Atlanta Flames vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, November 11, 1979 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Flames 6–3 on Sunday, November 11, 1979 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Flames 32–21.
Ken Houston scored twice. Terry O'Reilly, Garry Unger, Rick Middleton, Stan Jonathan, Bob Miller, Peter McNab and Bobby Lalonde also scored.
Gilles Gilbert made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Terry O'Reilly (5)Peter McNab (7), Don Marcotte (5)0–109:51 BOS
2nd period
Garry Unger (3)Bob Murdoch (5)1–100:31 AFM
Ken Houston (4)Garry Unger (2), Darcy Rota (5)2–104:27 AFM
3rd period
Rick Middleton (4)Jean Ratelle (11)2–200:27 BOS
Stan Jonathan (2)Rick Middleton (5), Jean Ratelle (12)2–305:01 BOS
Bob Miller (5)Rick Smith (3), Don Marcotte (6)2–407:36 BOS
Peter McNab (8)Terry O'Reilly (8)2–513:50 BOS- Ken Houston (5)Ivan Boldirev (12), Bob Murdoch (6)3–514:54 AFM
Bobby Lalonde (2)Brad McCrimmon (3)3–619:50 BOS ·
Team stats
AFMBOS
2132
0%0%
0/20/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:35 into the second period
Bob Miller · high sticking2 min - 10:55 into the second period
Guy Chouinard · hooking2 min - 17:16 into the second periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodMike Milbury · interference2 min
- 10:58 into the third periodWilli Plett · elbowing2 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 6Ken HoustonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |