Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 2009 · Air Canada Centre
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7–5 on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs outshot the Bruins 38–31.
Alexei Ponikarovsky scored twice and Mark Recchi scored twice. Nikolay Kulemin, Chuck Kobasew, Michael Ryder, John Mitchell, Shawn Thornton, David Krejci, Blake Wheeler and Niklas Hagman also scored.
Manny Fernandez made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Justin Pogge stopped 14 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Nikolay Kulemin (14)Alexei Ponikarovsky (35), Jeff Finger (15)0–104:01 TOR
Chuck Kobasew (19)Matt Hunwick (16), Milan Lucic (23)1–105:40 BOS
Michael Ryder (26)Dennis Wideman (33), David Krejci (44)2–108:50 BOS
John Mitchell (10)Jason Blake (34), Ian White (15)2–212:04 TOR · 
Alexei Ponikarovsky (22)Mikhail Grabovski (26), Phil Oreskovic (1)2–317:00 TOR
Mark Recchi (18)Matt Hunwick (17), Michael Ryder (23)3–319:33 BOS ·
2nd period
- Alexei Ponikarovsky (23)Mikhail Grabovski (27)3–406:06 TOR
- Mark Recchi (19)Marc Savard (56), Dennis Wideman (34)4–409:01 BOS ·
Shawn Thornton (6)Matt Hunwick (18), Mark Stuart (11)5–411:30 BOS
David Krejci (22)Milan Lucic (24), Dennis Wideman (35)6–412:44 BOS
Blake Wheeler (19)P.J. Axelsson (22), Marc Savard (57)7–417:04 BOS
3rd period
Niklas Hagman (20)Jason Blake (35), John Mitchell (17)7–514:39 TOR
Team stats
BOSTOR
3138
53%47%
2/21/2
1414
2819
139
1217
1513
Penalties
- 10:24 into the first period
Stephane Yelle · hooking2 min - 19:19 into the first period
Jeff Finger · tripping2 min - 1:58 into the second periodMatt Hunwick · interference2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodJeff Hamilton · tripping2 min
- 15:31 into the second periodMilan Lucic · fighting5 min
- 15:31 into the second periodPhil Oreskovic · fighting5 min
- 10:35 into the third periodSteve Montador · fighting5 min
- 10:35 into the third periodLuke Schenn · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 21:31 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 28Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:06 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 12:52 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 23Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:14 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:09 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Manny FernandezG | W | 38 | 5 | .868 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 16:13 |
| 39John MitchellC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:05 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 8 | 19:20 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:43 |
| 9Niklas HagmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:27 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:06 |
| 4Jeff FingerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:33 |
| 7Ian WhiteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:45 |
| 40Phil OreskovicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:52 |
| 12Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 22Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 14:39 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:08 |
| 43Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 77Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Justin PoggeG | L | 20 | 6 | .700 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 11 | 1 | .909 |