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2008-09 regular season

Capitals at Maple Leafs

🗓 📍 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Maple Leafs 2–1 at Scotiabank Arena on December 6, 2008.

WSH – TOR
30–20
Shots on goal
0/2–1/3
Power play
23–14
Hits
17–17
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

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1st star 🦅 WSH
Karl Alzner
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 23:06 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Milan Jurcina
1 G
1 shots · 19:56 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Michael Nylander
1 A
2 shots · 15:51 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Karl Alzner Go-ahead 2nd · 01:41
Unassisted · beat Vesa Toskala
1–0
3rd period
🍁 Nik Antropov PP Tying 3rd · 06:12
Assists: Matt Stajan, Tomas Kaberle · beat Brent Johnson
1–1
🦅 Milan Jurcina Go-ahead 3rd · 07:12
Assists: Michael Nylander, Karl Alzner · beat Vesa Toskala
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Fleischmann · Backstrom 20:41
L2 Kozlov · Laich · Nylander 16:15
L3 Gordon · Aucoin · Steckel 13:29
L4 Brashear · Fehr · Bradley 7:30
D1 Alzner · Lepisto 21:52
D2 Helmer · Jurcina 20:00
D3 Morrisonn · Collins 16:18
🍁Maple Leafs
L1 Blake · Stajan · Antropov 19:47
L2 Ponikarovsky · Grabovski · Stempniak 18:16
L3 Kulemin · Moore · Mitchell 14:03
L4 Hagman · Hollweg · Deveaux 5:58
D1 Kaberle · White 24:20
D2 Finger · Stralman 21:12
D3 Kubina · Schenn 14:20

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH TOR🍁
30 Shots on goal 20
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
23 Hits 14
17 Blocked shots 17
13 Takeaways 8
11 Giveaways 18
8 Penalty minutes 6
WSH shooting 6.7% (2/30) TOR shooting 5.0% (1/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🍁Maple Leafs
Vesa Toskala
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 58:24 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 1-1-2 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-3-2 (29% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 12008 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Jan 242008 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 1–2 Jan 232008 🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR 2–3 Oct 292007 🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR 7–1 Mar 162007 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 1–5
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Who won Capitals vs Maple Leafs on December 6, 2008?

Capitals won 2–1. The final score was Capitals 2, Maple Leafs 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Karl Alzner, Milan Jurcina.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Nik Antropov.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Vesa Toskala made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Maple Leafs played?

At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the Maple Leafs home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Maple Leafs season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 4 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 2–5 AfterDec 7 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 1–3
🍁 Maple Leafs
BeforeDec 4 🍁TOR @ 🌵PHX 3–6 AfterDec 8 🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR 2–4
Also on December 6
🐧PIT 2–3 🏛️OTT 🐦ATL 5–1 🏝️NYI 🔔PHI 2–1 🌪️CAR 🐻BOS 4–0 🐆FLA 🪶CHI 4–5 🐙DET 😈NJD 2–1 🇨🇦MTL ⚔️BUF 4–3 ⚡TBL 🌲MIN 0–1 🐯NSH
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