Maple Leafs 5–8 Bruins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 18, 2008)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🍁 TOR	1	4	0	5
🐻 BOS	2	4	2	8

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Marc Savard

1 G, 3 A

3 shots · 19:51 TOI

2nd star 🐻 BOS

David Krejci

3 G

3 shots · 16:20 TOI

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Phil Kessel

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · 14:04 TOI

🚨 Scoring

13 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Marco Sturm Go-ahead 1st · 00:36

Assists: Chuck Kobasew, Patrice Bergeron · beat Vesa Toskala

0–1

🐻 David Krejci PP 1st · 04:34

Assists: Milan Lucic, Phil Kessel · beat Vesa Toskala

0–2

🍁 Pavel Kubina PP 1st · 07:23

Assists: Nikolay Kulemin, Nik Antropov · beat Tim Thomas

1–2

2nd period

🐻 Marc Savard PP 2nd · 01:28

Assists: Zdeno Chara, P.J. Axelsson · beat Curtis Joseph

1–3

🐻 David Krejci 2nd · 02:03

Assists: Blake Wheeler · beat Curtis Joseph

1–4

🐻 Phil Kessel 2nd · 04:21

Assists: Marc Savard · beat Curtis Joseph

1–5

🍁 Alexei Ponikarovsky 2nd · 08:36

Assists: Jeff Finger, Lee Stempniak · beat Tim Thomas

2–5

🍁 Nik Antropov 2nd · 09:58

Assists: John Mitchell, Jeff Finger · beat Tim Thomas

3–5

🍁 Mikhail Grabovski 2nd · 16:36

Assists: Mike Van Ryn, Alexei Ponikarovsky · beat Tim Thomas

4–5

🐻 Phil Kessel 2nd · 18:00

Assists: Marc Savard, P.J. Axelsson · beat Curtis Joseph

4–6

🍁 Jason Blake PP 2nd · 19:16

Assists: Tomas Kaberle, Pavel Kubina · beat Tim Thomas

5–6

3rd period

🐻 Michael Ryder PP 3rd · 10:42

Assists: Zdeno Chara · beat Vesa Toskala

5–7

🐻 David Krejci PP 3rd · 15:44

Assists: Marc Savard, Dennis Wideman · beat Vesa Toskala

5–8

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Blake · Moore · Antropov 18:29

L2 Mitchell · Stajan · Williams 14:34

L3 Ponikarovsky · Kulemin · Stempniak 13:24

L4 Hollweg · Grabovski · Deveaux 10:19

D1 Kaberle · Kubina 25:00

D2 White · Sifers 19:50

D3 Finger · Van Ryn 15:07

🐻Bruins

L1 Savard · Bergeron · Krejci 19:27

L2 Axelsson · Lucic · Yelle 16:10

L3 Kobasew · Wheeler · Ryder 15:20

L4 Thornton · Sturm · Kessel 9:04

D1 Chara · Wideman 26:31

D2 Hunwick · Stuart 20:47

D3 Hnidy · Lashoff 11:33

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR BOS🐻

36 Shots on goal 27

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 4/6

19 Hits 22

9 Blocked shots 11

3 Takeaways 5

4 Giveaways 3

24 Penalty minutes 22

TOR shooting 13.9% (5/36) BOS shooting 29.6% (8/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Curtis Joseph

12/16

.750 SV% · 4 GA · 35:09 TOI

Vesa Toskala

7/11

.636 SV% · 4 GA · 24:15 TOI

🐻Bruins

Tim Thomas

18/23

.783 SV% · 5 GA · 40:00 TOI

Manny Fernandez Shutout

13/13

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 19:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-4 (56% win rate, 9 games)

Bruins

Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 5–6

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-4-2 (25% win rate, 8 games)

Bruins

Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-0-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Bruins lead the season series 3–1

Nov 172008 🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR 3–2 Nov 62008 🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS 2–5 Oct 232008 🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS 4–2 Mar 272008 🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS 2–4 Mar 252008 🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR 6–2

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❓ TOR vs BOS, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Bruins on December 18, 2008?

Bruins won 8–5. The final score was Maple Leafs 5, Bruins 8.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Alexei Ponikarovsky, Jason Blake, Mikhail Grabovski, Nik Antropov, Pavel Kubina.

Who scored for Bruins?

David Krejci (3), Phil Kessel (2), Marc Savard, Marco Sturm, Michael Ryder.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 12 saves on 16 shots (.750 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 18 saves on 23 shots (.783 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🍁 Maple Leafs

BeforeDec 16 😈NJD @ 🍁TOR 2–3 AfterDec 20 🍁TOR @ 🐧PIT 7–3

🐻 Bruins

BeforeDec 13 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–4 AfterDec 20 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 2–4

Also on December 18

🎵STL 2–4 🦅WSH 🐆FLA 1–2 🌪️CAR 🐧PIT 6–3 🐦ATL 🔔PHI 2–5 🇨🇦MTL 🏔️COL 2–1 ⚡TBL 🦈SJS 0–6 🐙DET 🧥CBJ 5–6 ⭐DAL 🐯NSH 1–2 🌵PHX

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