Boston Bruins vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, November 4, 1979 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Edmonton Oilers 2–1 on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at Northlands Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Oilers 31–16.
Goals came from Brad McCrimmon, Bob Miller and Blair MacDonald.
Gilles Gilbert made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 29 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Brad McCrimmon (1)Terry O'Reilly (5)1–014:00 BOS
2nd period
Bob Miller (3)Wayne Cashman (4), Don Marcotte (3)2–016:32 BOS
3rd period
Blair MacDonald (10)Risto Siltanen (5), Wayne Gretzky (10)2–113:21 EDM
Team stats
BOSEDM
3116
0%0%
0/20/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:49 into the first period
Pat Price · holding2 min - 10:11 into the second period
Ray Bourque · interference2 min - 19:12 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · slashing2 min
- 6:02 into the third periodBrett Callighen · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 16 | 1 | .938 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dan NewmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill FlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Michael ToalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Poul PopielD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 31 | 2 | .935 |