Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 13, 1979 · Boston Garden
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Sobchuk (2)Reed Larson (18), Paul Woods (6)1–001:30 DET
Peter McNab (15)Jean Ratelle (21), Rick Middleton (13)1–103:53 BOS · 
Terry O'Reilly (7)Peter McNab (11), Brad McCrimmon (5)1–212:40 BOS
2nd period
Mike Foligno (8)Willie Huber (8), Peter Mahovlich (19)2–201:09 DET
Dan Labraaten (10)Dale McCourt (18), Jim Korn (2)3–202:36 DET
Rick Smith (5)Unassisted3–303:12 BOS
Rick Middleton (11)Stan Jonathan (6)3–413:43 BOS
3rd period
Al Secord (6)Peter McNab (12), Terry O'Reilly (13)3–507:52 BOS
Errol Thompson (11)Mike Foligno (10)4–510:13 DET
Vaclav Nedomansky (19)Unassisted5–513:05 DET- Al Secord (7)Peter McNab (13)5–613:18 BOS
Reed Larson (8)Peter Mahovlich (20)6–618:43 DET
Team stats
DETBOS
2430
0%0%
0/21/2
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:01 into the first period
Dan Bolduc · holding2 min - 4:23 into the first period
John Wensink · slashing2 min - 7:21 into the first periodPaul Woods · holding2 min
- 9:57 into the second periodStan Jonathan · holding2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodVaclav Nedomansky · roughing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 14Dennis SobchukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | T | 30 | 6 | .800 |
| 30Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | T | 24 | 6 | .750 |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | 0 | 0 | – |