Toronto Maple Leafs vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2008 · Mellon Arena

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7–3

Final

SOG 40–23

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Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-3 on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Penguins 40-23.

Petr Sykora scored twice. Dominic Moore, Evgeni Malkin, Jeremy Williams, Jonas Frogren, Niklas Hagman, Pavel Kubina, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Nik Antropov also scored.

Vesa Toskala made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	3	2	2	7	40
PIT	1	0	2	3	23

Scoring

1st period

Dominic Moore (6)Pavel Kubina (10), Tomas Kaberle (19)1–007:45 TOR · PPG
Evgeni Malkin (15)Mark Eaton (1), Miroslav Satan (12)1–109:49 PIT
Jeremy Williams (4)Jason Blake (12), Tomas Kaberle (20)2–111:03 TOR
Jonas Frogren (1)Nik Antropov (12), Matt Stajan (18)3–112:56 TOR

2nd period

Niklas Hagman (9)Unassisted4–108:31 TOR
Pavel Kubina (7)Nik Antropov (13), Tomas Kaberle (21)5–116:20 TOR · PPG

3rd period

Petr Sykora (11)Evgeni Malkin (40), Kris Letang (12)5–200:58 PIT · PPG
Alexei Ponikarovsky (10)Matt Stajan (19)6–205:23 TOR
Nik Antropov (13)Alexei Ponikarovsky (13), Jaime Sifers (1)7–208:18 TOR · PPG
Petr Sykora (12)Alex Goligoski (11)7–317:01 PIT

Team stats

TORPIT

40Shots on goal23

55%Faceoff %45%

3/7Power play1/4

17Penalty minutes31

21Hits49

8Blocked shots15

3Giveaways6

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 06:56Ryan Stone · roughing2 min
1st 08:19Alexei Ponikarovsky · high sticking2 min
1st 08:47Jordan Staal · cross checking2 min
2nd 03:44Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
2nd 14:39Eric Godard · roughing2 min
2nd 19:40Matt Cooke · roughing2 min
2nd 19:40Jaime Sifers · roughing2 min
2nd 19:40Jaime Sifers · roughing2 min
3rd 02:15Jonas Frogren · tripping2 min
3rd 03:21Petr Sykora · tripping2 min
3rd 06:19Sidney Crosby · cross checking2 min
3rd 09:50Eric Godard · cross checking2 min
3rd 09:50Eric Godard · misconduct10 min
3rd 17:38Ruslan Fedotenko · fighting5 min
3rd 17:38Andre Deveaux · fighting5 min
3rd 18:08Nik Antropov · high sticking double minor4 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

80Nik AntropovC	1	2	3	+1	3	0	0	4	–	13:01
15Tomas KaberleD	0	3	3	+3	0	0	0	0	–	22:26
14Matt StajanC	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	57	13:27
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	1	1	2	+2	2	1	1	2	–	13:25
77Pavel KubinaD	1	1	2	+1	4	2	0	0	–	21:34
9Niklas HagmanL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:20
18Jeremy WilliamsR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	16:26
19Dominic MooreC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	62	19:36
55Jason BlakeL	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	20:06
24Jonas FrogrenD	1	0	1	+1	2	2	2	2	–	18:15
59Jaime SifersD	0	1	1	-2	1	1	0	4	–	11:15
12Lee StempniakR	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	–	14:14
39John MitchellC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	55	11:33
41Nikolay KuleminL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:24
56Andre DeveauxC	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	5	–	09:41
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	44	15:45
4Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	–	22:19
7Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	2	0	–	23:28

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Curtis JosephG		0	0	0	–	–
35Vesa ToskalaG	W	23	20	3	.870	59:35

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

17Petr SykoraR	2	0	2	-1	7	0	0	2	–	19:08
71Evgeni MalkinC	1	1	2	-1	3	1	1	2	58	21:27
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:51
7Mark EatonD	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	–	21:30
13Alex GoligoskiD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	20:27
58Kris LetangD	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0	0	–	22:45
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	-2	0	5	1	2	47	19:48
22Jeff TaffeL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	08:37
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	-1	2	9	0	2	–	14:17
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	29	15:44
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	5	–	13:57
28Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	–	03:39
33Ryan StoneC	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	2	–	10:33
63Tim WallaceR	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	–	10:12
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	32	18:20
4Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	–	17:32
43Philippe BoucherD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	3	0	–	21:37
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-3	1	7	2	0	–	16:10

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	L	33	28	5	.849	40:00
30Dany SabourinG		7	5	2	.714	19:57