Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, January 24, 1980 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Thursday, January 24, 1980 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 28–22.
Ray Bourque scored twice. Rick Martin, Dwight Foster, Gilbert Perreault, John Van Boxmeer and Terry O'Reilly also scored.
Gilles Gilbert made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Martin (25)Gilbert Perreault (35), Jim Schoenfeld (18)1–000:47 BUF
Dwight Foster (3)Bobby Lalonde (13), Bob Miller (12)1–109:07 BOS
Gilbert Perreault (27)Danny Gare (23), Lindy Ruff (11)2–118:39 BUF ·
2nd period
Ray Bourque (8)Peter McNab (25), Terry O'Reilly (25)2–208:04 BOS
John Van Boxmeer (5)Rick Martin (18), Gilbert Perreault (36)3–218:21 BUF ·
3rd period
- Ray Bourque (9)Terry O'Reilly (26), Al Secord (11)3–304:02 BOS
Terry O'Reilly (15)Peter McNab (26), Rick Smith (10)3–419:57 BOS
Team stats
BUFBOS
2228
0%0%
2/50/2
410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:23 into the first period
Al Secord · elbowing2 min - 13:57 into the first period
Don Luce · tripping2 min - 17:27 into the first periodAl Secord · elbowing2 min
- 4:10 into the second periodBill Hajt · hooking2 min
- 17:57 into the second periodJean Ratelle · hooking2 min
- 18:53 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · hooking2 min
- 19:57 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 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 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | 0 | 0 | – |