Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, January 21, 1980 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars 3–0 on Monday, January 21, 1980 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the North Stars 27–17.
Bob Miller scored twice. Terry O'Reilly also scored.
Gerry Cheevers made 17 saves on 17 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Terry O'Reilly (14)Peter McNab (24), John Wensink (5)0–104:15 BOS
2nd period
Bob Miller (9)Rick Smith (9), Dwight Foster (13)0–202:55 BOS
3rd period
- Bob Miller (10)Dwight Foster (14), Bobby Lalonde (12)0–309:35 BOS
Team stats
MNSBOS
1727
0%0%
0/50/3
1115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:46 into the first period
Al Secord · fighting5 min - 9:46 into the first period
Dan Chicoine · high sticking2 min - 9:46 into the first periodDan Chicoine · fighting5 min
- 12:35 into the first periodBob Miller · holding2 min
- 4:30 into the second periodTom Younghans · holding2 min
- 8:11 into the second periodBobby Lalonde · holding2 min
- 0:50 into the third periodBrad McCrimmon · hooking2 min
- 16:53 into the third periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodRay Bourque · roughing2 min
- 19:09 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dan ChicoineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10David HansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 14Bob MillerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 17 | 0 | 1.000 |