Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 27, 1980 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 6–3 on Wednesday, February 27, 1980 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Bruins 29–19.
Blaine Stoughton scored twice and Peter McNab scored a hat trick. Rick Smith, Jean Ratelle, Pat Boutette and Craig MacTavish also scored.
Gerry Cheevers made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 5 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Smith (7)Peter McNab (32), Terry O'Reilly (29)1–004:23 BOS
Jean Ratelle (24)Brad Park (6)2–006:04 BOS
Blaine Stoughton (38)Al Sims (22), Mike Rogers (37)2–115:30 HFD · 
Peter McNab (25)Terry O'Reilly (30)3–117:30 BOS
2nd period
- Peter McNab (26)Terry O'Reilly (31), Rick Smith (13)4–100:32 BOS
Pat Boutette (7)Mike Rogers (38), Al Sims (23)4–200:56 HFD
Craig MacTavish (5)Ray Bourque (37)5–205:42 BOS- Blaine Stoughton (39)Rick Ley (11)5–312:36 HFD ·
3rd period
- Peter McNab (27)Brad Park (7), Rick Middleton (38)6–308:41 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSHFD
1929
0%0%
1/32/5
1511
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:10 into the first period
Rick Ley · hooking2 min - 12:08 into the first period
Rick Smith · tripping2 min - 13:36 into the first periodRay Bourque · high sticking5 min
- 13:36 into the first periodPat Boutette · high sticking5 min
- 14:52 into the first periodGerry Cheevers · tripping2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodBernie Johnston · hooking2 min
- 11:02 into the second periodGary Doak · holding2 min
- 2:43 into the third periodRick Middleton · holding2 min
- 8:18 into the third periodNick Fotiu · high sticking2 min
- 8:52 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Timothy SheehyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 9 | 1 | .889 | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 10 | 5 | .500 |