The Columbus Blue Jackets are in Toronto tonight to play the Maple Leafs for the third and final time this season. The Jackets have beaten the Leafs in the previous two meetings.

It's a difficult but not impossible margin to make up in the last eight games for the Jackets, who head north of the border for a back-to-back that starts tonight in Toronto and concludes tomorrow vs. Ottawa. Wins are now at a premium, defenseman Zach Werenski said, no matter what happens elsewhere around the NHL.

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