brendan Gaunce (1)Alexandre Texier (7), Damon Severson (6)3–203:20 CBJ
William Nylander (17)Auston Matthews (15), Morgan Rielly (22)4–209:42 TOR · PPG
Dmitri Voronkov (7)Johnny Gaudreau (17), Ivan Provorov (18)4–311:05 CBJ · PPG
Kent Johnson (5)Emil Bemstrom (6)4–412:43 CBJ
John Tavares (11)William Nylander (31), Morgan Rielly (23)5–419:05 TOR · PPG

3rd period

Adam Fantilli (10)Johnny Gaudreau (18)5–513:46 CBJ

OT period

Johnny Gaudreau (7)Damon Severson (7), Justin Danforth (8)5–602:56 CBJ

Team stats

TORCBJ

33Shots on goal21

57%Faceoff %43%

2/4Power play1/2

11Penalty minutes15

13Hits14

17Blocked shots12

2Giveaways2

6Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 17:41Dmitri Voronkov · interference2 min
2nd 08:18Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 09:56Cole Sillinger · roughing2 min
2nd 09:56Calle Jarnkrok · roughing2 min
2nd 10:10William Nylander · hooking2 min
2nd 18:54Erik Gudbranson · fighting5 min
2nd 18:54Simon Benoit · fighting5 min
2nd 19:00Alexandre Texier · high sticking2 min
3rd 01:12Damon Severson · slashing2 min
3rd 02:13Mitch Marner · tripping2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

44Morgan RiellyD	0	3	3	-1	2	1	2	0	–	25:29
16Mitch MarnerR	1	1	2	+2	5	1	0	2	–	23:26
34Auston MatthewsC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	3	0	55	23:47
88William NylanderR	1	1	2	-3	2	0	1	2	–	19:25
11Max DomiC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	64	13:07
89Nick RobertsonL	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	10:38
91John TavaresC	1	0	1	-2	4	1	1	0	56	17:30
37Timothy LiljegrenD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	–	18:22
18Noah GregorC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	12:18
19Calle JarnkrokC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	40	13:42
23Matthew KniesL	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	–	15:34
59Tyler BertuzziL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	15:05
64David KampfC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	69	12:10
74Bobby McMannC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	–	09:00
2Simon BenoitD	0	0	0	-1	4	2	1	5	–	16:13
22Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	21:15
55Mark GiordanoD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	14:49
78TJ BrodieD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	22:24

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Martin JonesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Ilya SamsonovG	O	21	15	6	.714	62:35

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

13Johnny GaudreauL	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:13
78Damon SeversonD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	2	–	23:42
4Cole SillingerC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	2	39	15:16
10Dmitri VoronkovL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	30	13:10
11Adam FantilliC	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	55	15:30
16Brendan GaunceC	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	30	13:06
17Justin DanforthR	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	56	17:41
42Alexandre TexierC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	16:39
52Emil BemstromR	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	100	11:53
91Kent JohnsonC	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	14:15
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	19:54
22Jake BeanD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	22:06
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:52
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	50	16:01
96Jack RoslovicC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	16:00
2Andrew PeekeD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	14:51
44Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	5	–	19:42
55David JiricekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	21:01

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Spencer MartinG	W	19	16	3	.842	42:56
90Elvis MerzlikinsG		14	12	2	.857	20:00