{"id":249765,"date":"2025-10-30T09:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/249765\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T09:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:15:08","slug":"john-tavares-scores-500th-career-goal-but-toronto-maple-leafs-fall-to-columbus-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/249765\/","title":{"rendered":"John Tavares scores 500th career goal but Toronto Maple Leafs fall to Columbus Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Cole Sillinger<\/a> had two goals and an assist, and the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> beat the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> 6-3 on Wednesday night for their third straight win.<\/p>\n

Mathieu Olivier<\/a> had a goal and three assists, Zach Werenski<\/a> had a goal and an assist, and Ivan Provorov<\/a> and Dante Fabbro<\/a> also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have won five of six. Charlie Coyle<\/a> had four assists, and Elvis Merzlikins<\/a> finished with 35 saves.<\/p>\n

Sammy Blais and Nicholas Robertson<\/a> each had a goal and an assist, and John Tavares<\/a> scored his 500th career goal for Toronto. Cayden Primeau<\/a> had 19 saves as the Maple Leafs snapped a two-game win streak and lost for the fourth time in six games (2-3-1).<\/p>\n

Toronto outshot Columbus 9-6 in the first period but trailed by two goals after 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Sillinger gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead 6:56 into game, taking a pass from Coyle inside the blue line, skating up on Primeau and beating the goalie with a forehand shot past the blocker. Coyle got his 300th career assist on the play.<\/p>\n

Werenski made it 2-0 with 8:44 remaining in the first as he fired a shot past Primeau on the glove side.<\/p>\n

The Maple Leafs then had an 18-7 advantage on shots in the second and fell further behind.<\/p>\n

Blais, in the lineup in place of William Nylander<\/a> (lower body injury) after 10 games as a healthy scratch, got Toronto on the scoreboard at 2:43.<\/p>\n

However, the Blue Jackets scored three goals in an 8 1\/2-minute stretch later in the period to pull away.<\/p>\n

Provorov put a backhander past Primeau at 8:33 to restore the two-goal lead. Sillinger got his second of the night with 6:36 remaining as he scored on a 2-on-1 with Coyle, and Fabbro made it 5-1 a little more than 3 1\/2 minutes later as got a drop pass from Olivier and fired it past Primeau from inside the left circle.<\/p>\n

Olivier made it a four goal lead at 7:50 of the third, and Tavares and Robertson scored 2:25 apart late to pull the Maple Leafs to 6-3.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Maple Leafs: At Philadelphia on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Blue Jackets: Host St. Louis on Saturday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NHL: https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/hub\/NHL<\/p>\n

Nicole Kraft, The Associated Press<\/p>\n

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