Gaudreau Scores in OT, Jackets Outlast Leafs To Win Season Series
The Jackets twice came back from 2-goal deficits to beat the Leafs on Friday night. The Blue Jackets never quit playing, even when they easily could've packed it in, in the second when Toronto went up 4-2. But instead, they fought back to tie at 4. Unfortunately, they would give up the go-ahead goal with under a minute left in the second, and even then, it felt like the Jackets weren't out of it just yet. Adam Fantilli would tie the game at 5 with just under 6 minutes left to blow the roof off of NWA.
Johnny Gaudreau would take an unbelievable pass from Damon Severson off of a faceoff to put in an easy goal on Leafs goalie Ilya Samsonov. Samsonov attempted to make a save, but instead ended up flopping around and left the net wide open for Gaudreau to win the game. This marks the second time the Jackets have beaten the Leafs 6-5 this season.
Although the game wasn't perfect by any means, the Jackets showed guts against the Leafs. Pascal Vincent and Damon Severson both said this week that the CBJ have been playing passive, it sure didn't seem like they were playing passive on Friday night.
Cole Sillinger(4), Brendan Gaunce(1), Dmitri Voronkov(7), Kent Johnson(5), Adam Fantilli(10), and Johnny Gaudreau(5) were the goal scorers for Columbus.
Final Stats
CBJ AppPlayer Notes
- Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and 2 assists. He has 20 points in his last 20 games and a season total of 25.
- Adam Fantilli scored his 10th goal and has 22 points.
- Cole Sillinger's goal pushed his season total to 4, with 13 points.
- Kent Johnson's goal was his 5th of the season. He also has 9 points in the last 10 games.
- Dmitry Voronkov's goal gives him 7 on the season. He also has 18 points.
- Ivan Provorov now has 20 points with his assist.
Team Notes
- Columbus is 13-11-0 in the last 24 games against the Leafs.
- With 12 blocked shots, Columbus now has 696 this season.
- With 4 assists, CBJ defenseman now have 88 points in 37 games.
- With 2 goals, CBJ rookies now have 49 points in 37 games.
Next Up: The Jackets travel to Buffalo for the second time in 11 days to take on the Sabres tonight at 5 p.m.
Join Jason Newland's Columbus Blue Jacket page on Bunches, a new app that connects sports fans. Also, you can watch a new YouTube game show about the Blue Jackets, Around the Fifth Line.