While his Maple Leafs teammates tried to show support for beleaguered goalie Ilya Samsonov, coach Sheldon Keefe called out his players for making inexcusable mistakes.
It was all part of the fallout from another Samsonov loss, 6-5 in overtime to the Blue Jackets in Columbus on Friday night.
Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins stopped 14 of 16 shots before leaving after the first period because of an illness. Spencer Martin had 16 stops the rest of the way.
Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 29th goal and had an assist for Toronto. Samsonov made 15 stops, but he has allowed 21 goals in losing his last four starts.
Mitch Marner and William Nylander each had a goal and an assist for Toronto, and Nicholas Robertson and John avares also scored. Morgan Reilly had three assists.
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