Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, October 23, 2008 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Maple Leafs outshot the Bruins 37-28.
Goals came from Patrice Bergeron, Blake Wheeler, Mike Van Ryn, Nik Antropov, Anton Stralman and Niklas Hagman.
Vesa Toskala made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 33 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Patrice Bergeron (1)Marco Sturm (3), Shane Hnidy (1)0–115:32 BOS
Blake Wheeler (2)P.J. Axelsson (4), Aaron Ward (1)0–216:03 BOS
2nd period
Mike Van Ryn (1)Niklas Hagman (1), Nikolay Kulemin (1)1–206:17 TOR · PPG
Nik Antropov (4)Matt Stajan (1), Alexei Ponikarovsky (4)2–208:30 TOR
3rd period
Anton Stralman (1)Dominic Moore (1), Alexander Steen (2)3–210:46 TOR
Niklas Hagman (2)Unassisted4–219:57 TOR · PPG · EN
Team stats
TORBOS
37Shots on goal28
51%Faceoff %49%
2/7Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes14
15Hits23
19Blocked shots10
3Giveaways7
6Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:43
Shawn Thornton · tripping2 min - 1st 11:59Marc Savard · holding2 min
- 1st 18:50
Luke Schenn · roughing2 min - 2nd 04:31Andrew Ference · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:45Marco Sturm · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:08Alexei Ponikarovsky · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:04Luke Schenn · interference2 min
- 3rd 02:45Blake Wheeler · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:20Alexander Steen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:21Michael Ryder · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:08Phil Kessel · hooking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Niklas HagmanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 19:21 |
| 10Alexander SteenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:07 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 80Nik AntropovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:15 |
| 26Mike Van RynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:46 |
| 36Anton StralmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 11Jiri TlustyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 07:31 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:32 |
| 39John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 44Ryan HollwegL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:10 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:05 |
| 24Jonas FrogrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 77Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Vesa ToskalaG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 59:55 |
Boston Bruins
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:53 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:08 |
| 42Blake WheelerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:17 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 06:59 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:18 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:02 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:13 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29:30 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | L | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 59:42 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |