Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, March 5, 2009 · Verizon Center

TorontoMaple LeafsAway

2–1

Final

SOG 29–38

WashingtonCapitalsHome

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Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Maple Leafs 38-29.

Goals came from Lee Stempniak, Pavel Kubina and Alexander Semin.

Martin Gerber made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 27 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	0	0	2	2	29
WSH	0	0	1	1	38

Scoring

3rd period

Lee Stempniak (11)Alexei Ponikarovsky (23), Matt Stajan (31)1–006:05 TOR
Pavel Kubina (13)John Mitchell (15), Jeff Hamilton (1)2–009:47 TOR
Alexander Semin (27)Nicklas Backstrom (52)2–119:21 WSH

Team stats

TORWSH

29Shots on goal38

50%Faceoff %50%

0/4Power play0/4

13Penalty minutes13

21Hits28

24Blocked shots11

17Giveaways21

10Takeaways15

Penalties

1st 04:01Mike Van Ryn · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 04:37Nicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
1st 08:27Ben Ondrus · fighting5 min
1st 08:27Matt Bradley · fighting5 min
1st 18:22Mike Van Ryn · interference2 min
2nd 08:03John Erskine · cross checking2 min
2nd 12:20Sergei Fedorov · holding2 min
2nd 15:56Nikolay Kulemin · tripping2 min
3rd 01:06Mike Van Ryn · hooking2 min
3rd 01:09Alexander Semin · high sticking2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

12Lee StempniakR	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	15:28
14Matt StajanC	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	56	18:04
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	–	17:38
39John MitchellC	0	1	1	+1	5	3	0	0	55	21:09
51Jeff HamiltonC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:06
77Pavel KubinaD	1	0	1	+2	3	2	5	0	–	24:35
10Brad MayL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:22
21Jamal MayersR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	11:27
22Boyd DevereauxC	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	12:36
25Ben OndrusR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	–	08:32
41Nikolay KuleminL	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	50	11:57
55Jason BlakeL	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	100	20:57
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	38	16:11
2Luke SchennD	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	–	21:53
4Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	13:03
7Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	25:04
24Jonas FrogrenD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	09:08
26Mike Van RynD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	–	25:01

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Martin GerberG	W	38	37	1	.974	59:49
31Curtis JosephG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	63	21:54
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	0	7	2	0	2	–	24:23
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	+1	1	5	0	5	–	10:50
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	–	19:28
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	38	10:50
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	15:10
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	50	18:56
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	17:25
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	46	16:30
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	05:15
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	2	25	22:45
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	56	14:52
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:07
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	-2	1	4	1	2	–	15:47
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	14:52
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	18:04
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	3	0	–	31:03
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	15:27

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:23
60Jose TheodoreG	L	29	27	2	.931	57:59