Joonas Korpisalo made 33 saves as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 on Sunday to win their best-of-five qualifying round series 3-2.
Columbus, the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference as part of the NHL's 24-team restart to its pandemic-hit campaign, will now face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the usual 16-slot playoff bracket.
Zach Werenski, rookie Liam Foudy, with his first professional goal, and Nick Foligno, into an empty net, scored for the Blue Jackets.
Frederik Andersen stopped 19 shots for the Leafs, who haven't won a post-season series since 2004.
Korpisalo started the first three games of the series, including a Game 1 shutout, before getting pulled with his team trailing 3-0 in Game 3, but got the call with Elvis Merzlikins unfit to play.
with files from (The Canadian Press)