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| Cam Atkinson opens the scoring in Toronto with a first-period goal (Griag Abel) |
A tough loss tonight for the Toronto Maple Leafs, as they
were blown out at home 6-0 by the Columbus Blue Jackets of all teams…
Columbus, who are currently 2nd to last in the Metro
division (now 9-12-3), would be the last team you’d think could rout Toronto so
bad. With Marian Gaborik (the team’s only former 30-goal scorer) out with a
knee injury for the next month or so, the Jackets don’t exactly have the
strongest tools in the lineup every night.
Sloppy, lethargic, and passive were only some of the
adjectives Sportsnet-590 used to describe Toronto’s play tonight in the ACC.
The Leafs had a mere 18 shots in the loss, with only one coming from Kessel and
none at all from Nazem Kadri. Coach Carlyle went on to say it looked like his
team was playing on boots.
Meanwhile, Reimer had an awful night in net, stopping
only 15 of 21 shots for a .714 save percentage. It’s his worst game since March
19, 2012 against Boston, where he allowed four goals on nine shots. Reimer will
have to fight a lot harder than tonight if he wants to take the #1 starting job
back from Bernier…The near future looks bleak for Toronto, as they are up
against Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Hopefully Phaneuf isn’t suspended for his “illegal
check to the head” on Anisimov.
