Boston Bruins vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, December 1, 1979 · Detroit Olympia
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins 6–3 on Saturday, December 1, 1979 at Detroit Olympia. The Bruins outshot the Red Wings 35–30.
Vaclav Nedomansky scored twice and Reed Larson scored twice. Mike Milbury, Peter Mahovlich, Wayne Cashman, Rick Middleton and Dan Labraaten also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Gerry Cheevers stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Milbury (2)Unassisted1–010:43 BOS
Peter Mahovlich (5)Errol Thompson (6), Mike Foligno (9)1–115:45 DET · 
Wayne Cashman (6)Ray Bourque (12), Dick Redmond (19)2–118:43 BOS · 
Vaclav Nedomansky (13)Dale McCourt (11), Dan Labraaten (13)2–219:58 DET
2nd period
Rick Middleton (9)Jean Ratelle (18), Wayne Cashman (11)3–202:16 BOS · 
Dan Labraaten (7)Reed Larson (11), Willie Huber (7)3–302:46 DET- Vaclav Nedomansky (14)Dan Labraaten (14), Dale McCourt (12)3–403:24 DET
3rd period
Reed Larson (4)Errol Thompson (7), Peter Mahovlich (16)3–507:14 DET · - Reed Larson (5)Paul Woods (5), Dennis Polonich (1)3–607:42 DET
Team stats
BOSDET
3530
0%0%
2/52/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:20 into the first period
Dick Redmond · hooking2 min - 17:26 into the first period
Willie Huber · holding2 min - 1:00 into the second periodGlenn Hicks · hooking2 min
- 7:37 into the second periodRick Smith · roughing2 min
- 14:31 into the second periodDan Bolduc · hooking2 min
- 16:54 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1:09 into the third periodGreg Joly · holding2 min
- 7:09 into the third periodMike Milbury · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Dennis SobchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |