Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 10, 2009 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at TD Garden.
Mark Recchi scored twice. Mark Stuart, Derek Morris, David Krejci, Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolay Kulemin also scored.
Tuukka Rask made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Vesa Toskala stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mark Stuart (1)Johnny Boychuk (1), Daniel Paille (1)0–108:01 BOS
2nd period
Derek Morris (1)Zdeno Chara (1), Michael Ryder (1)0–200:35 BOS · 
David Krejci (1)Unassisted0–311:10 BOS
3rd period
Mikhail Grabovski (1)Jason Blake (1), Niklas Hagman (1)1–300:18 TOR
Nikolay Kulemin (1)Mike Komisarek (1), Tomas Kaberle (1)2–304:09 TOR
Mark Recchi (1)Blake Wheeler (1), David Krejci (1)2–417:23 BOS · - Mark Recchi (2)Patrice Bergeron (1), Marco Sturm (1)2–519:48 BOS ·
Team stats
TORBOS
3434
55%45%
0/22/4
1511
2234
48
31
08
Penalties
- 0:16 into the first period
Jason Blake · high sticking double minor4 min - 10:17 into the first period
Patrice Bergeron · high sticking2 min - 0:29 into the second periodIan White · holding2 min
- 2:07 into the second periodJamal Mayers · roughing2 min
- 2:07 into the second periodMark Stuart · roughing2 min
- 4:11 into the second periodJamal Mayers · fighting5 min
- 4:11 into the second periodMark Stuart · fighting5 min
- 15:44 into the second periodBlake Wheeler · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:59 into the third periodJason Blake · high sticking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:37 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:22 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:02 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:48 |
| 12Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:09 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 18Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:20 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 15:18 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 06:05 |
| 51Rickard WallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 3Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 7Ian WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:05 |
| 22Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Joey MacDonaldG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Vesa ToskalaG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
Boston Bruins
| 28Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 15:51 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:58 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:42 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:17 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:35 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:57 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:48 |
| 27Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:46 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:24 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |