New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, January 31, 1980 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Thursday, January 31, 1980 at Boston Garden. The Islanders outshot the Bruins 21–18.
Rick Middleton scored twice. Dwight Foster, Stan Jonathan, Mike Bossy and Billy Harris also scored.
Gerry Cheevers made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 14 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Dwight Foster (6)Wayne Cashman (16), Rick Middleton (31)0–111:13 BOS · 
Rick Middleton (20)Dwight Foster (16), Stan Jonathan (8)0–211:38 BOS
2nd period
Stan Jonathan (16)Rick Middleton (32), Brad Park (1)0–302:48 BOS
3rd period
Mike Bossy (33)Bryan Trottier (42), Clark Gillies (29)1–307:45 NYI
Billy Harris (13)Steve Tambellini (8), Duane Sutter (4)2–308:51 NYI- Rick Middleton (21)Unassisted2–419:48 BOS ·
Team stats
NYIBOS
2118
0%0%
0/51/2
2117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:10 into the first period
Billy Harris · hooking2 min - 8:57 into the first period
Stan Jonathan · boarding2 min - 9:25 into the first periodClark Gillies · hooking2 min
- 14:17 into the first periodBrad McCrimmon · hooking2 min
- 8:50 into the second periodJohn Wensink · fighting5 min
- 8:50 into the second periodBob Lorimer · fighting5 min
- 17:32 into the second periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 17:32 into the second periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 17:32 into the second periodGarry Howatt · game misconduct10 min
- 17:32 into the second periodDave Lewis · roughing2 min
- 3:37 into the third periodJohn Wensink · elbowing2 min
- 3:37 into the third periodJohn Wensink · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 17 | 3 | .824 |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |