Game day: Blue Jackets at Maple Leafs

SCOTIABANK ARENA FACEOFF: 7 p.m. TV: Sportsnet RADIO: TSN 1050 KEY PLAYERS Atkinson/Gardiner Columbus forward Cam Atkinson fired a hat trick in the Blue Jackets’ 4-1 win over Carolina on Saturday, the fifth of his career to tie Rick Nash for the franchise high. Atkinson leads the team with 12 goals, six in his past four games … Leafs defenceman Jake Gardiner had what coach Mike Babcock called his best game of the season Friday in Anaheim. Gardiner and the Leafs’ defence will have their hands full, though, with Atkinson and a Blue Jackets team that has been surging of late. NEED TO KNOW The win over Carolina was the Blue Jackets’ third straight. They are 5-0-2 in their past seven games … The line of

Artemi Panarin, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Atkinson racked up eight points on Saturday and has 58 points in 20 games … Columbus has 10 players with 10 or more points … Defenceman Zach

Werenski, with 12 points, is one of the better power-play quarterbacks in the East … Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky missed a game last week with an illness, but bounced back with 30 saves against Carolina. He has allowed one goal or none in his last four games. UP NEXT Wednesday at Carolina, 7 p.m. Mark Zwolinski