Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 8, 2018 · TD Garden
NHLN-US · CBC · SN · SN1
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at TD Garden.
Goals came from Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, David Backes, Torey Krug, Danton Heinen, Travis Dermott, David Krejci, Ryan Donato, Auston Matthews and Andreas Johnsson.
Jaroslav Halak made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Frederik Andersen stopped 22 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (3)David Pastrnak (13), Matt Grzelcyk (8)0–111:20 BOS
2nd period
David Backes (3)Brad Marchand (18), Torey Krug (13)0–208:54 BOS · 
Torey Krug (1)Brad Marchand (19), David Krejci (18)0–317:45 BOS
3rd period
Danton Heinen (3)Ryan Donato (1), John Moore (4)0–401:47 BOS
Travis Dermott (2)Auston Matthews (10), Jake Gardiner (14)1–404:03 TOR
David Krejci (4)David Pastrnak (14), Brad Marchand (20)1–504:37 BOS
Ryan Donato (3)Danton Heinen (4), Torey Krug (14)1–606:13 BOS
Auston Matthews (16)Andreas Johnsson (6), Morgan Rielly (23)2–609:30 TOR
Andreas Johnsson (7)Patrick Marleau (10), Jake Gardiner (15)3–612:22 TOR ·
Team stats
TORBOS
3232
53%47%
1/21/4
4058
2124
813
912
2612
Penalties
- 0:13 into the first period
Charlie McAvoy · cross checking2 min - 10:07 into the first periodDavid Krejci · roughing2 min
- 10:07 into the first period
Jake Gardiner · roughing2 min - 6:14 into the second periodTyler Ennis · tripping2 min
- 8:34 into the second periodNazem Kadri · tripping2 min
- 10:06 into the second periodJohn Tavares · slashing2 min
- 11:02 into the second periodDavid Backes · hooking2 min
- 11:33 into the second periodJake Gardiner · boarding2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodNazem Kadri · fighting5 min
- 14:32 into the second periodBrandon Carlo · fighting5 min
- 9:53 into the third periodMatt Grzelcyk · cross checking5 min
- 9:53 into the third periodZach Hyman · interference5 min
- 9:53 into the third periodZach Hyman · fighting5 min
- 9:53 into the third periodMatt Grzelcyk · fighting5 min
- 9:53 into the third periodMatt Grzelcyk · game misconduct10 min
- 9:53 into the third periodZach Hyman · game misconduct10 min
- 9:53 into the third periodMatt Grzelcyk · game misconduct10 min
- 10:55 into the third periodChris Wagner · charging2 min
- 10:55 into the third periodChris Wagner · fighting5 min
- 10:55 into the third periodChris Wagner · misconduct10 min
- 10:55 into the third periodRon Hainsey · fighting5 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 18Andreas JohnssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:06 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:53 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 23Travis DermottD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:38 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:36 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 24Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 26Par LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 29William NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:30 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | 17:32 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 22Nikita ZaitsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:04 |
| 92Igor OzhiganovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Frederik AndersenG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
| 40Garret SparksG | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
Boston Bruins
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | 22:07 |
| 17Ryan DonatoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 10:04 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 10:55 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 17:50 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 19:49 |
| 23Jakob Forsbacka KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 42David BackesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 27John MooreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:20 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 20Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 26Colby CaveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 28Gemel SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:00 |
| 44Steven KampferD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 18:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |