Maple Leafs vs Blue Jackets 8/4/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Columbus Blue Jackets may have been the lower rated seed in the tournament here, but the Blue Jackets are one team that managed to pick up some shocking wins this year and that includes the last game against the Maple Leafs. The 2-0 win over the Maple Leafs allowed the Blue Jackets to improve to the point that have the 1-0 lead in the series.

The offense for Columbus managed to get 2 goals scored and they were fairly evenly split with Atkinson and Wennberg both getting a goal. Atkinson even ended up getting an assist as well. Savard picked up an assist as well in the game. Korpisalo did really well in the net for the Blue Jackets after facing 28 shots and turning all of them away. Of those shots 25 were at full strength, 1 was a power play shot, and 2 were on the shorthand.

On the game the Maple Leafs looked good at the game and only really started to have issues when the game was getting towards the end of the game. The main problem is the Maple Leafs were unable to figure out how to beat the Blue Jackets defense and that could prove to be a constant problem for the Maple Leafs in this game.

The glaring fact that the Maple Leafs have coming into the game here is the lack of offensive production. With that being the case, no Maple Leafs players landed on the offensive board. The goalie for the Maple Leafs in the game ended up being Andersen who faced 34 shots and allowed 1 goal, but 33 saves. He had 29 equal strength saves, 2 power play saves, and 2 shorthanded saves.