Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens

Thursday, January 8, 2009, 7:30 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 on Thursday, January 8, 2009 at home.

Final score, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Toronto Maple Leafs	2	34-35-13
at Montreal Canadiens	6	41-30-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	1	2
Montreal Canadiens	3	2	1	6

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	11	13	8	32
Montreal Canadiens	11	10	8	29

Scoring summary

Every goal, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	02:35	Montreal Canadiens	Sergei Kostitsyn (7)	Andrei Kostitsyn (10), Patrice Brisebois (6)	Power play	TOR 0, MTL 1
1st	04:59	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre (8)	Roman Hamrlik (13), Patrice Brisebois (7)	Even strength	TOR 0, MTL 2
1st	07:55	Toronto Maple Leafs	Tomas Kaberle (3)	Dominic Moore (13)	Power play	TOR 1, MTL 2
1st	19:03	Montreal Canadiens	Guillaume Latendresse (7)	Tom Kostopoulos (8), Patrice Brisebois (8)	Even strength	TOR 1, MTL 3
2nd	06:20	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev (11)	Andrei Kostitsyn (11), Maxim Lapierre (5)	Even strength	TOR 1, MTL 4
2nd	18:53	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Kostitsyn (12)	Robert Lang (16), Andrei Markov (24)	Power play	TOR 1, MTL 5
3rd	12:08	Montreal Canadiens	Max Pacioretty (2)	Tomas Plekanec (11), Alex Kovalev (20)	Even strength	TOR 1, MTL 6
3rd	18:30	Toronto Maple Leafs	Matt Stajan (10)	Nik Antropov (19), Luke Schenn (3)	Even strength	TOR 2, MTL 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Stat	Toronto Maple Leafs	Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal	32	29
Power play	1 of 6	2 of 8
Penalty minutes	82	68
Hits	26	19
Blocked shots	13	21
Giveaways	5	9
Takeaways	5	3
Faceoffs won	28/56 (50%)	28/56 (50%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 N. Hagman	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0		14:39
Number 10 B. May	L	0	0	0	-2	7	1	2	0	0		09:15
Number 12 L. Stempniak	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0		14:22
Number 14 M. Stajan	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	0	0	52.9%	16:46
Number 19 D. Moore	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	72.2%	18:15
Number 21 J. Mayers	R	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	25%	09:21
Number 23 A. Ponikarovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0		14:50
Number 39 J. Mitchell	C	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	0	20%	11:38
Number 55 J. Blake	L	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	2	0		15:15
Number 56 A. Deveaux	C	0	0	0	-2	8	2	4	0	0		08:13
Number 80 N. Antropov	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		17:51
Number 84 M. Grabovski	C	0	0	0	-1	32	2	0	0	0	44.4%	12:47
Number 2 L. Schenn	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	4	3	0		25:13
Number 4 J. Finger	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	2	0		18:53
Number 7 I. White	D	0	0	0	0	10	3	2	3	0		20:52
Number 15 T. Kaberle	D	1	0	1	-2	0	2	0	0	1		20:21
Number 24 J. Frogren	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		15:30
Number 77 P. Kubina	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	1	0		19:19

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Joseph	8	7	1	.875	20:00
Number 35 V. Toskala	21	16	5	.762	40:00	Loss

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 6 T. Kostopoulos	R	0	1	1	+1	5	1	3	0	0		13:00
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	1	1	+1	12	3	0	0	0	52.9%	14:52
Number 20 R. Lang	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1	0	52.9%	17:51
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	1	0		19:12
Number 28 K. Chipchura	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	58.3%	12:24
Number 36 M. D'Agostini	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		12:23
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	1	1	2	+2	4	5	1	0	0	33.3%	15:31
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn	L	1	2	3	+1	0	1	3	1	1		15:50
Number 67 M. Pacioretty	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	0		12:07
Number 74 S. Kostitsyn	L	1	0	1	+1	20	2	0	1	1		11:50
Number 84 G. Latendresse	L	1	0	1	+1	12	1	1	0	0		14:05
Number 8 M. Komisarek	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	2	3	0		17:02
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		19:33
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	4	0		22:33
Number 51 F. Bouillon	D	0	0	0	+1	7	0	3	3	0		16:00
Number 68 Y. Weber	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0		15:00
Number 71 P. Brisebois	D	0	3	3	+1	0	1	0	1	0		19:03
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	0		19:49

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 J. Halak	32	30	2	.938	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:08	Toronto Maple Leafs	Andre Deveaux	Hooking	2
1st	02:51	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre	Interference	2
1st	07:51	Montreal Canadiens	Yannick Weber	Slashing	2
1st	13:04	Toronto Maple Leafs	Lee Stempniak	Interference	2
1st	14:11	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Markov	Interference	2
1st	16:53	Toronto Maple Leafs	Brad May	Charging	2
1st	17:40	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Plekanec	Roughing	2
1st	17:40	Toronto Maple Leafs	Luke Schenn	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Montreal Canadiens	Guillaume Latendresse	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
1st	20:00	Toronto Maple Leafs	Andre Deveaux	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Toronto Maple Leafs	Andre Deveaux	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mikhail Grabovski	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	07:05	Montreal Canadiens	Francis Bouillon	Tripping	2
2nd	08:53	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jeff Finger	Roughing	2
2nd	09:48	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Plekanec	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	09:48	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ian White	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	10:15	Montreal Canadiens	Sergei Kostitsyn	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	10:15	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jason Blake	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	11:11	Montreal Canadiens	Bench	Abuse of officials (bench minor)	2
2nd	11:11	Montreal Canadiens	Tom Kostopoulos	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:11	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jamal Mayers	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:13	Montreal Canadiens	Francis Bouillon	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:13	Toronto Maple Leafs	Brad May	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:40	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mikhail Grabovski	High sticking	2
2nd	18:10	Toronto Maple Leafs	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	19:20	Montreal Canadiens	Guillaume Latendresse	Hooking	2
3rd	13:15	Toronto Maple Leafs	John Mitchell	Slashing	2
3rd	18:07	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	18:07	Montreal Canadiens	Sergei Kostitsyn	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	18:07	Toronto Maple Leafs	Andre Deveaux	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	18:07	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mikhail Grabovski	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	18:07	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mikhail Grabovski	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Ron Wilson
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Guy Carbonneau
Referees: Tim Peel, Chris Ciamaga
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Brad Kovachik
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Boyd Devereaux, Mike Van Ryn, Ben Ondrus, Richard Petiot, Ryan Hollweg, Staffan Kronwall, Kris Newbury, Jeremy Williams, Justin Pogge, Phil Oreskovic, Anton Stralman, Jaime Sifers, Tim Stapleton, Jiri Tlusty, Nikolay Kulemin
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Saku Koivu, Mathieu Dandenault, Georges Laraque, Steve Begin, Alex Tanguay, Alex Henry, Chris Higgins, Ryan O'Byrne, Gregory Stewart, Carey Price, Ben Maxwell

2008-2009 season series

Every Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 6 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Oct 11, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Nov 8, 2008
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Montreal Canadiens 6	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Feb 7, 2009
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Mar 21, 2009
Montreal Canadiens 6 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Apr 4, 2009

Other NHL games on Jan 8

Other NHL games on Thursday, January 8, 2009
Matchup	Status	Details
Ottawa Senators 4 at Boston Bruins 6	Final	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Boston Bruins, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at New Jersey Devils 0	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at New Jersey Devils, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Minnesota Wild 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 3	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Philadelphia Flyers, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Florida Panthers 4	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Dallas Stars 1 at Detroit Red Wings 6	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at Detroit Red Wings, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Nashville Predators 5	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Nashville Predators, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Colorado Avalanche 2	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Colorado Avalanche, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
New York Islanders 2 at Calgary Flames 5	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Calgary Flames, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Phoenix Coyotes 3	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Phoenix Coyotes, Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Anaheim Ducks 3 at Los Angeles Kings 4	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Los Angeles Kings, Thu, Jan 8, 2009