Philadelphia Flyers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 1979 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Saturday, December 22, 1979 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Flyers 20–18.
Goals came from Bobby Clarke, Bill Barber, Ken Linseman, Thomas Songin, Mike Milbury, Jimmy Watson and Bob Kelly.
Phil Myre made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Clarke (6)Unassisted1–005:58 PHI
Bill Barber (17)Rick MacLeish (13), Behn Wilson (9)2–008:51 PHI ·
2nd period
Ken Linseman (10)Jimmy Watson (8), Mel Bridgman (12)3–000:56 PHI
Thomas Songin (1)Bob Miller (9), Rick Smith (4)3–103:03 BOS
Mike Milbury (3)Terry O'Reilly (17), Dwight Foster (6)3–204:10 BOS
Jimmy Watson (2)Mike Busniuk (7)4–204:40 PHI
3rd period
Bob Kelly (5)Mike Busniuk (8)5–210:21 PHI
Team stats
PHIBOS
1820
0%0%
1/30/5
3228
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Al Hill · hooking2 min - 7:18 into the first period
Ray Bourque · fighting5 min - 7:18 into the first periodJohn Wensink · roughing2 min
- 7:18 into the first periodJohn Wensink · fighting5 min
- 7:18 into the first periodJohn Wensink · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 7:18 into the first periodMel Bridgman · fighting5 min
- 7:18 into the first periodPaul Holmgren · fighting5 min
- 7:18 into the first periodPaul Holmgren · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 8:39 into the first periodBobby Lalonde · slashing2 min
- 12:43 into the first periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 6:50 into the second periodBrian Propp · cross checking2 min
- 0:37 into the third periodGilles Gilbert · interference2 min
- 3:13 into the third periodBobby Clarke · slashing2 min
- 18:05 into the third periodRick MacLeish · tripping2 min
- 18:19 into the third periodStan Jonathan · roughing2 min
- 18:19 into the third periodBehn Wilson · roughing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Bob KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12John PaddockR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 18 | 5 | .722 |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | 0 | 0 | – |