Following Sunday’s victory over the San Jose Sharks, the Columbus Blue Jackets headed north of the border to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Given the pandemic and changes in scheduling, this is the first matchup between the two teams since the Blue Jackets knocked the Leafs out in the bubble in the summer of 2020.
The Leafs enter the game as one of the hotter teams in the league, but missing a few players after a scrum against the Winnipeg Jets. Jason Spezza was given an in-person hearing for kneeing Neal Pionk in the head.