Fantilli has 2 goals, OT winner, Blue Jackets top Maple Leafs
Fantilli, who also had an assist, cut to the net and flipped a shot over Joseph Woll’s outstretched right pad for the win.
Dmitri Voronkov scored and Jet Greaves made 27 saves for the Blue Jackets (11-8-2), who are 4-1-1 in their past six.
John Tavares had a goal and an assist and Joseph Woll made 27 saves for the Maple Leafs (9-9-3), who are 1-4-2 in their past seven.
The Blue Jackets went up 1-0 at 3:17 of the second period when Fantilli took a pass from Zach Werenski just above the left face-off dot, turned and fired a shot that deflected off Voronkov at the top of the goal crease.
Fantilli made it 2-0 at 12:01 when he shot past Woll’s glove from the top of the left face-off circle.
The Maple Leafs cut it to 2-1 at 14:12 when Dakota Mermis’ shot from the point went between Greaves’ pads. It was his first goal as a Maple Leaf and first since February 24, 2024 when he was with the Minnesota Wild, a span of 16 games.
Tavares tied it 2-2 at 3:33 of the third period when he took a pass on a give-and-go with Easton Cowan and one-timed a shot from the slot.
