Boston Bruins vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, October 28, 1979 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 on Sunday, October 28, 1979 at Chicago Stadium.
Peter McNab scored twice. Reg Kerr, Jean Ratelle and Rick Middleton also scored.
Gilles Gilbert made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Reg Kerr (2)John Marks (1), Pat Ribble (1)0–112:22 CHI ·
2nd period
Jean Ratelle (5)Unassisted1–109:53 BOS
Peter McNab (3)Al Secord (2), Bobby Schmautz (3)2–111:46 BOS
Rick Middleton (2)Jean Ratelle (7), Dick Redmond (9)3–114:09 BOS
3rd period
- Peter McNab (4)Unassisted4–112:39 BOS
Team stats
BOSCHI
3131
0%0%
0/40/4
4040
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:18 into the first period
Ted Bulley · tripping2 min - 3:21 into the first period
Stan Jonathan · fighting5 min - 3:21 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · holding2 min
- 3:21 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 10:02 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · slashing2 min
- 10:02 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 10:02 into the first periodHarold Phillipoff · fighting5 min
- 11:42 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · hooking2 min
- 14:49 into the first periodBobby Schmautz · elbowing2 min
- 14:49 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · slashing2 min
- 2:23 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · boarding2 min
- 7:07 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 7:07 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · misconduct10 min
- 7:07 into the second periodHarold Phillipoff · fighting5 min
- 7:07 into the second periodHarold Phillipoff · misconduct10 min
- 17:39 into the second periodJohn Marks · tripping2 min
- 4:05 into the third periodAl Secord · hooking2 min
- 8:51 into the third periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 8:51 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 13:34 into the third periodTim Higgins · cross checking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Harold PhillipoffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23J.P. BordeleauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Keith MagnusonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |