The BlueJacketsNHL will move on to face the TBLightning in the Stanley Cup Playoffs after taking down the MapleLeafs in Game 5.
Columbus, the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference as part of the NHL’s 24-team restart to its pandemic-hit campaign, will now face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the usual 16-slot playoff bracket.
After leaving in the final period of Friday’s Game 4, Werenski floated a shot from the point that hit Leafs defenceman Tyson Barrie in front and sailed past a surprised Andersen inside an empty Scotiabank Arena. The Toronto netminder had to be sharp early the second after Justin Holl turned the puck over in his own end. Foudy had one shot before Oliver Bjorkstrand followed up with two more. Tavares and Matthews then came close on Korpisalo and stingy Columbus, while Foligno forced a good pad stop out of Andersen.
William Nylander forced a good save out of Korpisalo early in the third after the Leafs killed a Columbus power play.
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