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John Mitchell's 2008-2009 season

Points
29
NHL#264
Goals
12
NHL#220
Assists
17
NHL#288
Plus/minus
-16
NHL#856
Games
76
92%
92% of 82

Centre John Mitchell was 23 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 76 of a possible 82 games and scored 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points, 0.38 points per game. Toronto Maple Leafs did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2008-2009
  1. NHL debut

    John Mitchell makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠2 win against Detroit Red Wings

    John was 23 years old · Joe Louis Arena, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    9:11
    TOI

    Swedes on the ice: Alexander Steen, Jonas Frögren, Tomas Holmström, among others.

    • The game
      TOR3–2DET
      W
      game 1/829
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:11TOI
    • The game
      MTL6–1TOR
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG10:37TOI
    • The game
      STL5–4TOR
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG09:53TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    John Mitchell records his first NHL assist

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · October 13

    • The game
      TOR0–1NYR
      L
      game 4/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:29TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4PIT
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:04TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–2TOR
      L
      game 6/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:57TOI
    • The game
      TOR4–2BOS
      W
      game 7/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:16TOI
    • The game
      OTT2–3TOR
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:46TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–2TOR
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG10:50TOI
    • The game
      TOR6–5NJD
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP16:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 2008
    • The game
      NYR2–5TOR
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +4+/-5SOG15:21TOI
      +3 points
    Milestone

    John Mitchell scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against New York Rangers · November 1

    • The game
      TOR4–6CAR
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:23TOI
    • The game
      CAR5–4TOR
      L
      game 13/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:37TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–5BOS
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG07:49TOI
    • The game
      CHI5–4TOR
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG09:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ATL6–3TOR
      L
      game 21/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG12:42TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 played
      6
      points
      NHL#295
      2
      goals
      NHL#251
      4
      assists
      NHL#274
      TOR
      7-9-5W-L-OT19Points
      4th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR1–2OTT
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:10TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–4TOR
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:51TOI
    • December 2008
    • The game
      TOR3–1LAK
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP09:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–5SJS
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:26TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–6PHX
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG07:17TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1TOR
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:03TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–4TOR
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:13TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–1BUF
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG11:11TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–3TOR
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:07TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–8BOS
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG14:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR7–3PIT
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:33TOI
    • The game
      TOR6–2ATL
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG09:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL8–2TOR
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:11TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4NYI
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:54TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4WSH
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:13TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–4TOR
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG14:52TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–1TOR
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG12:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT1–3TOR
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:06TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–2TOR
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP13:19TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR2–6MTL
      L
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG11:38TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8236 of 41 played
      12
      points
      NHL#292
      3
      goals
      NHL#316
      9
      assists
      NHL#252
      TOR
      16-19-6W-L-OT38Points
      4th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR1–4PHI
      L
      game 42/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:17TOI
    • The game
      NSH2–0TOR
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:41TOI
    • The game
      TOR6–4CAR
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:51TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–4ATL
      L
      game 45/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:49TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–0TOR
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:14TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–3TOR
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG11:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR1–6MIN
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:29TOI
    • The game
      TOR7–4COL
      W
      game 49/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG09:11TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–5TOR
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG12:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 2009
    • The game
      FLA4–3TOR
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:46TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–5BUF
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG14:16TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–2MTL
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–5FLA
      L
      game 54/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG13:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–6TBL
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:03TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–6TOR
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG13:27TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–1TOR
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:57TOI
    • The game
      CBJ4–3TOR
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG14:13TOI
    • The game
      VAN3–2TOR
      L
      game 59/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:55TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–2NYR
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG13:46TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–2TOR
      W
      game 61/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:02TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      18
      points
      NHL#305
      5
      goals
      NHL#318
      13
      assists
      NHL#274
      TOR
      24-26-12W-L-OT60Points
      4th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–3OTT
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG13:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 2009
    • The game
      NJD3–2TOR
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP20:53TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      TOR2–1WSH
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG21:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM4–1TOR
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG20:22TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–2OTT
      L
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:52TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–3TOR
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:29TOI
    • The game
      TBL4–1TOR
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG18:05TOI
    • The game
      CGY6–8TOR
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP21:34TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR4–3TBL
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG20:03TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR1–3FLA
      L
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG21:52TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–2MTL
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:20TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3TOR
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:19TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–5BUF
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG18:12TOI
    • The game
      BOS7–5TOR
      L
      game 76/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP17:05TOI
      +2 points
    • April 2009
    • The game
      PHI2–3TOR
      W
      game 77/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:58TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–8PHI
      L
      game 78/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:28TOI
    • The game
      MTL6–2TOR
      L
      game 79/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG17:10TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR4–1NJD
      W
      game 80/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG13:26TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–1TOR
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:18TOI
    • The game
      OTT2–5TOR
      W
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:11TOI
    The season in numbers

    John Mitchell closes the 2008-2009 season with 29 points

    Toronto Maple Leafs did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    29
    NHL#264
    Games
    76of 82
    93%
    Goals
    12
    NHL#220
    Assists
    17
    NHL#288
    P/GP
    0.38
    NHL#306
    +/-
    -16
    NHL#856
    Events
    12
    career best in goals
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    1×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    2×
    Third star