Toronto Maple Leafs vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Wednesday, October 29, 2025 · Nationwide Arena

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3–6

Final

SOG 36–24

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Blue Jackets 36-24.

Cole Sillinger scored twice. Zach Werenski, Sammy Blais, Ivan Provorov, Dante Fabbro, Mathieu Olivier, John Tavares and Nick Robertson also scored.

Elvis Merzlikins made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Cayden Primeau stopped 18 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	0	1	2	3	36
CBJ	2	3	1	6	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Cole Sillinger (1)Charlie Coyle (4), Mathieu Olivier (2)0–106:56 CBJ
Zach Werenski (3)Charlie Coyle (5), Mathieu Olivier (3)0–211:16 CBJ

2nd period

Sammy Blais (1)Jake McCabe (3), Steven Lorentz (4)1–202:43 TOR
Ivan Provorov (2)Dmitri Voronkov (5), Kirill Marchenko (5)1–308:33 CBJ
Cole Sillinger (2)Charlie Coyle (6), Zach Werenski (5)1–413:24 CBJ
Dante Fabbro (1)Mathieu Olivier (4), Cole Sillinger (3)1–516:58 CBJ

3rd period

Mathieu Olivier (1)Charlie Coyle (7)1–607:50 CBJ
John Tavares (6)Matthew Knies (10), Nick Robertson (2)2–615:45 TOR
Nick Robertson (2)Max Domi (1), Sammy Blais (1)3–618:10 TOR

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalTOR on iceCBJ on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 CBJ

1st 6:56 · Sillinger

Benoit 0:51

NormalBenoit 0:51

0–2 CBJ

1st 11:16 · Werenski

Tavares 0:41

NormalTavares 0:41

1–2 TOR

2nd 2:43 · Blais

Johnson 0:49

NormalJohnson 0:49

1–3 CBJ

2nd 8:33 · Provorov

Maccelli 0:36

Fresh legsMaccelli 0:36

1–4 CBJ

2nd 13:24 · Sillinger

Matthews 0:45

NormalMatthews 0:45

1–5 CBJ

2nd 16:58 · Fabbro

Blais 0:46

NormalBlais 0:46

1–6 CBJ

3rd 7:50 · Olivier

Ekman-Larsson 0:50

NormalEkman-Larsson 0:50

2–6 TOR

3rd 15:45 · Tavares

Fabbro 0:34

Fresh legsFabbro 0:34

3–6 TOR

3rd 18:10 · Robertson

Lundeström 0:46

NormalLundeström 0:46

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TORCBJ

36Shots on goal24

42%Faceoff %58%

0/2Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes4

24Hits7

21Blocked shots19

23Giveaways19

9Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 18:18Philippe Myers · holding2 min
3rd 03:41Damon Severson · holding2 min
3rd 04:02Auston Matthews · slashing2 min
3rd 12:25Dmitri Voronkov · hooking2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

79Sammy BlaisL	1	1	2	0	3	5	1	0	–	10:55
89Nick RobertsonL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:22
11Max DomiC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	50	13:42
18Steven LorentzC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	07:17
23Matthew KniesL	0	1	1	-3	1	1	0	0	–	15:19
91John TavaresC	1	0	1	-3	4	2	0	0	41	14:21
22Jake McCabeD	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	–	20:20
34Auston MatthewsC	0	0	0	-1	5	2	0	2	57	19:46
53Easton CowanR	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	17:23
55Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	38	16:54
63Matias MaccelliL	0	0	0	-3	1	0	1	0	–	12:34
74Bobby McMannC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	16:31
81Dakota JoshuaC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	15:46
2Simon BenoitD	0	0	0	-2	1	3	4	0	–	18:05
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	19:10
44Morgan RiellyD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	–	22:25
51Philippe MyersD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	2	–	17:55
95Oliver Ekman-LarssonD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	3	0	–	20:15

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cayden PrimeauG	L	24	18	6	.750	60:00
41Anthony StolarzG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

3Charlie CoyleC	0	4	4	+5	0	0	0	0	73	14:54
24Mathieu OlivierR	1	3	4	+4	1	2	0	0	–	14:03
4Cole SillingerC	2	1	3	+4	4	0	0	0	50	16:20
8Zach WerenskiD	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	0	–	21:44
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	13:36
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	14:11
9Ivan ProvorovD	1	0	1	+2	3	1	0	0	–	20:19
15Dante FabbroD	1	0	1	-1	2	0	2	0	–	19:54
11Miles WoodL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:35
19Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	50	17:17
21Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	67	12:41
23Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	53	14:58
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	40	15:43
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	13:55
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	15:39
2Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	–	15:00
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	7	0	–	22:47
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	+3	2	0	2	2	–	19:24

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	W	36	33	3	.917	60:00