Chicago Blackhawks vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 1979 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 on Saturday, December 15, 1979 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Blackhawks 27–22.
Goals came from Al Secord, Tom Lysiak and Doug Wilson.
Tony Esposito made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Gerry Cheevers stopped 20 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Al Secord (8)Peter McNab (14), Terry O'Reilly (14)0–100:20 BOS
3rd period
Tom Lysiak (7)Mike O'connell (13)1–106:26 CHI · 
Doug Wilson (3)Unassisted2–117:11 CHI
Team stats
CHIBOS
2227
0%0%
1/40/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:14 into the first period
Al Secord · high sticking2 min - 13:10 into the first period
Rich Preston · tripping2 min - 8:09 into the second periodJohn Wensink · roughing2 min
- 8:09 into the second periodReg Kerr · roughing2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · tripping2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodRick Smith · holding2 min
- 18:06 into the second periodDick Redmond · interference2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodGary Doak · tripping2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | L | 22 | 2 | .909 |