Boston Bruins vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, February 16, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Colorado Rockies 5–3 on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Bruins 29–28.
Goals came from Bob Miller, Merlin Malinowski, Ray Bourque, Rene Robert, Al Secord, Brad Park, Lucien DeBlois and Stan Jonathan.
Gerry Cheevers made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 21 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Miller (14)Bobby Lalonde (20), Ray Bourque (32)1–001:01 BOS
Merlin Malinowski (2)Randy Pierce (17)1–104:19 CLR
Ray Bourque (11)Rick Middleton (37), Wayne Cashman (18)2–105:38 BOS ·
2nd period
Rene Robert (23)Lanny McDonald (27), Merlin Malinowski (2)2–216:07 CLR
Al Secord (17)Jean Ratelle (40), Rick Smith (12)3–217:33 BOS
Brad Park (3)Ray Bourque (33), Bobby Lalonde (21)4–219:10 BOS
3rd period
Lucien DeBlois (20)Doug Berry (19)4–318:41 CLR
Stan Jonathan (20)Ray Bourque (34)5–319:18 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSCLR
2829
0%0%
1/10/3
117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:03 into the first period
David Watson · interference2 min - 12:24 into the first period
Al Secord · hooking2 min - 9:59 into the second periodRick Smith · hooking2 min
- 10:46 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:46 into the third periodKevin Morrison · fighting5 min
- 12:46 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Colorado Rockies
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21David WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Kevin MorrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 30Bill OleschukG | 4 | 2 | .500 |