- Final0PHI
NJ1
41
4 - Final OTOT1BOS
NYI2
32
3 - Final2BUF
NYR3
23
2 - Final3CAR
OTT2
42
4 - Final4WSH
TOR3
63
6 - Final OTOT5MTL
WPG3
43
4 - Final6ANA
CBJ3
13
1 - Final OTOT7FLA
PIT2
32
3 - Final8SJ
PHX1
21
2 - Final OTOT9DET
NSH3
23
2 - Final10MIN
VAN3
43
4 - Final SOSO11DAL
LA2
32
3
Final
Series tied 2-2
| Game 1: Saturday, October 3rd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maple Leafs | 4 | Final |
| Capitals | 6 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, November 21st | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capitals | 1 | Final SO |
| Maple Leafs | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Saturday, December 12th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capitals | 3 | Final |
| Maple Leafs | 6 | |
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| Game 4: Friday, January 15th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maple Leafs | 1 | Final |
| Capitals | 6 | |
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Capitals 3
(20-7-6, 46 pts)
Maple Leafs 6
(11-14-7, 29 pts)
Coverage: CBC
7:00 PM ET, December 12, 2009
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| WSH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| TOR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | A Ovechkin 109 | A Ovechkin 50 | N Backstrom 68 |
| TOR | P Kessel 55 | P Kessel 30 | P Kessel 25 |
M. Stajan (Maple Leafs - C): Goals: 2, Assists: 1

P. Kessel (Maple Leafs - RW): Goals: 1, Assists: 2


V. Toskala (Maple Leafs - G): Saves: 34, Save Pct.: .919
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
3rd Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Toronto | Start of 3rd period |
| 0:00 | Toronto | Matt Stajan won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 0:16 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alexander Semin saved by Vesa Toskala (Slapshot 46 ft) |
| 0:18 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 0:18 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Matt Stajan in offensive zone |
| 0:28 | Toronto | Giveaway by Francois Beauchemin in offensive zone |
| 0:29 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Vesa Toskala (Snapshot 31 ft) |
| 0:46 | Toronto | Giveaway by Matt Stajan in neutral zone |
| 0:51 | Toronto | Takeaway by Ian White in offensive zone |
| 1:15 | Toronto | Mikhail Grabovski shot blocked by Jeff Schultz |
| 1:43 | Toronto | Mike Komisarek credited with hit on Brooks Laich in offensive zone |
| 1:45 | Washington | Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Vesa Toskala (Slapshot 57 ft) |
| 1:45 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 1:45 | Toronto | Wayne Primeau won faceoff against Mathieu Perreault in defensive zone |
| 1:54 | Toronto | Stoppage - High Stick |
| 1:54 | Washington | Mathieu Perreault won faceoff against Wayne Primeau in neutral zone |
| 2:11 | Toronto | Lee Stempniak credited with hit on John Erskine in defensive zone |
| 2:12 | Toronto | Shot on goal by Wayne Primeau saved by Michal Neuvirth (Snapshot 17 ft) |
| 2:17 | Toronto | Takeaway by Wayne Primeau in defensive zone |
| 2:19 | Toronto | Shot on goal by Jeff Finger saved by Michal Neuvirth (Wristshot 54 ft) |
| 2:23 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 2:23 | Toronto | Phil Kessel won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone |
| 2:37 | Toronto | Shot missed by Alexei Ponikarovsky, Wide of Net (Snapshot 30 ft) |
| 2:47 | Toronto | Shot missed by Alexei Ponikarovsky, Wide of Net (Snapshot 41 ft) |
| 3:02 | Toronto | Stoppage - Icing |
| 3:02 | Washington | Dave Steckel won faceoff against Matt Stajan in offensive zone |
| 3:06 | Washington | Mike Green shot blocked by Matt Stajan |
| 3:09 | Washington | Chris Clark credited with hit on Francois Beauchemin in offensive zone |
| 3:42 | Washington | Shot on goal by Chris Clark saved by Vesa Toskala (Snapshot 59 ft) |
| 3:56 | Toronto | Rickard Wallin credited with hit on Mike Green in offensive zone |
| 3:58 | Toronto | Takeaway by Jamal Mayers in offensive zone |
| 4:26 | Toronto | Giveaway by Jeff Finger in defensive zone |
| 4:27 | Washington | Shot on goal by Brooks Laich saved by Vesa Toskala (Backhand 35 ft) |
| 4:35 | Toronto | Shot on goal by Jason Blake saved by Michal Neuvirth (Snapshot 28 ft) |
| 4:36 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 4:36 | Toronto | Mikhail Grabovski won faceoff against Brendan Morrison in offensive zone |
| 4:46 | Washington | Giveaway by John Erskine in defensive zone |
| 4:52 | Toronto | Shot missed by Niklas Hagman, Over Net (Snapshot 41 ft) |
| 4:58 | Toronto | Shot on goal by Mikhail Grabovski saved by Michal Neuvirth (Wristshot 9 ft) |
| 4:59 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 4:59 | Toronto | Matt Stajan won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone |
| 5:01 | Toronto | Francois Beauchemin shot blocked by Shaone Morrisonn |
| 5:03 | Toronto | Goal scored by Matt Stajan (Wristshot 11 ft) assisted by Francois Beauchemin and Alexei Ponikarovsky |
| 5:03 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Matt Stajan in neutral zone |
| 5:14 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom shot blocked by Ian White |
| 5:35 | Washington | Shot on goal by Tom Poti saved by Vesa Toskala (Snapshot 36 ft) |
| 5:38 | Washington | Shot missed by Nicklas Backstrom, Wide of Net (Snapshot 27 ft) |
| 5:45 | Toronto | Stoppage - Offside |
| 5:45 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Wayne Primeau in neutral zone |
| 6:28 | Toronto | Shot missed by Tomas Kaberle, Wide of Net (Snapshot 55 ft) |
| 6:39 | Washington | Penalty to John Erskine 2 minutes for Holding Lee Stempniak |
| 6:39 | Toronto | Stoppage - ; TV timeout |
| 6:39 | Washington | Shorthanded - Dave Steckel won faceoff against Matt Stajan in defensive zone |
| 7:19 | Toronto | Power play - Shot on goal by Tomas Kaberle saved by Michal Neuvirth (Snapshot 52 ft) |
| 7:19 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 7:19 | Toronto | Power play - Matt Stajan won faceoff against Dave Steckel in offensive zone |
| 7:25 | Toronto | Power play - Shot on goal by Alexei Ponikarovsky saved by Michal Neuvirth (Tip-In 12 ft) |
| 8:20 | Toronto | Power play - Giveaway by Jason Blake in offensive zone |
| 8:23 | Washington | Shorthanded - Shot missed by Mike Knuble, Over Net (Snapshot 37 ft) |
| 8:26 | Toronto | Penalty to Jason Blake 2 minutes for High-sticking Tom Poti |
| 8:26 | Toronto | Nikolai Kulemin won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 8:35 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alexander Semin saved by Vesa Toskala (Tip-In 16 ft) |
| 8:35 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; Player Injury |
| 8:35 | Toronto | Wayne Primeau won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 9:08 | Washington | Power play - Shot missed by Nicklas Backstrom, Wide of Net (Snapshot 25 ft) |
| 9:24 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Brooks Laich saved by Vesa Toskala (Wraparound 9 ft) |
| 9:44 | Toronto | Shorthanded Goal Scored by Lee Stempniak (Backhand 9 ft) assisted by Matt Stajan |
| 9:44 | Washington | Power play - Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Matt Stajan in neutral zone |
| 11:12 | Washington | Shot missed by Mike Green, Wide of Net (Wristshot 43 ft) |
| 11:22 | Washington | Chris Clark credited with hit on Tomas Kaberle in offensive zone |
| 11:32 | Toronto | Shot missed by Matt Stajan, Wide of Net (Tip-In 18 ft) |
| 11:44 | Washington | John Erskine credited with hit on Alexei Ponikarovsky in defensive zone |
| 12:20 | Washington | Shot on goal by Brooks Laich saved by Vesa Toskala (Tip-In 17 ft) |
| 12:27 | Washington | Tom Poti shot blocked by Francois Beauchemin |
| 12:58 | Toronto | Shot on goal by Mikhail Grabovski saved by Michal Neuvirth (Snapshot 40 ft) |
| 12:58 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 12:58 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in defensive zone |
| 13:11 | Toronto | Stoppage - Offside |
| 13:11 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Jason Blake in neutral zone |
| 13:26 | Washington | Alexander Semin shot blocked by Ian White |
| 13:36 | Washington | Shot missed by Jeff Schultz, Wide of Net (Slapshot 58 ft) |
| 13:39 | Toronto | Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 13:39 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Matt Stajan in offensive zone |
| 13:44 | Washington | Shot on goal by Chris Clark saved by Vesa Toskala (Tip-In 16 ft) |
| 13:51 | Toronto | Shot on goal by Alexei Ponikarovsky saved by Michal Neuvirth (Snapshot 52 ft) |
| 13:51 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 13:51 | Toronto | Phil Kessel won faceoff against Brendan Morrison in offensive zone |
| 14:07 | Toronto | Stoppage - Puck in Benches; TV timeout |
| 14:07 | Toronto | Matt Stajan won faceoff against Tomas Fleischmann in neutral zone |
| 14:32 | Washington | Shot missed by Matt Bradley, Wide of Net (Snapshot 33 ft) |
| 14:37 | Toronto | Stoppage - Hand Pass |
| 14:37 | Toronto | Wayne Primeau won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 15:19 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alexander Semin saved by Vesa Toskala (Wristshot 55 ft) |
| 15:19 | Toronto | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 15:19 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in offensive zone |
| 15:24 | Washington | Tom Poti shot blocked by Mikhail Grabovski |
| 15:35 | Toronto | Giveaway by Mikhail Grabovski in offensive zone |
| 15:52 | Toronto | Giveaway by Mike Komisarek in defensive zone |
| 15:59 | Toronto | Niklas Hagman shot blocked by Jeff Schultz |
| 16:11 | Washington | Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom saved by Vesa Toskala (Wristshot 48 ft) |
| 17:17 | Toronto | Wayne Primeau shot blocked by John Erskine |
| 17:29 | Washington | Shot on goal by Tom Poti saved by Vesa Toskala (Wristshot 39 ft) |
| 18:07 | Washington | Takeaway by Brooks Laich in offensive zone |
| 18:15 | Toronto | Takeaway by Mikhail Grabovski in defensive zone |
| 18:19 | Washington | Giveaway by Jeff Schultz in defensive zone |
| 18:50 | Washington | Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone |
| 19:10 | Washington | Penalty to Mike Green 2 minutes for Interference Tomas Kaberle |
| 19:10 | Washington | Shorthanded - Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Phil Kessel in defensive zone |
| 19:16 | Washington | Shorthanded - Giveaway by Shaone Morrisonn in defensive zone |
| 19:20 | Toronto | Power Play Goal Scored by Alexei Ponikarovsky (Snapshot 20 ft) assisted by Ian White |
| 19:20 | Washington | Mathieu Perreault won faceoff against Wayne Primeau in neutral zone |
| 19:51 | Washington | Eric Fehr shot blocked by Francois Beauchemin |
| 19:56 | Toronto | Giveaway by Ian White in defensive zone |
| 20:00 | Washington | Shot missed by Eric Fehr, Wide of Net (Snapshot 37 ft) |
| 20:00 | Toronto | End of 3rd period |




