Statistically, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Columbus Blue Jackets are entering the playoffs pretty evenly matched. They both ended the abbreviated season with a .579 win percentage, with Toronto seeded one slot higher due to three more regulation wins. This is each team’s fourth straight postseason run, and of the three times they were supposed to meet in 2019-20, Toronto won one, Columbus won the next, and the third game didn’t happen.
With the teams looking pretty equivalent from a high-level, let’s get into the granular differences that are going to make or break either team’s run into the postseason.