TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Blue Jackets 3-0 on Tuesday to even their best-of-five qualifying series at one game.
Auston Matthews and John Tavares scored for Toronto.
Toronto defenseman Jake Muzzin was taken off the ice on a stretcher with 1:52 left in the game after his head made violent contact with Columbus’ Oliver Bjorkstrand behind the Blue Jackets net.
Muzzin was attended to by a trainer before more medical personnel arrived on the ice. He was taken to a hospital.
The teams meet Thursday for Game 3 at 8:00 p.m.