Thursday, November 20, 2025 – 7:00 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, Ontario
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 93.3 FM
Columbus Blue Jackets (10-8-2, 22 points, 5th Metro, 10th East)
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Toronto Maple Leafs (9-9-2, 20 points, 7th Atlantic, 15th East)
Player to Watch
Sean Monahan
A big issue with this Blue Jackets team is the lack of a strong second scoring line. Marchenko/Voronkov are doing their job, but after that? Meh.
Monahan has been split from the Russians in favor of Adam Fantilli, which has been to Fantilli’s benefit. Monahan, however, has yet to click with a rotating cast of wingers on the second line. After a 57 point season in just 54 games last season, Monahan is sitting on 9 points through 20 games, and has zero points and a -4 rating through his last three games.
We know he has more to offer, and it’s time to see it.
The Other Bench
We’ve had our share of injuries in Columbus over the years, but Toronto is dealing with it in a big way at the moment. On the shelf includes Sammy Blais, Brandon Carlo, Matthew Knies, Scott Laughton, Auston Matthews, Nicolas Roy, Chris Tanev, and Anthony Stolarz. Yikes!
But….they’ve also been way better at home than on the road, so let’s not take anything for granted.
Season Series
10/29/25 TOR 3 @ CBJ 6
11/20/25 CBJ @ TOR
11/26/25 TOR @ CBJ
Stats
| Toronto | Columbus | |
| 3.50 (4) | GPG | 2.95 (21) |
| 3.70 (31) | GAPG | 3.20 (22) |
| 15.1 (28) | PP% | 17.4 (22) |
| 78.3 (20) | PK% | 72.0 (28) |
| 47.8 (24) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 50.7 (15) |
| 47.4 (26) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 49.8 (15) |
| 11.7 (2) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.3 (17) |
| 88.5 (29) | 5v5 Save % | 91.5 (11) |
| John Tavares (11) | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko (8) |
| William Nylander (18) | A Leader | Kirill Marhenko (14) |
| William Nylander (27) | P Leader | Kirill Marchenko (22) |
| Jake McCabe (19) | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (44) |
| 8-4-2 | Home/Road | 5-5-1 |
| 4-5-1 | Last 10 | 4-4-2 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Dmitri Voronkov | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Miles Wood | Sean Monahan | Kent Johnson |
| Cole Sillinger | Charlie Coyle | Mathieu Olivier |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Isac Lundestrom | Luca Del Bel Belluz |
| Zach Werenski | Ivan Provorov |
| Denton Mateychuk | Damon Severson |
| Jake Christiansen | Dante Fabbro |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Nick Robertson | John Tavares | William Nylander |
| Bobby McMann | Max Domi | Easton Cowan |
| Matias Maccelli | Jacob Quillan | Sammy Blais |
| Dakota Joshua | Steven Lorentz | Calle Jarnkrok |
| Morgan Rielly | Oliver Ekman-Larsson |
| Simon Benoit | Jake McCabe |
| Dakota Mermis | Troy Stecher |
| Joseph Woll |
| Dennis Hildeby |