Oh yeah, there was a game last night...
So obviously there was some biggers news last night but here's a combination negative nancy notebook and game recap because I feel too betrayed to do more. MF37 is right about being glad I missed...
| Final - 12.18.2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Boston Bruins | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
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Boxscore
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Boston | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| First Period |
|---|
| - 1, Boston Goal - Marco Sturm (7), from Chuck Kobasew and Patrice Bergeron at 0:36. 2, Boston Power-Play Goal - David Krejci (9), from Milan Lucic and Philip Kessel at 4:34. 3, Toronto Power-Play Goal - Pavel Kubina (6), from Nikolai Kulemin and Nik Antropov at 7:23. Penalties - Pavel Kubina, Toronto (tripping), 4:04; Matt Lashoff, Boston (hooking), 6:12; Milan Lucic, Boston (hooking), 12:49; Andre Deveaux, Toronto (interference), 15:57; Andre Deveaux, Toronto (fighting), 19:00; Shawn Thornton, Boston (fighting), 19:00. |
| Second Period |
| - 4, Boston Power-Play Goal - Marc Savard (9), from Zdeno Chara and P.J. Axelsson at 1:28. 5, Boston Goal - David Krejci 2 (10), from Blake Wheeler at 2:03. 6, Boston Goal - Philip Kessel (20), from Marc Savard at 4:21. 7, Toronto Goal - Alexei Ponikarovsky (9), from Jeff Finger and Lee Stempniak at 8:36. 8, Toronto Goal - Nik Antropov (12), from John Mitchell and Jeff Finger at 9:58. 9, Toronto Goal - Mikhail Grabovski (11), from Mike Van Ryn and Alexei Ponikarovsky at 16:36. 10, Boston Goal - Philip Kessel 2 (21), from Marc Savard and P.J. Axelsson at 18:00. 11, Toronto Power-Play Goal - Jason Blake (6), from Tomas Kaberle and Pavel Kubina at 19:16. Penalties - Nikolai Kulemin, Toronto (high-sticking), 1:13; John Mitchell, Toronto (fighting), 2:51; Mark Stuart, Boston (fighting), 2:51; Michael Ryder, Boston (hooking), 10:18; Tim Thomas, Boston (holding), 19:02. |
| Third Period |
| - 12, Boston Power-Play Goal - Michael Ryder (11), from Zdeno Chara at 10:42. 13, Boston Power-Play Goal - David Krejci 3 (11), from Marc Savard and Dennis Wideman at 15:44. Penalties - Jeff Finger, Toronto (roughing), 7:45; Milan Lucic, Boston (roughing), 7:45; Marc Savard, Boston (hooking), 7:45; Mikhail Grabovski, Toronto (holding), 10:13; Nikolai Kulemin, Toronto (hooking), 14:19; Jeff Finger, Toronto (slashing), 14:49. |
Shots on Goal:
Toronto 8 + 15 + 13 = 36.
Boston 11 + 10 + 6 = 27.
Power Play Conversion: Toronto 2-5. Boston 4-6.
Goaltenders: Toronto, Curtis Joseph 4-16-.750; Vesa Toskala 4-11-.636. Boston, Manny Fernandez 0-13-1.000; Tim Thomas 5-23-.783.
Referees: Paul Devorski, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Darren Gibbs
Power Play Conversion: Toronto 2-5. Boston 4-6.
Goaltenders: Toronto, Curtis Joseph 4-16-.750; Vesa Toskala 4-11-.636. Boston, Manny Fernandez 0-13-1.000; Tim Thomas 5-23-.783.
Referees: Paul Devorski, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Darren Gibbs
