Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (24-44-8) at Toronto Maple Leafs (45-21-10) – 04 Apr 2023 – 07:00PM EDT

#Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (24-44-8) at Toronto [](/r/leafs) Maple Leafs (45-21-10)

#Scotiabank Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|07:00PM|08:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|BSOH|
|Listen|[CBJ](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999129) – [TOR](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999110)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021230) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021230) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021230)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://MapleLeafs.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021230) – [Boxscore](http://MapleLeafs.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021230) – [Recap](http://MapleLeafs.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021230)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021230)|

###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[](/r/leafs)|Michael Bunting|Auston Matthews|Calle Jarnkrok|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Kirill Marchenko|
|[](/r/leafs)|Alexander Kerfoot|John Tavares|William Nylander|[](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Sean Kuraly|Liam Foudy|
|[](/r/leafs)|Zach Aston-Reese|David Kampf|Sam Lafferty|[](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Justin Richards|Emil Bemstrom|
|[](/r/leafs)|Nick Abruzzese|Radim Zohorna|Wayne Simmonds|[](/r/bluejackets)|Joona Luoto|Josh Dunne|Hunter McKown|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[](/r/leafs)|Morgan Rielly|Luke Schenn|[](/r/bluejackets)|Tim Berni|Andrew Peeke|
|[](/r/leafs)|T.J. Brodie|Justin Holl|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Billy Sweezey|
|[](/r/leafs)|Conor Timmins|Timothy Liljegren|[](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Christiansen|Marcus Bjork|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[](/r/leafs)|Ilya Samsonov|[](/r/bluejackets)|Michael Hutchinson|
|[](/r/leafs)|Matt Murray|[](/r/bluejackets)|Jet Greaves|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Matt Murray|02 Apr 2023|Concussion|DTD|Murray (undisclosed) was injured during Sunday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.|unknown|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Jake McCabe|02 Apr 2023|Rest|DTD|Not Specified|unknown|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Mark Giordano|02 Apr 2023|Rest|DTD|Not Specified|unknown|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Mitchell Marner|02 Apr 2023|Rest|DTD|Not Specified|unknown|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Noel Acciari|28 Mar 2023|Neck|DTD|Acciari (neck) will not play this weekend, according to coach Sheldon Keefe, Joshua Kloke of The Athletic reports.|unknown|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Erik Gustafsson|25 Mar 2023|Personal|DTD|Gustafsson (personal) is still away from the team, Mark Masters of TSN reports.|unknown|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Bobby McMann|22 Mar 2023|Knee|IR-LT|McMann will “miss some time” with a knee injury, David Alter of Sports Illustrated reports.|14 Apr 2023|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Ryan O’Reilly|04 Mar 2023|Finger|IR-LT|Surgery|unknown|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Rodion Amirov||Head|IR-NR||15 Jul 2023|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Nicholas Robertson||Shoulder|IR-LT||01 Jul 2023|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Mac Hollowell||Kneecap|OUT||10 Apr 2023|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Victor Mete||Lower Body|IR-LT||06 Apr 2023|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Jake Muzzin|22 Feb 2023|Neck|IR-LT|Not Specified|15 Sep 2023|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jack Roslovic|01 Apr 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Roslovic (upper body) will miss Sunday’s matchup with Ottawa, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Lane Pederson|30 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Pederson (upper body) will not suit up Sunday against the Ottawa Senators, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Boqvist|30 Mar 2023|Illness|DTD|Boqvist (illness) will not suit up Sunday against the Ottawa Senators, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|27 Mar 2023|Ankle|DTD|Blankenburg is considered week-to-week after suffering an ankle injury, the team announced Monday.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|25 Mar 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Merzlikins (lower body) won’t be in the lineup Sunday against the Ottawa Senators, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|24 Mar 2023|Shoulder|OUT|Gubdranson suffered a separated shoulder that will sideline him for six weeks, the team announced Monday.|15 Sep 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|24 Mar 2023|Lower Leg|OUT|Olivier (lower body) will be out for 2-4 weeks, the Jackets announced Monday.|11 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|24 Mar 2023|Triceps|OUT|Laine suffered a triceps strain at practice Thursday and is expected to miss 2-4 weeks, as reports.|08 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth||Shoulder|IR|Surgery|01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier||Personal|OUT||01 Jul 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean||Shoulder|IR||01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|03 Mar 2023|Shoulder|IR-LT|Not Specified|15 Sep 2023|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[Maple Leafs](/r/leafs)|76|45|21|10|100|65.7|3.38157|2.75|25.6|80.5|31.97368|29.23684|53.2|
|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|76|24|44|8|56|36.8|2.65789|3.97368|18.8|75.7|29.47368|35.26315|48.6|

###Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[](/r/leafs)|William Nylander|37|[](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|26|
|A|[](/r/leafs)|Mitchell Marner|67|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|52|
|P|[](/r/leafs)|Mitchell Marner|95|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|71|
|+/-|[](/r/leafs)|Auston Matthews|30|[](/r/bluejackets)|Billy Sweezey|0|
|PIM|[](/r/leafs)|Michael Bunting|92|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|81|
|TOI|[](/r/leafs)|Morgan Rielly|21:52|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|

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