Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 2009 · Centre Bell

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5–2

37–28

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Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Centre Bell. The Maple Leafs outshot the Canadiens 37–28.

Alexei Ponikarovsky scored twice and Maxim Lapierre scored twice. Nikolay Kulemin, Mikhail Grabovski and Jason Blake also scored.

Martin Gerber made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 32 of 37.

Goals
TOR	2	2	1	5	37
MTL	0	2	0	2	28

Scoring

1st period

Nikolay Kulemin (12)Alexei Ponikarovsky (31), Mikhail Grabovski (20)1–007:51 TOR
Mikhail Grabovski (18)Alexei Ponikarovsky (32), Luke Schenn (9)2–008:14 TOR

2nd period

Alexei Ponikarovsky (20)Mikhail Grabovski (21), Nikolay Kulemin (13)3–003:09 TOR
Alexei Ponikarovsky (21)Nikolay Kulemin (14), Pavel Kubina (26)4–009:09 TOR ·
Maxim Lapierre (13)Chris Higgins (9)4–112:50 MTL
Maxim Lapierre (14)Alex Tanguay (19), Ryan O'Byrne (5)4–215:22 MTL

3rd period

Jason Blake (25)Mikhail Grabovski (22), Anton Stralman (12)5–204:21 TOR ·

Team stats

TORMTL

3728

43%57%

2/50/3

1014

1930

1712

2716

118

Penalties

8:14 into the first periodJeff Finger · roughing2 min
11:58 into the first periodMax Pacioretty · hooking2 min
20:00 into the first periodMike Komisarek · roughing2 min
20:00 into the first periodMike Komisarek · roughing2 min
20:00 into the first periodMaxim Lapierre · roughing2 min
20:00 into the first periodJohn Mitchell · roughing2 min
20:00 into the first periodLuke Schenn · roughing2 min
5:34 into the second periodGuillaume Latendresse · tripping2 min
7:54 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · boarding2 min
17:04 into the second periodJason Blake · delaying game2 min
3:23 into the third periodGuillaume Latendresse · high sticking2 min
11:05 into the third periodIan White · high sticking2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

23Alexei PonikarovskyL	2	2	4	+1	4	0	1	0	–	16:32
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	1	3	4	+1	2	0	0	0	36	16:58
41Nikolay KuleminL	1	2	3	+1	5	4	0	0	83	16:46
55Jason BlakeL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	67	19:35
2Luke SchennD	0	1	1	+2	0	4	2	2	–	24:14
36Anton StralmanD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:02
77Pavel KubinaD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	2	0	–	22:00
10Brad MayL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:18
12Lee StempniakR	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	–	20:19
14Matt StajanC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	29	16:16
21Jamal MayersR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	40	11:42
22Boyd DevereauxC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	17:19
25Ben OndrusR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	06:50
39John MitchellC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	36	18:20
51Jeff HamiltonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	10:27
4Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	+2	1	3	2	2	–	20:50
7Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	4	2	–	23:54
40Phil OreskovicD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:38

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
29Martin GerberG	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00
31Curtis JosephG		0	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

40Maxim LapierreC	2	0	2	+2	7	5	0	2	56	18:18
13Alex TanguayL	0	1	1	+2	0	5	0	0	–	16:07
21Chris HigginsL	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	–	20:15
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	1	1	−1	0	1	2	0	–	15:43
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:58
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	71	15:48
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	−2	0	2	1	0	50	17:24
15Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	50	09:23
17Georges LaraqueR	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	05:20
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	18:20
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	−2	3	2	0	0	–	14:16
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	–	10:39
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	–	15:59
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	–	16:42
24Mathieu SchneiderD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	21:27
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	18:57
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	24:02
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	23:09

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	–
41Jaroslav HalakG	L	37	32	5	.865	60:00