Los Angeles Kings vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, October 20, 1979 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Saturday, October 20, 1979 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Kings 33–22.
Goals came from Terry O'Reilly, Ray Bourque, Jean Ratelle, Bobby Schmautz, Charlie Simmer, Steve Jensen, Doug Halward, Peter McNab and Steve Carlson.
Gilles Gilbert made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Terry O'Reilly (4)Peter McNab (5), Stan Jonathan (2)0–109:51 BOS
2nd period
Ray Bourque (2)Wayne Cashman (2), Jean Ratelle (4)0–201:31 BOS · 
Jean Ratelle (1)Bobby Schmautz (1), Rick Middleton (1)0–303:27 BOS · 
Bobby Schmautz (4)Dick Redmond (6), Rick Middleton (2)0–403:50 BOS · 
Charlie Simmer (9)Marcel Dionne (12), Dave Taylor (6)1–407:09 LAK
Steve Jensen (2)Steve Carlson (1), Barry Gibbs (1)2–413:28 LAK
Doug Halward (4)Butch Goring (8), Mike Murphy (2)3–419:53 LAK
3rd period
Peter McNab (2)Stan Jonathan (3), Terry O'Reilly (2)3–505:36 BOS
Steve Carlson (1)Steve Jensen (1), Dean Hopkins (1)4–518:30 LAK
Team stats
LAKBOS
2233
0%0%
0/13/3
114
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:00 into the first period
Marcel Dionne · tripping2 min - 0:18 into the second periodBert Wilson · high sticking5 min
- 3:03 into the second period
Ray Bourque · roughing2 min - 3:03 into the second periodDave Taylor · high sticking2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodStan Jonathan · elbowing2 min
- 7:46 into the third periodRandy Holt · slashing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dennis O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |