Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins

Saturday, December 20, 2008, 7:00 PM ET Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 on Saturday, December 20, 2008 on the road.

Final score, Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Toronto Maple Leafs	7	34-35-13
at Pittsburgh Penguins	3	45-28-9

Goals by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	3	2	2	7
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	0	2	3

Shots on goal by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	16	17	7	40
Pittsburgh Penguins	6	7	10	23

Scoring summary

Every goal, Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:45	Toronto Maple Leafs	Dominic Moore (6)	Pavel Kubina (10), Tomas Kaberle (19)	Power play	TOR 1, PIT 0
1st	09:49	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin (15)	Mark Eaton (1), Miroslav Satan (12)	Even strength	TOR 1, PIT 1
1st	11:03	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jeremy Williams (4)	Jason Blake (12), Tomas Kaberle (20)	Even strength	TOR 2, PIT 1
1st	12:56	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jonas Frogren (1)	Nik Antropov (12), Matt Stajan (18)	Even strength	TOR 3, PIT 1
2nd	08:31	Toronto Maple Leafs	Niklas Hagman (9)	Unassisted	Even strength	TOR 4, PIT 1
2nd	16:20	Toronto Maple Leafs	Pavel Kubina (7)	Nik Antropov (13), Tomas Kaberle (21)	Power play	TOR 5, PIT 1
3rd	00:58	Pittsburgh Penguins	Petr Sykora (11)	Evgeni Malkin (40), Kris Letang (12)	Power play	TOR 5, PIT 2
3rd	05:23	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexei Ponikarovsky (10)	Matt Stajan (19)	Even strength	TOR 6, PIT 2
3rd	08:18	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nik Antropov (13)	Alexei Ponikarovsky (13), Jaime Sifers (1)	Power play	TOR 7, PIT 2
3rd	17:01	Pittsburgh Penguins	Petr Sykora (12)	Alex Goligoski (11)	Even strength	TOR 7, PIT 3

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 9 N. Hagman	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0		15:20
Number 12 L. Stempniak	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0		14:14
Number 14 M. Stajan	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0	57.1%	13:27
Number 18 J. Williams	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0	0		16:26
Number 19 D. Moore	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	1	61.9%	19:36
Number 23 A. Ponikarovsky	L	1	1	2	+2	2	2	1	1	0		13:25
Number 39 J. Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	54.5%	11:33
Number 41 N. Kulemin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		11:24
Number 55 J. Blake	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0		20:06
Number 56 A. Deveaux	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	1	0		09:41
Number 80 N. Antropov	C	1	2	3	+1	4	3	0	0	1		13:01
Number 84 M. Grabovski	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	44.4%	15:45
Number 4 J. Finger	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	2	0		22:19
Number 7 I. White	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	2	0		23:28
Number 15 T. Kaberle	D	0	3	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0		22:26
Number 24 J. Frogren	D	1	0	1	+1	2	2	2	2	0		18:15
Number 59 J. Sifers	D	0	1	1	-2	4	1	1	0	0		11:15
Number 77 P. Kubina	D	1	1	2	+1	0	4	2	0	1		21:34

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 V. Toskala	23	20	3	.870	59:35	Win

Pittsburgh Penguins 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 11 J. Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	5	1	0	46.7%	19:48
Number 17 P. Sykora	R	2	0	2	-1	2	7	0	0	1		19:08
Number 22 J. Taffe	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	100%	08:37
Number 24 M. Cooke	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	9	0	0		14:17
Number 25 M. Talbot	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	28.6%	15:44
Number 26 R. Fedotenko	L	0	0	0	+1	5	0	5	0	0		13:57
Number 28 E. Godard	R	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	1	0		03:39
Number 33 R. Stone	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0		10:33
Number 63 T. Wallace	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	0		10:12
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	1	1	2	-1	2	3	1	1	0	58.3%	21:27
Number 81 M. Satan	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		11:51
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	31.6%	18:20
Number 4 R. Scuderi	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	3	0		17:32
Number 7 M. Eaton	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0		21:30
Number 13 A. Goligoski	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	0		20:27
Number 43 P. Boucher	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	3	0		21:37
Number 44 B. Orpik	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	7	2	0		16:10
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	3	0	0		22:45

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Fleury	33	28	5	.849	40:00	Loss
Number 30 D. Sabourin	7	5	2	.714	19:57

Penalties, Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	06:56	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ryan Stone	Roughing	2
1st	08:19	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexei Ponikarovsky	High sticking	2
1st	08:47	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jordan Staal	Cross checking	2
2nd	03:44	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin	Hooking	2
2nd	14:39	Pittsburgh Penguins	Eric Godard	Roughing	2
2nd	19:40	Pittsburgh Penguins	Matt Cooke	Roughing	2
2nd	19:40	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jaime Sifers	Roughing	2
2nd	19:40	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jaime Sifers	Roughing	2
3rd	02:15	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jonas Frogren	Tripping	2
3rd	03:21	Pittsburgh Penguins	Petr Sykora	Tripping	2
3rd	06:19	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby	Cross checking	2
3rd	09:50	Pittsburgh Penguins	Eric Godard	Cross checking	2
3rd	09:50	Pittsburgh Penguins	Eric Godard	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	17:38	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ruslan Fedotenko	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	17:38	Toronto Maple Leafs	Andre Deveaux	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	18:08	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nik Antropov	High sticking double minor	4

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Ron Wilson
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Michel Therrien
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Tom Kowal
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Don Henderson
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Jamal Mayers, Boyd Devereaux, Mike Van Ryn, Ben Ondrus, Richard Petiot, Ryan Hollweg, Staffan Kronwall, Phil Oreskovic, Anton Stralman, Tim Stapleton, Jiri Tlusty, Luke Schenn
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Sergei Gonchar, Hal Gill, Pascal Dupuis, Mike Zigomanis, Connor James, Ryan Whitney, Chris Minard, Paul Bissonnette, Tyler Kennedy, Janne Pesonen, Bill Thomas, Ben Lovejoy, Luca Caputi, John Curry

Every Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Oct 18, 2008
Toronto Maple Leafs 7 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Toronto Maple Leafs 5	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Jan 31, 2009
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Feb 14, 2009

Other NHL games on Saturday, December 20, 2008
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Boston Bruins 4	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Boston Bruins, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Washington Capitals 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 7	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final/OT	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Dallas Stars 4 at Ottawa Senators 5	Final/OT	Game page: Dallas Stars at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Atlanta Thrashers 4	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Detroit Red Wings 6	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
New York Islanders 0 at Nashville Predators 1	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Nashville Predators, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Minnesota Wild 2 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 at Phoenix Coyotes 2	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Phoenix Coyotes, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Vancouver Canucks 1	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
New York Rangers 2 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Dec 20, 2008