Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 2009 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 in a shootout on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Maple Leafs 39–30.
Alexei Ponikarovsky scored twice. Glen Metropolit, Guillaume Latendresse, Hal Gill, Lee Stempniak, Roman Hamrlik and Tomas Kaberle also scored.
Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Vesa Toskala stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
2nd period
Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)Tomas Kaberle (1), Mikhail Grabovski (1)1–001:12 TOR · 
Glen Metropolit (1)Travis Moen (1)1–102:27 MTL
Guillaume Latendresse (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Maxim Lapierre (1)1–212:24 MTL
Hal Gill (1)Josh Gorges (1), Tomas Plekanec (2)1–314:52 MTL
Lee Stempniak (1)Tomas Kaberle (2), Mikhail Grabovski (2)2–315:16 TOR ·
3rd period
Roman Hamrlik (1)Scott Gomez (1), Brian Gionta (1)2–409:50 MTL- Alexei Ponikarovsky (2)Ian White (1), Tomas Kaberle (3)3–416:32 TOR
Tomas Kaberle (1)Mikhail Grabovski (3), Jason Blake (1)4–419:06 TOR
Shootout
Michael CammalleriUnassisted4–600:00 MTL
Team stats
TORMTL
3039
34%66%
2/70/4
1420
1717
2523
1531
511
Penalties
- 6:58 into the first period
Tomas Kaberle · hooking2 min - 10:14 into the first periodLuke Schenn · interference2 min
- 11:00 into the first periodGarnet Exelby · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the first period
Michael Cammalleri · cross checking2 min - 16:36 into the first periodJaroslav Spacek · holding2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodGregory Stewart · roughing2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodMike Komisarek · clipping2 min
- 1:02 into the second periodMarc-Andre Bergeron · interference2 min
- 3:41 into the second periodKyle Chipchura · roughing2 min
- 4:54 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 8:26 into the second periodMichael Cammalleri · roughing2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodJohn Mitchell · holding2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodFrancois Beauchemin · roughing2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodJosh Gorges · roughing2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodHal Gill · roughing2 min
- 1:09 into the third periodHal Gill · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 7:42 into the third periodMike Komisarek · cross checking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 27:10 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:22 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 16:41 |
| 12Lee StempniakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 26:25 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:11 |
| 7Ian WhiteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:02 |
| 9Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 11Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 18Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:32 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:27 |
| 39John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 51Rickard WallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:22 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 3Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 09:55 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 22Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 28:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Vesa ToskalaG | O | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:01 |
| 15Glen MetropolitC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 21Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:43 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:11 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:31 |
| 91Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:05 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:01 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 27:32 |
| 75Hal GillD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 | 19:35 |
| 28Kyle ChipchuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:32 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 70Gregory StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:41 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:15 |
| 22Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:22 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |