Sloppy night from both sides.
The Leafs outshot the Jackets 25-17 through 40 minutes of play and by almost a 2:1 ratio (42-22) on the night. However, Toronto only beat rookie goalie Joonas Korpisalo once (on Brad Boyes’ fifth goal of the year, with an empty Toronto net and 2:27 left in regulation time) in large part because it couldn’t build sustained pressure around Columbus’ net and capitalize on second-chance scoring opportunities. The Jackets weren’t notably better, but managed to grind out goals against Buds netminder James Reimer in each of the first two periods – Boone Jenner had the game’s first goal and his 15th of the year, and Alexander Wennberg netted his fifth of the season to extend the lead – and that was the difference.