Boston Bruins vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Wednesday, December 26, 1979 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Flames 5–3 on Wednesday, December 26, 1979 at Omni Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Flames 35–33.
Goals came from Al Secord, Guy Chouinard, Stan Jonathan, Eric Vail, Mike Milbury, Kent Nilsson, Terry O'Reilly and Ray Bourque.
Gilles Gilbert made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Al Secord (10)Terry O'Reilly (18), Peter McNab (18)1–004:06 BOS
Guy Chouinard (9)Bob MacMillan (13), Kent Nilsson (24)1–117:38 AFM
2nd period
Stan Jonathan (7)Mike Milbury (7)2–106:38 BOS
Eric Vail (15)Ivan Boldirev (17), Willi Plett (14)2–209:55 AFM
Mike Milbury (4)Unassisted3–211:59 BOS
Kent Nilsson (16)Guy Chouinard (14), Bob MacMillan (14)3–315:31 AFM
3rd period
Terry O'Reilly (11)Al Secord (8), Peter McNab (19)4–304:21 BOS
Ray Bourque (6)Unassisted5–319:22 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSAFM
3533
0%0%
0/20/2
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:02 into the first period
Craig MacTavish · interference2 min - 10:52 into the first period
Brad Marsh · holding2 min - 5:54 into the second periodPhil Russell · high sticking2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodJohn Wensink · high sticking2 min
- 10:19 into the second periodEric Vail · tripping2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodRay Bourque · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |