Maple Leafs vs. Blue Jackets (Oct 20, 2026)

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Maple Leafs TOR

4-4-2

4-4-2 in Last 10

Blue Jackets CBJ

3-4-0

3-4-0 in Last 10

Preview

Maple Leafs

Blue Jackets

Predictions

Notes

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Odds

TOR

CBJ

+144

Money

-147

Money

o6.5

+100

u6.5

-106

+1.5

-170

-1.5

+163

o6.5

Open

-161

Open

A. Fantilli Over 0.5 Assists +104 A. Fantilli Over 2.5 Shots on Goal -178

Forward Matchup

A. Matthews

TOR C #34

C. Coyle

CBJ C #3

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

D. Raddysh

TOR D #43

Z. Werenski

CBJ D #8

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

S. Bobrovsky

TOR G #72

J. Greaves

CBJ G #73

Wins

.902

Save Pct

.905

2.96

Goals Against Avg

2.58

TOR

Team Stats

CBJ

3.2

Goals per Game

2.43

3.2

Goals Against per Game

3.29

28.40

Shots per Game

26.14

29.50

Shots Against per Game

28.43

28.6

Power Play Pct

11.8

96.9

Penalty Kill Pct

68.0

.892

Save Pct

.884

TOR

Injuries

CBJ

William Nylander

Day to day (Illness)

Caleb MacDonald

Out (Lower-Body)

William Villeneuve

Out (Knee)

Isac Lundestrom

Out (Achilles)

Cade Webber

Out (Elbow)

Dante Fabbro

Out (Upper-Body)

Elvis Merzlikins

Out (Shoulder)

Ivan Provorov

Out (Lower-Body)

Dakota Joshua

Out (Abdomen)

Miles Wood

Out (Undisclosed)

John Tavares

Out (Lower Body)

Chris Tanev

Out (Upper Body)

Max Domi

Out (Back)

2026-27 Atlantic Division

TORCBJ

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	7	2	0	14	15
Lightning	6	2	0	12	4
Senators	6	3	0	12	1
Panthers	5	2	2	12	5
Sabres	4	3	2	10	-7
Maple Leafs	4	4	2	10	-1
Canadiens	4	3	1	9	-3
Red Wings	3	3	2	8	-4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	7	2	1	15	12
Rangers	7	3	1	15	9
Capitals	5	3	0	10	4
Islanders	4	3	1	9	6
Devils	4	4	0	8	-2
Penguins	3	6	1	7	-5
Flyers	2	6	3	7	-19
Blue Jackets	3	4	0	6	-5

TOR

Last 5

CBJ

Mon, Oct 19

Sun, Oct 18

Sat, Oct 17

Sat, Oct 17

Thu, Oct 15

Tue, Oct 13

Tue, Oct 13

Sat, Oct 10

Sat, Oct 10

Fri, Oct 9

Game Info

October 20, 2026

ESPN+

Nationwide Arena

Columbus, Ohio

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Fantilli 0.5 +174 -194

A. Matthews 0.5 +163 -178

B. Duhaime 0.5 +1011

C. Coyle 0.5 +264 -292

C. Garland 0.5 +400

Points

Line Over Under

A. Fantilli 1.5 +228

A. Matthews 1.5 +208

C. Coyle 0.5 -122 -117

C. Garland 0.5 +141 -186

D. Mateychuk 0.5 +127 -203

Assists

Line Over Under

A. Fantilli 0.5 +104 -150

A. Matthews 0.5 -102 -133

C. Coyle 0.5 +163 -233

C. Garland 0.5 +257 -376

D. Mateychuk 0.5 +212 -300

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

A. Matthews 3.5 +125 -163

Z. Werenski 3.5 +104 -111

A. Fantilli 2.5 -178 +156

D. Raddysh 2.5 -111 -106

K. Johnson 2.5 +138 -163

Team Leaders

A. Matthews

GWG

E. Cowan

SV%

.902

S. Bobrovsky

Season

Career vs CBJ

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Auston Matthews A. Matthews	10	7	9	16	+2	0	3	3	1	1	30	23.3	85	157	54.1	6	11	4	7	21:39
William Nylander W. Nylander	10	5	8	13	-4	0	2	2	0	0	31	16.1	5	14	35.7	1	3	4	7	20:39
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	10	4	6	10	-3	8	2	3	0	0	27	14.8	0	0	0	13	2	1	8	18:36
Easton Cowan E. Cowan	10	3	4	7	-2	6	1	0	2	0	21	14.3	2	4	50.0	10	6	5	13	15:07
John Tavares J. Tavares	7	2	5	7	-5	4	1	3	0	0	17	11.8	61	101	60.4	4	5	1	8	16:31
Gavin McKenna G. McKenna	10	3	3	6	-5	4	1	1	1	0	18	16.7	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	14:06
Jack Roslovic J. Roslovic	10	3	3	6	-3	4	0	1	0	0	30	10.0	8	22	36.4	4	6	3	7	16:38
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	10	0	5	5	-2	6	0	3	0	0	26	0.0	0	0	0	5	18	2	18	24:11
Nick Paul N. Paul	10	2	3	5	-2	6	0	0	0	0	9	22.2	37	89	41.6	20	9	2	4	16:05
Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	10	0	4	4	-6	4	0	1	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	5	12	3	12	19:23
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	10	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	58	92	63.0	26	6	3	7	15:07
Troy Stecher T. Stecher	10	0	1	1	-3	9	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	7	12	2	6	18:02
Chris Tanev C. Tanev	6	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	14	3	5	16:51
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	5	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	6	2	0	7	13:25
Teddy Blueger T. Blueger	10	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	32	70	45.7	12	2	2	5	12:05
Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	10	0	0	0	-3	14	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	11	6	2	12	16:52
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	10	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	15	21	1	20	20:10
Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	10	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	2	6	33.3	20	10	2	4	11:10
Vinni Lettieri V. Lettieri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9:20
Zack MacEwen Z. MacEwen	4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	4	25.0	9	0	0	1	6:38
Bo Groulx B. Groulx	6	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	4	7	57.1	9	3	0	1	8:19
Marshall Rifai M. Rifai	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	9:04

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Sergei Bobrovsky S. Bobrovsky	7	7	2	3	2	214	193	.902	21	2.96	0	425
	Anthony Stolarz A. Stolarz	3	3	2	1	0	80	70	.875	10	3.32	0	181

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
John Tavares J. Tavares	41	21	25	46	+16	24	5	4	0	0	2	0	145	14.5	409	732	55.9	27	16	33	34	18:58
Auston Matthews A. Matthews	20	15	10	25	-2	4	3	2	0	1	1	0	89	16.9	174	319	54.5	10	23	17	11	19:23
William Nylander W. Nylander	24	11	11	22	-2	10	3	5	1	0	2	1	77	14.3	40	81	49.4	3	10	17	10	18:05
Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	35	2	19	21	-6	10	1	6	1	0	0	0	83	2.4	0	0	0	31	55	17	34	22:34
Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	36	6	13	19	+5	44	2	3	0	1	2	0	91	6.6	0	0	0	50	35	7	24	22:22
Max Domi M. Domi	23	3	7	10	-13	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	36	8.3	81	170	47.6	18	9	6	21	16:06
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	28	2	8	10	-13	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	30	6.7	0	0	0	52	44	12	23	20:06
Nick Paul N. Paul	19	4	5	9	+3	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	24	16.7	89	175	50.9	22	6	8	3	15:01
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	23	3	5	8	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	9.4	136	270	50.4	27	18	5	8	14:32
Miles Wood M. Wood	17	3	4	7	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	6.5	0	1	0.0	26	6	3	5	12:45
Jack Roslovic J. Roslovic	11	4	3	7	+4	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	17	23.5	7	19	36.8	2	4	3	5	14:02
Teddy Blueger T. Blueger	14	2	4	6	+4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	68	141	48.2	15	4	7	1	13:46
Troy Stecher T. Stecher	20	0	5	5	-3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	31	0.0	0	0	0	11	22	3	3	17:33
Dakota Joshua D. Joshua	9	1	3	4	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	4	9	44.4	24	7	6	2	12:49
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	7	1	3	4	-4	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	9	11	0	8	19:33
Chris Tanev C. Tanev	27	0	2	2	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	8	47	5	13	18:29
Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	16	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	5.0	5	13	38.5	35	11	5	6	11:15
Easton Cowan E. Cowan	3	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	5	3	0	4	18:30
Zack MacEwen Z. MacEwen	7	0	1	1	-3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	1	0.0	14	4	2	5	11:31
Bo Groulx B. Groulx	1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	9	14	64.3	1	1	0	0	12:17
Vinni Lettieri V. Lettieri	2	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	1	0.0	9	1	0	0	15:10
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	17:53

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Sergei Bobrovsky S. Bobrovsky	18	18	15	2	1	545	504	.925	41	2.26	4	1089
	Anthony Stolarz A. Stolarz	4	4	2	0	1	91	82	.901	9	2.70	1	200

Team Leaders

K. Johnson

C. Coyle

GWG

M. Knies

SV%

.905

J. Greaves

Season

Career vs TOR

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	7	0	6	6	+2	4	0	1	0	0	13	0.0	62	106	58.5	5	5	4	10	18:53
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	7	0	6	6	+7	0	0	1	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	2	20	2	19	29:22
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	7	4	1	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	20	20.0	0	1	0.0	1	3	1	7	17:28
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	7	3	2	5	+1	6	0	0	0	0	10	30.0	6	9	66.7	12	5	3	8	15:12
Matthew Knies M. Knies	7	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	12	16.7	2	5	40.0	9	1	2	5	18:20
Damon Severson D. Severson	5	1	3	4	+4	6	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	1	8	1	7	23:56
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	7	1	2	3	-2	2	1	0	0	0	10	10.0	54	117	46.2	3	3	4	6	17:07
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	7	1	2	3	-1	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0	1	3	33.3	13	5	2	10	16:25
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	7	2	1	3	+1	4	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	84	126	66.7	13	10	5	5	20:31
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	7	1	1	2	-2	6	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	2	10	2	9	23:29
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	7	2	0	2	-1	27	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	0	0	0	23	1	1	2	14:38
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	7	0	1	1	-4	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	7	17	0	11	17:24
Carson Soucy C. Soucy	6	0	1	1	-4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	15	4	0	2	15:08
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	5	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	6	0.0	0	1	0.0	7	2	1	2	12:04
Emil Andrae E. Andrae	4	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3	6	0	2	10:36
Danton Heinen D. Heinen	7	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	17	34	50.0	6	7	2	2	10:50
Conor Garland C. Garland	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	1	0.0	6	2	1	8	12:43
Ryan Lomberg R. Lomberg	7	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	1	0.0	13	0	2	1	8:32
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	6	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	7	7	1	5	12:45
Luca Del Bel Belluz L. Del Bel Belluz	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	44.4	3	0	3	0	6:50

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	5	4	2	2	0	116	105	.905	11	2.58	1	256
	Cam Talbot C. Talbot	3	3	1	2	0	80	70	.875	10	3.61	0	166

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	33	4	21	25	+16	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	50	8.0	158	351	45.0	63	23	16	21	17:07
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	20	2	19	21	+8	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	59	3.4	0	0	0	19	35	9	19	24:05
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	31	7	11	18	-8	6	2	3	1	0	1	0	71	9.9	257	508	50.6	24	19	26	18	18:09
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	14	8	5	13	-2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	38	21.1	0	1	0.0	13	5	5	15	16:16
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	27	4	9	13	-5	14	1	2	0	1	0	0	74	5.4	0	0	0	32	54	10	39	23:41
Danton Heinen D. Heinen	27	2	7	9	+5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	42	4.8	3	8	37.5	31	21	14	14	14:01
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	8	3	5	8	+6	14	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	30.0	1	2	50.0	15	5	3	7	13:01
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	11	4	4	8	+3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	25.0	0	0	0	0	6	6	7	15:00
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	9	6	2	8	-2	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	27	22.2	43	104	41.3	10	7	0	4	18:27
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	13	3	3	6	+4	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	11.1	42	106	39.6	18	11	4	3	15:07
Damon Severson D. Severson	26	1	4	5	-8	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	43	2.3	0	0	0	24	26	7	25	20:43
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	8	2	3	5	+2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	23	56	41.1	3	3	2	7	15:06
Conor Garland C. Garland	13	2	2	4	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	6.7	0	1	0.0	8	2	6	9	14:30
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	32	1	2	3	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	2.5	0	0	0	71	51	9	16	18:07
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	11	1	1	2	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	12	27	2	9	19:02
Carson Soucy C. Soucy	12	1	1	2	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	17	11	2	5	16:01
Luca Del Bel Belluz L. Del Bel Belluz	2	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	5	15	33.3	1	1	1	0	12:24
Ryan Lomberg R. Lomberg	14	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	1	4	25.0	40	4	3	3	9:20
Isac Lundestrom I. Lundestrom	10	0	1	1	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	25	70	35.7	10	8	1	5	13:26
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	7	1	4	14:11
Emil Andrae E. Andrae	3	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	5	0	1	4	15:32
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	11	1	5	20:03

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Cam Talbot C. Talbot	18	16	9	5	2	464	420	.905	44	2.73	0	967
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	3	3	1	1	1	102	95	.931	7	2.23	0	188

Blue Jackets host the Maple Leafs in Eastern Conference play

The Associated Press

Oct 20, 2026

Toronto Maple Leafs (4-4-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (3-4, in the Metropolitan Division)

Columbus, Ohio; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT

LINE: Blue Jackets -164, Maple Leafs +134; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Toronto Maple Leafs hit the ice in Eastern Conference action.

Columbus is 3-4 overall and 3-2-0 in home games. The Blue Jackets have gone 1-2-0 when scoring three or more goals.

Toronto has a 4-4-2 record overall and a 1-1-1 record in road games. The Maple Leafs have an even scoring differential this season, scoring and giving up 32 goals.

Tuesday's game is the first time these teams meet this season.

INJURIES: Blue Jackets: Caleb MacDonald: out (lower-body), Dante Fabbro: out (upper-body), Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles), Ivan Provorov: out (lower-body).

Maple Leafs: John Tavares: out (lower body), Dakota Joshua: out (abdomen), Cade Webber: out (elbow), Elvis Merzlikins: out (shoulder), Max Domi: out (back), William Nylander: day to day (illness), Miles Wood: out (undisclosed), Chris Tanev: out (upper body), William Villeneuve: out (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Maple Leafs TOR

Blue Jackets CBJ

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goals

Points

Assists

Shots on Goal

Blue Jackets host the Maple Leafs in Eastern Conference play

Players Mentioned

Max Domi

Ivan Provorov

Chris Tanev

John Tavares

Miles Wood

Dante Fabbro

Dakota Joshua

Elvis Merzlikins

William Nylander

Isac Lundestrom

William Villeneuve