Boston Bruins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, January 2, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 on Wednesday, January 2, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Bruins 31–23.
Goals came from Gary Sargent, Ray Bourque and Tom McCarthy.
Gilles Meloche made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 29 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Gary Sargent (8)Tim Young (18)0–118:04 MNS
3rd period
Ray Bourque (7)Bob Miller (10), Dwight Foster (7)1–100:20 BOS
Tom McCarthy (9)Glen Sharpley (14), Ron Zanussi (11)1–201:40 MNS
Team stats
BOSMNS
2331
0%0%
0/10/4
82
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:57 into the first period
Bobby Lalonde · tripping2 min - 1:52 into the second periodPeter McNab · holding2 min
- 4:53 into the second periodJean Ratelle · tripping2 min
- 9:34 into the second period
Mike Eaves · hooking2 min - 12:53 into the second periodGilles Gilbert · elbowing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |