Boston Bruins vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, December 30, 1979 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins 5–3 on Sunday, December 30, 1979 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Bruins 27–22.
Goals came from Tom Lysiak, Jean Ratelle, Rick Middleton, Ron Sedlbauer, Reg Kerr, Rich Preston, Peter McNab and Grant Mulvey.
Tony Esposito made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Gerry Cheevers stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Lysiak (9)Doug Wilson (16), Alain Daigle (3)0–100:19 CHI
Jean Ratelle (16)Dick Redmond (22), Ray Bourque (21)1–108:03 BOS · 
Rick Middleton (14)Ray Bourque (22), Jean Ratelle (23)2–115:00 BOS
2nd period
Ron Sedlbauer (11)Tom Lysiak (17)2–202:52 CHI
3rd period
Reg Kerr (7)J.P. Bordeleau (6), Ted Bulley (8)2–307:00 CHI
Rich Preston (10)Keith Brown (8), Doug Wilson (17)2–412:01 CHI
Peter McNab (18)Wayne Cashman (13), Rick Middleton (18)3–419:55 BOS · 
Grant Mulvey (19)Terry Ruskowski (25)3–519:59 CHI ·
Team stats
BOSCHI
2227
0%0%
2/50/5
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:04 into the first period
Terry O'Reilly · tripping2 min - 1:18 into the first period
Bob Murray · hooking2 min - 7:08 into the first periodReg Kerr · high sticking2 min
- 13:27 into the first periodAl Secord · high sticking2 min
- 13:27 into the first periodAl Secord · holding2 min
- 13:27 into the first periodCliff Koroll · high sticking2 min
- 3:53 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · hooking2 min
- 14:24 into the second periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
- 14:24 into the second periodTed Bulley · roughing double minor4 min
- 0:46 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · roughing2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodWayne Cashman · high sticking2 min
- 13:12 into the third periodJohn Marks · hooking2 min
- 18:19 into the third periodJ.P. Bordeleau · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Jean RatelleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23J.P. BordeleauR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |