Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 20, 1979 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 10–0 on Thursday, December 20, 1979 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Maple Leafs 41–18.
Dick Redmond scored twice, Jean Ratelle scored twice and Peter McNab scored twice. Rick Smith, Al Secord, John Wensink and Bob Miller also scored.
Gerry Cheevers made 18 saves on 18 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 31 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Smith (6)Al Secord (6), Jean Ratelle (22)0–115:33 BOS
Dick Redmond (6)Rick Middleton (15)0–216:35 BOS
2nd period
Jean Ratelle (14)Rick Middleton (16), Ray Bourque (16)0–303:36 BOS · 
Al Secord (9)Dick Redmond (21), Terry O'Reilly (16)0–415:19 BOS- Dick Redmond (7)Bob Miller (8)0–518:47 BOS
3rd period
Peter McNab (16)Thomas Songin (2), Ray Bourque (17)0–605:22 BOS- Peter McNab (17)Al Secord (7)0–705:46 BOS
John Wensink (7)Unassisted0–816:29 BOS- Jean Ratelle (15)Ray Bourque (18), Rick Middleton (17)0–916:55 BOS
Bob Miller (7)Bobby Lalonde (8)0–1019:05 BOS
Team stats
TORBOS
1841
0%0%
0/41/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:22 into the first period
Brad McCrimmon · elbowing2 min - 7:11 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · tripping2 min
- 7:11 into the first period
Dave Burrows · interference2 min - 11:58 into the first periodBob Miller · hooking2 min
- 17:00 into the first periodDave Burrows · holding2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodDave Williams · interference2 min
- 4:21 into the second periodDave Williams · holding2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodRay Bourque · roughing2 min
- 1:03 into the third periodIan Turnbull · tripping2 min
- 13:14 into the third periodDwight Foster · elbowing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 41 | 10 | .756 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 10Jean RatelleC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 18 | 0 | 1.000 |