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Friday, October 31, 2014

{allcanada} Winnik helps Maple Leafs defeat Blue Jackets

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COLUMBUS -- Daniel Winnik and Phil Kessel each had a goal and two assists on a makeshift line that included two points from Nazem Kadri when the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 at Nationwide Arena on Friday.

Toronto goalie Jonathan Bernier lost his bid for a second straight shutout with 9:20 left in the third period when Cam Atkinson scored on the power play to make it 3-1.

Columbus (4-6-0) lost its fourth straight.

Bernier made 28 saves, and the Maple Leafs got a goal in the first period from Kessel, another by David Clarkson in the second, and scores from Kadri and Winnik, his first of the season and 50th of his NHL career, in the third.

Prior to the game, the Maple Leafs announced that left wing Joffrey Lupul would be out indefinitely after breaking his right hand in practice Thursday. Winnik moved into his spot on the top line.

Kessel scored his sixth goal of the season with 4:32 remaining in the first period after the initial ruling was that the puck did not completely cross the goal line. His shot slipped under goalie Curtis McElhinney, and Columbus defenseman Fedor Tyutin tried to keep it out of the net with his skate but replays showed he was a fraction too late to prevent the goal.

Toronto (5-4-1) is 5-0-0 when Kessel scores.

Clarkson made it 2-0 at 12:13 of the second period with a power-play goal 20 seconds after Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson was called for interference. Dion Phaneuf took a shot from the center of the blue line, and Clarkson scored his third goal of the season by deflecting the puck to the ice before it skipped past McElhinney.

Kessel fed Kadri for his third goal to complete a 2-on-1 2:38 into the third period before Atkinson scored for the fifth time, with Ryan Johansen assisting to extend his point streak to 10 games, at 10:40.

Columbus has eight regulars out of the lineup including starting goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, top scoring defenseman James Wisniewski and six forwards, three of them centers. Right wing Corey Tropp did not return for the third period because of illness. The Blue Jackets did get back left wing Nick Foligno after missing one game with a stiff neck.

After Toronto tied its record with 10 shots on goal allowed in a 4-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, it took Columbus 8-1/2 minutes to get its first shot.

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