TORONTO — Joonas Korpisalo stopped 28 shots for a shutout in his first playoff start as the Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 in Game 1 of their best-of-five qualifying round series.
Korpisalo became the 14th goaltender in NHL history to record a shutout in his postseason debut. It was the first playoff shutout in franchise history for Columbus.
Cam Atkinson and Alexander Wennberg scored in the third period for the Blue Jackets.
After Korpisalo matched Toronto’s veteran goalie Frederik Andersen through the first two periods, Atkinson’s snap shot from the top of the right circle went under Andersen’s right arm 1:05 into the third.
The teams opened their series as part of the league’s 24-team relaunch to its pandemic-halted 2019-20 season.