The Maple Leafs can usually live in Splitsville after back\u002Dto\u002Dback games, but not when the other party is the last\u002Dplace Columbus.
Toronto let down rookie goalie Joseph Woll after taking a 2-0 lead in the first period, and further hurt itself with giveaways and bone-headed penalties.
Michael Bunting’s misguided attempt to fire up his team resulted in an unsportsmanlike conduct call in the third to hinder the comeback. Off the bench and undetected by the Jackets, he slapped his stick for a pass and Alex Kerfoot heard it. Nylander’s shot banked high off the stick of Columbus defenceman Nick Blankenburg past Elvis Merzlikins for his 29th.At 10:40, Mitch Marner won a puck battle on the wall to give Bunting goal No. 16.
Toronto was absorbing a lot of hits at the start and that led to the Jackets’ first goal. Engvall and the rest of the third line could not exit after a hard Columbus press and Boone Jenner was the eventual beneficiary from the slot.
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