Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 30, 1980 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Boston Bruins 8–2 on Wednesday, January 30, 1980 at Springfield Civic Center. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 34–28.
Mike Rogers scored a hat trick and Tom Rowe scored twice. Jean Ratelle, Jordy Douglas, Brad Park, Al Sims and Nick Fotiu also scored.
John Garrett made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Gerry Cheevers stopped 13 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Jean Ratelle (21)Wayne Cashman (15), Rick Middleton (30)1–009:28 BOS ·
2nd period
Mike Rogers (21)Blaine Stoughton (19), Mark Howe (29)1–106:01 HFD
Tom Rowe (12)Jordy Douglas (21), Mark Howe (30)1–209:59 HFD · 
Jordy Douglas (19)Mark Howe (31)1–312:26 HFD
Brad Park (1)Ray Bourque (26)2–314:34 BOS · - Mike Rogers (22)Blaine Stoughton (20), Mark Howe (32)2–415:50 HFD ·
3rd period
- Mike Rogers (23)Unassisted2–502:16 HFD
Al Sims (6)Unassisted2–605:52 HFD · 
Nick Fotiu (6)Brian Hill (1), Gordie Howe (14)2–706:34 HFD- Tom Rowe (13)Mark Howe (33)2–812:42 HFD
Team stats
BOSHFD
3428
0%0%
2/33/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:56 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · interference2 min - 14:44 into the first period
Gerry Cheevers · delaying game2 min - 8:38 into the second periodBrad Park · interference2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodDwight Foster · interference2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodGordie Howe · high sticking2 min
- 14:23 into the second periodMark Howe · tripping2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodGary Doak · holding2 min
- 4:52 into the third periodWayne Cashman · high sticking2 min
- 7:26 into the third periodLarry Giroux · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Jean RatelleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gerry CheeversG | L | 19 | 6 | .684 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 9 | 2 | .778 |
Hartford Whalers
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 5 | 5 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom RoweR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian HillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |