Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens

Saturday, March 21, 2009, 7:00 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 5–2 on Saturday, March 21, 2009 on the road.

Final score, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Toronto Maple Leafs	5	34-35-13
at Montreal Canadiens	2	41-30-11

Goals by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	2	2	1	5
Montreal Canadiens	0	2	0	2

Shots on goal by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	9	17	11	37
Montreal Canadiens	6	11	11	28

Scoring summary

Every goal, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:51	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nikolay Kulemin (12)	Alexei Ponikarovsky (31), Mikhail Grabovski (20)	Even strength	TOR 1, MTL 0
1st	08:14	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mikhail Grabovski (18)	Alexei Ponikarovsky (32), Luke Schenn (9)	Even strength	TOR 2, MTL 0
2nd	03:09	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexei Ponikarovsky (20)	Mikhail Grabovski (21), Nikolay Kulemin (13)	Even strength	TOR 3, MTL 0
2nd	09:09	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexei Ponikarovsky (21)	Nikolay Kulemin (14), Pavel Kubina (26)	Power play	TOR 4, MTL 0
2nd	12:50	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre (13)	Chris Higgins (9)	Even strength	TOR 4, MTL 1
2nd	15:22	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre (14)	Alex Tanguay (19), Ryan O'Byrne (5)	Even strength	TOR 4, MTL 2
3rd	04:21	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jason Blake (25)	Mikhail Grabovski (22), Anton Stralman (12)	Power play	TOR 5, MTL 2

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

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 10 B. May	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		04:18
Number 12 L. Stempniak	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0		20:19
Number 14 M. Stajan	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	28.6%	16:16
Number 21 J. Mayers	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	40%	11:42
Number 22 B. Devereaux	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0		17:19
Number 23 A. Ponikarovsky	L	2	2	4	+1	0	4	0	1	1		16:32
Number 25 B. Ondrus	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		06:50
Number 39 J. Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	35.7%	18:20
Number 41 N. Kulemin	L	1	2	3	+1	0	5	4	0	0	83.3%	16:46
Number 51 J. Hamilton	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50%	10:27
Number 55 J. Blake	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	66.7%	19:35
Number 84 M. Grabovski	C	1	3	4	+1	0	2	0	0	0	36.4%	16:58
Number 2 L. Schenn	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	4	2	0		24:14
Number 4 J. Finger	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	3	2	0		20:50
Number 7 I. White	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	4	0		23:54
Number 36 A. Stralman	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		09:02
Number 40 P. Oreskovic	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		18:38
Number 77 P. Kubina	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	2	0		22:00

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Gerber	28	26	2	.929	60:00	Win

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 6 T. Kostopoulos	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		09:58
Number 11 S. Koivu	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	71.4%	15:48
Number 13 A. Tanguay	L	0	1	1	+2	0	0	5	0		16:07
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	50%	17:24
Number 15 G. Metropolit	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	50%	09:23
Number 17 G. Laraque	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		05:20
Number 21 C. Higgins	L	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	1		20:15
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		18:20
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	2	0	2	+2	2	7	5	0	56.3%	18:18
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	0		14:16
Number 67 M. Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		10:39
Number 84 G. Latendresse	L	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0		15:59
Number 3 R. O'Byrne	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2		15:43
Number 8 M. Komisarek	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	3		16:42
Number 24 M. Schneider	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		21:27
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		18:57
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		24:02
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		23:09

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 J. Halak	37	32	5	.865	60:00	Loss

Penalties, Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	08:14	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jeff Finger	Roughing	2
1st	11:58	Montreal Canadiens	Max Pacioretty	Hooking	2
1st	20:00	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Toronto Maple Leafs	John Mitchell	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Toronto Maple Leafs	Luke Schenn	Roughing	2
2nd	05:34	Montreal Canadiens	Guillaume Latendresse	Tripping	2
2nd	07:54	Montreal Canadiens	Mathieu Schneider	Boarding	2
2nd	17:04	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jason Blake	Delaying game	2
3rd	03:23	Montreal Canadiens	Guillaume Latendresse	High sticking	2
3rd	11:05	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ian White	High sticking	2

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Ron Wilson
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Bob Gainey
Referees: Mike Leggo, Marc Joannette
Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, David Brisebois
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Vesa Toskala, Tomas Kaberle, Mike Van Ryn, Jonas Frogren, Niklas Hagman, Ryan Hollweg, Kris Newbury, Andre Deveaux, Jeremy Williams, Justin Pogge, Jaime Sifers, Tim Stapleton, Jiri Tlusty
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Patrice Brisebois, Robert Lang, Mathieu Dandenault, Marc Denis, Francis Bouillon, Alex Henry, Kyle Chipchura, Gregory Stewart, Matt D'Agostini, Sergei Kostitsyn, Ben Maxwell, Yannick Weber

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 Saturday, March 21, 2009
Matchup	Status	Details
Dallas Stars 2 at San Jose Sharks 5	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Mar 21, 2009
New York Islanders 2 at Ottawa Senators 5	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Mar 21, 2009
Buffalo Sabres 3 at New York Rangers 5	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers, Sat, Mar 21, 2009
Washington Capitals 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 4	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes, Sat, Mar 21, 2009
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Florida Panthers 1	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Florida Panthers, Sat, Mar 21, 2009
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final/SO	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Mar 21, 2009
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Phoenix Coyotes 5	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Phoenix Coyotes, Sat, Mar 21, 2009