Blue Jackets return from All-Break and lay an egg in 3-0 loss to Toronto

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

  • The Blue Jackets fell to 2-3-2 in their past seven games following tonight’s loss to the Maple Leafs. 
  • Columbus fell to 10-9-0 in the last 19 meetings of the series vs. Toronto dating back to Apr. 8, 2015.
  • The winning team in the series has scored three or more goals in 21-straight games in the series.
  • The Blue Jackets killed off three-of-four Maple Leafs’ power play attempts tonight and have now killed off 27-of-32 opponent power play chances over the last 12 games (84.4 pct.).
  • The Blue Jackets opened a home-and-home series against the Maple Leafs tonight.  It is the club’s 10th of 17 back-to-back sets in 2022-23.

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES

«  C Cole Sillinger led the Blue Jackets in shots with four (30 shots total).

«   D Andrew Peeke led the club in TOI (21:59).

«  C Sean Kuraly and D Nick Blankenburg led Columbus in hits with three each (16 total as a team).

«  D Vladislav Gavrikov led the club in blocked shots with four (18 total).

BLUE JACKETS POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS

HC Brad Larsen  | D Vladislav Gavrikov  | F Boone Jenner  | F Cole Sillinger

MAPLE LEAFS POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS

HC Sheldon Keefe | F Mitch Marner | G Ilya Samsonov  |  F John Tavares

BLUE JACKETS UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Saturday, Feb. 11                    at Toronto Maple Leafs – 7:00pm ET at Scotiabank Arena

Sunday, Feb. 12                       No Practice

Monday, Feb. 13                     Practice – 11:00am ET at Nationwide Arena

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