Maple Leafs 1–4 Capitals — Final Score & Stats (Dec 28, 2008)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🍁 TOR	1	0	0	1
🦅 WSH	0	2	2	4

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Alex Ovechkin

2 G

7 shots · 20:08 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Brooks Laich

2 G

5 shots · 15:12 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Nicklas Backstrom

2 A

2 shots · 19:51 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🍁 Niklas Hagman Go-ahead 1st · 14:23

Assists: Mikhail Grabovski, Jonas Frogren · beat Jose Theodore

1–0

2nd period

🦅 Brooks Laich PP Tying 2nd · 12:54

Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green · beat Vesa Toskala

1–1

🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 2nd · 19:50

Assists: Milan Jurcina · beat Vesa Toskala

1–2

3rd period

🦅 Brooks Laich 3rd · 15:43

Unassisted · beat Vesa Toskala

1–3

🦅 Alex Ovechkin Empty net 3rd · 19:26

Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green

1–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Hagman · Grabovski · Moore 18:06

L2 Blake · Antropov · Stempniak 14:59

L3 Kulemin · Ponikarovsky · Williams 13:50

L4 Mitchell · Deveaux · Mayers 9:51

D1 Kaberle · White 25:50

D2 Finger · Kubina 22:28

D3 Frogren · Sifers 11:41

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kozlov 19:51

L2 Laich · Gordon · Steckel 14:49

L3 Nylander · Fehr · Clark 12:06

L4 Brashear · Giroux · Bradley 10:02

D1 Alzner · Green 22:16

D2 Morrisonn · Jurcina 20:17

D3 Schultz · Collins 17:16

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR WSH🦅

24 Shots on goal 29

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1

13 Hits 15

24 Blocked shots 22

4 Takeaways 12

8 Giveaways 8

8 Penalty minutes 10

TOR shooting 4.2% (1/24) WSH shooting 13.8% (4/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Vesa Toskala

25/28

.893 SV% · 3 GA · 59:23 TOI

🦅Capitals

Jose Theodore

23/24

.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 5 goals located

TOR WSH

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-5 (29% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-6-2 (20% win rate, 10 games)

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Capitals lead the season series 2–0

Dec 62008 🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR 2–1 Mar 12008 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Jan 242008 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 1–2 Jan 232008 🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR 2–3 Oct 292007 🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR 7–1

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❓ TOR vs WSH, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Capitals on December 28, 2008?

Capitals won 4–1. The final score was Maple Leafs 1, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Niklas Hagman.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Brooks Laich (2).

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Vesa Toskala made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🍁 Maple Leafs

BeforeDec 26 🍁TOR @ 🏝️NYI 1–4 AfterDec 30 🐦ATL @ 🍁TOR 3–4

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 26 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–3 AfterDec 30 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 4–2

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