New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, February 28, 1980 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Thursday, February 28, 1980 at Boston Garden. The Rangers outshot the Bruins 25–17.
Ron Duguay scored twice. Walt Tkaczuk, Don Maloney, Terry O'Reilly, Jean Ratelle and Dean Talafous also scored.
John Davidson made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Duguay (19)Don Murdoch (19), Ron Greschner (27)1–012:24 NYR · 
Walt Tkaczuk (11)Anders Hedberg (31), John Davidson (2)2–014:58 NYR ·
2nd period
Don Maloney (16)Barry Beck (41), Phil Esposito (32)3–004:38 NYR ·
3rd period
Terry O'Reilly (17)Al Secord (13), Peter McNab (33)3–106:22 BOS
Jean Ratelle (25)Dick Redmond (29)3–212:26 BOS
Dean Talafous (5)Don Maloney (37), Phil Esposito (33)4–217:13 NYR- Ron Duguay (20)Tim Bothwell (5)5–217:56 NYR
Team stats
NYRBOS
2517
0%0%
2/50/3
2115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:45 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 14:00 into the first period
Carol Vadnais · holding2 min - 14:00 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · misconduct10 min
- 19:41 into the first periodGary Doak · holding2 min
- 2:06 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · tripping2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodBrad Park · hooking2 min
- 7:37 into the second periodJohn Wensink · fighting5 min
- 7:37 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · fighting5 min
- 11:51 into the second periodStan Jonathan · hooking2 min
- 12:53 into the second periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 3:01 into the third periodStan Jonathan · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Jim MayerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 17 | 2 | .882 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | 0 | 0 | – |