The Blue Jackets were tied with the San Jose Sharks for 27th in the NHL in goals per game this season (2.57); the Maple Leafs were third (3.39). The Columbus offense will receive a boost with the return of Bjorkstand, who led it with 21 goals, and Atkinson, who scored 12 goals in 44 video games but obtained an NHL career-high 41 in 2018-19. Eight Blue Jackets have scored at least 10 goals this year, and Sport Logo Iron On Transfers they'll need that same type of balance against the Maple Leafs. Baltimore Orioles custom iron on transfers

Columbus should be confident after its performance against Tampa Bay last period. In that series the Lightning, who led the NHL in goals per game (3.89), scored three goals in the opening 17:50 of Game 1 but managed just five goals in the final 222:10. Although forwards Artemi Panarin and Matt Duchene, and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, are no longer with the Columbus, the group of defensemen who so effectively held Lightning forwards Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov to a combined one goal remains intact. This time around, Jones, Zach Werenski and David Savard will try to consist of Auston Matthews (47 goals, second in NHL), Mitchell Marner (51 assists, tied for ninth) and the rest of Toronto's high-run offense.

The Blue Jackets tied the Arizona Coyotes for third in the NHL at 2.61 goals against per game thanks to Korpisalo (19-12-5, 2.60 goals-against average, .911 save percentage, two shutouts) and rookie Elvis Merzlikins (13-9-8, 2.35 GAA, .923 conserve percentage, five shutouts), who each stepped up as the No. 1 at points during the season. Korpisalo, who was named to the NHL All-Star Game for the first time, was the starter until he sustained a covid-19 design Customized Logo knee injury on Dec. 29 that caused him to miss eight weeks. Merzlikins started 21 of the next 24 games, going 12-5-4, before Korpisalo returned Feb. 24 and started four of Columbus' final five games prior to the pause.