Maple Leafs pepper Blue Jackets with shots but lose 3-1 [Video]

Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo makes a save during a goalmouth scramble against Toronto Maple Leafs in the first period at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Jan. 13, 2016. (Dan Hamilton/USA TODAY Sports)The Maple Leafs hope to stay close to the NHL’s elite in the second half of 2015-16.

But when bested by Joonas Korpisalo and Alexander Wennberg of the last place Columbus Blue Jackets, they’re bound to stay near the bottom and remain in the discussion for top draft picks such as Auston Matthews and Jesse Puljujarvi.

The 41st game under new coach Mike Babcock was a sort of fork in the road, the visitors one of three teams that began the night behind the Leafs in the standings. The…