Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 26, 1980 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 on Saturday, January 26, 1980 at Civic Arena. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 28–26.
Jean Ratelle scored twice. Peter Lee, Rick Middleton, Craig MacTavish, Greg Malone, Ross Lonsberry, Wayne Cashman, Dwight Foster and Jim Hamilton also scored.
Gerry Cheevers made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Rob Holland stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Lee (13)Nick Libett (11), Gregg Sheppard (12)0–100:47 PIT
2nd period
Rick Middleton (19)Jean Ratelle (33), Rick Smith (11)1–100:12 BOS
Craig MacTavish (4)Al Secord (12), Dwight Foster (15)2–104:54 BOS
Jean Ratelle (19)Rick Middleton (26), Dick Redmond (26)3–112:41 BOS
Greg Malone (15)Rick Kehoe (17), Mario Faubert (9)3–217:03 PIT · 
Ross Lonsberry (9)Greg Malone (30), Rick Kehoe (18)3–318:14 PIT
Wayne Cashman (7)Bob Miller (13), Bobby Lalonde (14)4–319:10 BOS
3rd period
Dwight Foster (4)Brad McCrimmon (8)5–310:12 BOS
Jim Hamilton (2)Gary McAdam (13), Ron Stackhouse (12)5–411:04 PIT- Jean Ratelle (20)Rick Middleton (27)6–419:58 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSPIT
2826
0%0%
0/41/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:20 into the first period
Rob Holland · tripping2 min - 4:47 into the first period
Stan Jonathan · tripping2 min - 8:31 into the first periodGary Doak · holding2 min
- 10:34 into the first periodStan Jonathan · elbowing2 min
- 2:19 into the second periodRuss Anderson · holding2 min
- 10:34 into the second periodRoss Lonsberry · tripping2 min
- 14:46 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · tripping2 min
- 16:36 into the second periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 11:50 into the third periodRick Middleton · tripping2 min
- 16:31 into the third periodDwight Foster · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Jean RatelleC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Dale TallonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |