Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Thursday, November 6, 2008 · TD Banknorth Garden

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2–5

36–35

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Maple Leafs outshot the Bruins 36–35.

Blake Wheeler scored a hat trick. Dennis Wideman, Alexander Steen, Zdeno Chara and Mikhail Grabovski also scored.

Tim Thomas made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Vesa Toskala stopped 30 of 34.

Goals
TOR	0	0	2	2	36
BOS	2	1	2	5	35

Scoring

1st period

Dennis Wideman (3)Andrew Ference (6), David Krejci (5)0–105:56 BOS ·
Blake Wheeler (4)Dennis Wideman (4)0–207:46 BOS ·

2nd period

Blake Wheeler (5)Marco Sturm (5), David Krejci (6)0–305:18 BOS

3rd period

Alexander Steen (2)Matt Stajan (6), Pavel Kubina (5)1–302:13 TOR
Zdeno Chara (1)Unassisted1–417:15 BOS
Mikhail Grabovski (6)Ian White (1)2–418:06 TOR
Blake Wheeler (6)Marco Sturm (6), Andrew Ference (7)2–519:07 BOS ·

Team stats

TORBOS

3635

57%43%

0/42/3

68

2125

811

52

57

Penalties

3:57 into the first periodAlexei Ponikarovsky · interference2 min
7:40 into the first periodNik Antropov · hooking2 min
12:56 into the first periodPetteri Nokelainen · interference2 min
19:00 into the first periodAlexei Ponikarovsky · high sticking2 min
12:42 into the third periodMarc Savard · slashing2 min
13:29 into the third periodZdeno Chara · hooking2 min
19:22 into the third periodMark Stuart · slashing2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

10Alexander SteenL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	14:55
14Matt StajanC	0	1	1	−1	1	1	0	0	58	15:25
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	58	20:41
7Ian WhiteD	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	13:57
77Pavel KubinaD	0	1	1	−1	1	1	0	0	–	19:05
9Niklas HagmanL	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	–	20:11
19Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	−2	2	2	0	0	67	18:25
21Jamal MayersR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	33	12:36
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	4	–	13:52
39John MitchellC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	100	07:49
41Nikolay KuleminL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	20:42
55Jason BlakeL	0	0	0	−2	5	0	0	0	–	16:42
80Nik AntropovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	05:14
2Luke SchennD	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	0	–	19:13
4Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	19:45
15Tomas KaberleD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	–	24:55
24Jonas FrogrenD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	–	14:30
26Mike Van RynD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	19:01

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
31Curtis JosephG		0	0	0	–	–
35Vesa ToskalaG	L	34	30	4	.882	58:57

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

26Blake WheelerR	3	0	3	+1	4	1	0	0	–	13:26
16Marco SturmL	0	2	2	+1	1	2	0	0	–	15:20
46David KrejciC	0	2	2	+1	4	1	0	0	22	15:22
6Dennis WidemanD	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	–	23:39
21Andrew FerenceD	0	2	2	+2	2	1	3	0	–	22:56
33Zdeno CharaD	1	0	1	0	3	3	1	2	–	26:24
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	100	18:36
17Milan LucicL	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	14:58
18Stephane YelleC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	40	10:54
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	–	08:41
29Petteri NokelainenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100	09:51
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	46	19:50
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:27
81Phil KesselR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	15:06
91Marc SavardC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	40	18:29
44Aaron WardD	0	0	0	+1	1	6	1	0	–	24:24
45Mark StuartD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	09:26
48Matt HunwickD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	09:54

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30Tim ThomasG	W	36	34	2	.944	60:00
35Manny FernandezG		0	0	0	–	–