Atlanta Flames vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, January 12, 1980 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Flames 5–3 on Saturday, January 12, 1980 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Flames 31–23.
Goals came from Jean Ratelle, Eric Vail, Rick Middleton, Peter McNab, Garry Unger, Dick Redmond, Darcy Rota and Stan Jonathan.
Gilles Gilbert made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Jean Ratelle (17)Dick Redmond (23), Ray Bourque (24)0–116:00 BOS · 
Eric Vail (16)Paul Reinhart (17)1–118:47 AFM ·
2nd period
Rick Middleton (16)Brad McCrimmon (6)1–206:18 BOS
Peter McNab (19)Terry O'Reilly (20)1–308:25 BOS
Garry Unger (11)Bob Murdoch (12)2–310:34 AFM
3rd period
Dick Redmond (8)Ray Bourque (25), Jean Ratelle (27)2–400:31 BOS
Darcy Rota (7)Paul Reinhart (18)3–414:30 AFM
Stan Jonathan (9)Jean Ratelle (28)3–519:43 BOS ·
Team stats
AFMBOS
2331
0%0%
1/41/2
3024
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:18 into the first period
Al Secord · high sticking2 min - 10:53 into the first period
Willi Plett · fighting5 min - 10:53 into the first periodRay Bourque · fighting5 min
- 12:47 into the first periodKen Houston · roughing2 min
- 12:47 into the first periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 15:53 into the first periodBrad Marsh · hooking2 min
- 17:40 into the first periodStan Jonathan · hooking2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodPhil Russell · high sticking2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodPhil Russell · fighting5 min
- 2:48 into the second periodStan Jonathan · high sticking2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 16:55 into the second periodMike Milbury · holding2 min
- 19:43 into the second periodGarry Unger · holding2 min
- 19:43 into the second periodStan Jonathan · roughing2 min
- 5:03 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:08 into the third periodRay Bourque · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodDan Bouchard · misconduct10 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 10Jean RatelleC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 33Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |