Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 2002 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–3 on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Maple Leafs 25–19.
Goals came from Todd Bertuzzi, Nik Antropov, Markus Naslund, Brent Sopel, Darcy Tucker, Paul Healey, Jyrki Lumme and Robert Reichel.
Ed Belfour made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Dan Cloutier stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Todd Bertuzzi (20)Brendan Morrison (25), Brent Sopel (11)0–103:52 VAN · 
Nik Antropov (9)Travis Green (4), Darcy Tucker (16)1–104:31 TOR
Markus Naslund (25)Brent Sopel (12), Sami Salo (8)1–215:38 VAN · 
Brent Sopel (3)Markus Naslund (23), Mattias Ohlund (14)1–316:02 VAN ·
2nd period
Darcy Tucker (6)Bryan McCabe (9)2–310:08 TOR · 
Paul Healey (3)Tom Fitzgerald (9), Alyn McCauley (5)3–313:49 TOR
3rd period
Jyrki Lumme (2)Robert Reichel (14), Bryan McCabe (10)4–306:29 TOR · 
Robert Reichel (5)Tomas Kaberle (20)5–319:58 TOR ·
Team stats
TORVAN
1925
33%67%
1/53/5
2020
12
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Penalties
- 3:04 into the first period
Robert Reichel · hooking obstruction2 min - 6:15 into the first period
Todd Bertuzzi · hooking2 min - 10:40 into the first periodTodd Bertuzzi · slashing2 min
- 14:20 into the first periodTom Fitzgerald · hooking obstruction2 min
- 15:23 into the first periodRobert Svehla · holding2 min
- 3:01 into the second periodMarkus Naslund · hooking2 min
- 8:26 into the second periodTie Domi · boarding2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodDarren Langdon · hooking2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodTie Domi · misconduct10 min
- 13:26 into the second periodDarren Langdon · misconduct10 min
- 19:16 into the second periodWade Belak · roughing2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodMarkus Naslund · tripping2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:53 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 23:49 |
| 11Nik AntropovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:07 |
| 12Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 18Alyn McCauleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:34 |
| 26Paul HealeyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:49 |
| 25Jyrki LummeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:40 |
| 2Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:55 |
| 14Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 23Harold DrukenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 8Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 55Ric JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 67Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 3Brent SopelD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 | 24:27 |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 3 | 23:13 |
| 7Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | 23:14 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 23:55 |
| 6Sami SaloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 10Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 13Artem ChubarovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:41 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:10 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 13:38 |
| 25Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 26Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:03 |
| 8Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:59 |
| 23Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dan CloutierG | L | 18 | 4 | .778 |