Toronto Maple Leafs vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Thursday, December 3, 2009 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3 on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Maple Leafs 36–25.
Phil Kessel scored twice and Jason Blake scored twice. Lee Stempniak, Kristian Huselius, Nikolay Kulemin, Jason Chimera and Jan Hejda also scored.
Joey MacDonald made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Steve Mason stopped 10 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Phil Kessel (1)Alexei Ponikarovsky (1), Jeff Finger (1)1–004:32 TOR
Lee Stempniak (1)Unassisted2–011:10 TOR
2nd period
Kristian Huselius (1)Rick Nash (1), Anton Stralman (1)2–104:48 CBJ · 
Jason Blake (1)Mikhail Grabovski (1), Niklas Hagman (1)3–106:05 TOR- Phil Kessel (2)Alexei Ponikarovsky (2), Tomas Kaberle (1)4–110:55 TOR
Nikolay Kulemin (1)Unassisted5–112:42 TOR ·
3rd period
- Jason Blake (2)Mikhail Grabovski (2), Niklas Hagman (2)6–102:04 TOR
Jason Chimera (1)Jan Hejda (1)6–203:13 CBJ
Jan Hejda (1)Mike Commodore (1), Samuel Pahlsson (1)6–317:20 CBJ ·
Team stats
TORCBJ
2536
46%54%
0/32/5
1713
1626
115
44
53
Penalties
- 11:47 into the first period
Niklas Hagman · interference2 min - 1:29 into the second period
Kristian Huselius · slashing2 min - 3:27 into the second periodMatt Stajan · holding the stick2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodChristian Hanson · slashing2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodJared Boll · roughing2 min
- 7:06 into the third periodJared Boll · holding2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodPhil Kessel · roughing2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodPhil Kessel · fighting5 min
- 12:59 into the third periodKris Russell · cross checking2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodKris Russell · fighting5 min
- 13:29 into the third periodColton Orr · roughing2 min
- 15:34 into the third periodLuke Schenn · hooking2 min
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:59 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 14:02 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 12Lee StempniakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:41 |
| 4Jeff FingerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 18Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 20Christian HansonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:01 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 7Ian WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:01 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 22Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 23:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Joey MacDonaldG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 35Vesa ToskalaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 8Jan HejdaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 20Kristian HuseliusL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:31 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 21:26 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 12Mike BlundenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 18R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 21Alexandre PicardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:11 |
| 24Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:32 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 50Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 20:20 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 10Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 36Mathieu RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 22:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve MasonG | L | 14 | 4 | .714 |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | 11 | 2 | .818 |