Blue Jackets Beat Maple Leafs, NHL News

The Columbus Blue Jackets used a big third period to topple the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Brandon Dubinsky scored two goals and Brandon Saad added a goal and assist and the Blue Jackets beat the Maple Leafs 5-1 on Wednesday night.

Matt Calvert had a goal and two assists Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and assist for Columbus.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves for the Blue Jackets.

"We knew after the first that we needed to be much better," Saad said.

"Bob (Bobrovsky) kept us in it pretty much the whole first period and throughout the game. They took it to us and we knew we had to be better in the second, limit our turnovers and create chances off of their turnovers and that's what we did."

Morgan Rielly scored for the Leafs, who can finish no higher than 29th place overall in the league.

Garret Sparks made 27 saves for Toronto.

Wednesday, April 6 Scoreboard

Columbus 5, Toronto 1

Edmonton 6, Vancouver 2

Detroit 3, Philadelphia 0

Thursday, April 7 Schedule (All Times Central)

Detroit at Boston, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

NY Islanders at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Florida at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Nashville, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.