Edmonton Oilers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, November 8, 1979 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–2 on Thursday, November 8, 1979 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Oilers 36–26.
Goals came from Bobby Schmautz, Bobby Lalonde, Dick Redmond, Pat Price, Wayne Cashman and Dan Newman.
Gilles Gilbert made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Dave Dryden stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Schmautz (8)Dick Redmond (11), Jean Ratelle (9)0–107:32 BOS ·
2nd period
Bobby Lalonde (1)John Wensink (3), Rick Smith (2)0–205:10 BOS
Dick Redmond (1)Bobby Lalonde (4), John Wensink (4)0–311:53 BOS
3rd period
Pat Price (2)Dan Newman (1), Dave Lumley (8)1–311:23 EDM
Wayne Cashman (1)Bobby Schmautz (4)1–416:24 BOS · 
Dan Newman (2)Ron Chipperfield (4)2–419:57 EDM
Team stats
EDMBOS
2636
0%0%
0/51/2
410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:50 into the first period
Stan Weir · holding2 min - 8:19 into the first period
Al Secord · roughing2 min - 8:19 into the first periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 8:19 into the first periodPat Price · roughing2 min
- 13:36 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · boarding2 min
- 14:25 into the third periodBob Miller · hooking2 min
- 17:39 into the third periodJean Ratelle · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 16Dan NewmanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bill FlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Michael ToalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Poul PopielD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23John BednarskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |