The Leafs retuned from the all-star break in style shutting out the Blue Jackets 3-0. Ilya Samsonov earned his third shutout of the year and John Tavares led the way with two goals. Below are the highlights from the game.
Tavares opened the scoring just over five minutes into the game. He redirected a slick saucer pass from Mitch Marner on the powerplay as Mathieu Olivier sat for interference…
🚨 JOHNNY TORONTO GETS US STARTED! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/lmdOiz6ww0
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 11, 2023
A few minutes later William Nylander was denied by Joonas Korpisalo on the breakaway…
what a save by Korpisalo by on Nylander pic.twitter.com/PJBEWaQxoG
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) February 11, 2023
The Leafs continued to press in the first period but Korpisalo kept the Blue Jackets in the game. He denied Alex Steeves in tight to keep Columbus within one…
Steeves gets a chance on Korpisalo pic.twitter.com/k3JLw3oFbe
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) February 11, 2023
Late in the frame Rasmus Sandin leveled Kent Johnson with a perfect open ice hit. He also drew a penalty on the play when Cole Sillinger retaliated…
Rasmus Sandin absolutely drops Kent Johnson pic.twitter.com/XhmeUkGlql
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) February 11, 2023
Partway through the second Timothy Liljegren undressed Vladislav Gavrikov to create a scoring chance. Korpisalo shut the door once again…
Timothy Liljegren went in! pic.twitter.com/ytbyDFtn6j
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) February 11, 2023
The Leafs finally doubled their lead midway through the third period. Pierre Engvall finished off a pretty passing play to make it 2-0…
“BEAUTIFUL” pic.twitter.com/o3B3A6cYBx
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 11, 2023
49 seconds later Marner and Tavares connected again. Marner found JT with a between the legs pass and the captain wired home his second of the game. 3-0 Leafs…
The passing, top shelf stuff 🍽 pic.twitter.com/8yQx1l8vrm
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 11, 2023
A few minutes later Ilya Samsonov preserved his shutout with an athletic blocker save. The Leafs hung on to give Samsonov his first road win of the calendar year. They will look to sweep the home-and-home at Scotiabank Arena tomorrow night
Ilya Samsonov is Him pic.twitter.com/Ax3LFJLwQd
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) February 11, 2023
