Columbus Blue Jackets at Toronto Maple Leafs

Thu, Dec 14, 2023 · Scotiabank Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Columbus Blue Jackets

6 – 5

Final/OT

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 in overtime on Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at Scotiabank Arena. Kent Johnson scored twice; Auston Matthews scored twice. Elvis Merzlikins made 43 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 35–48.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CBJ	2	3	0	1	6	35
TOR	0	0	5	0	5	48

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:19	CBJ	EV	Patrik Laine (6) · wrist	Kent Johnson (6)	1–0
1st	11:56	CBJ	EV	Kent Johnson (2) · tip-in	Andrew Peeke (2)	2–0
2nd	08:16	CBJ	EV	Justin Danforth (7) · backhand	Ivan Provorov (14), David Jiricek (5)	3–0
2nd	10:45	CBJ	EV	Egor Chinakhov (7) · wrist	Ivan Provorov (15), David Jiricek (6)	4–0
2nd	14:19	CBJ	PP	Johnny Gaudreau (5) · wrist	Egor Chinakhov (4), Zach Werenski (21)	5–0
3rd	00:38	TOR	EV	William Nylander (14) · wrist	Auston Matthews (12), William Lagesson (3)	5–1
3rd	03:49	TOR	EV	Mitch Marner (12) · between-legs	John Tavares (19), Bobby McMann (3)	5–2
3rd	14:21	TOR	PP	Jake McCabe (1) · slap	Conor Timmins (4), Nick Robertson (5)	5–3
3rd	18:45	TOR	PP	Auston Matthews (22) · wrist	William Nylander (24), Mitch Marner (19)	5–4
3rd	19:15	TOR	PP	Auston Matthews (23) · wrist	Mitch Marner (20), John Tavares (20)	5–5
OT	03:26	CBJ	EV	Kent Johnson (3) · snap	Zach Werenski (22), Justin Danforth (7)	6–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	06:48	TOR	William Lagesson	tripping	2
2nd	06:48	CBJ	Cole Sillinger	roughing	2
2nd	11:04	CBJ	Adam Fantilli	tripping	2
2nd	14:01	TOR	William Lagesson	holding	2
3rd	05:05	TOR	William Nylander	high sticking	2
3rd	12:34	CBJ	Ivan Provorov	boarding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CBJ 3.89 · TOR 5.53 · xG% CBJ 41.3

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
91	Kent Johnson	C	2	1	3	+4	0	3	0	0		14:23	19
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	3		29:05	31
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	2	2	0	2	1	2	3		22:57	27
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	1	1	2	0	0	5	3	1		19:21	27
17	Justin Danforth	R	1	1	2	-1	0	2	3	4	40.0	19:20	25
55	David Jiricek	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	3		15:43	20
13	Johnny Gaudreau	L	1	0	1	-3	0	3	0	0		20:55	24
2	Andrew Peeke	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	4		19:35	21
29	Patrik Laine	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0		7:41	9
77	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	5		21:22	27
11	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	50.0	19:29	23
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	3	20.0	19:18	24
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	4	3	33.3	16:50	23
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	50.0	15:12	22
22	Jake Bean	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3		12:35	17
7	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	57.1	11:36	16
42	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		9:54	13
52	Emil Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	100.0	9:15	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Elvis Merzlikins	W	48	43	5	.896	63:26

Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
16	Mitch Marner	R	1	2	3	+1	0	3	0	0		25:24	26
34	Auston Matthews	C	2	1	3	+1	0	9	1	0	59.1	24:42	26
88	William Nylander	R	1	1	2	0	2	10	0	0		23:18	27
91	John Tavares	C	0	2	2	+2	0	4	5	0	60.0	20:24	21
22	Jake McCabe	D	1	0	1	-2	0	1	5	0		24:02	31
25	Conor Timmins	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		17:19	25
85	William Lagesson	D	0	1	1	0	4	3	2	2		15:27	21
89	Nick Robertson	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0		13:01	16
74	Bobby McMann	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0		8:23	10
44	Morgan Rielly	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	1		26:43	35
78	TJ Brodie	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		21:27	31
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1	33.3	18:32	24
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	100.0	16:24	19
11	Max Domi	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0	66.7	14:11	18
18	Noah Gregor	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0		13:59	17
2	Simon Benoit	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0		12:43	19
64	David Kampf	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33.3	10:07	13
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1:36	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Ilya Samsonov	OTL	35	29	6	.829	61:44