Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, March 2, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 on Sunday, March 2, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Bruins 18–15.
Goals came from Dean Talafous, Anders Hedberg and Peter McNab.
John Davidson made 14 saves on 15 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 16 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Dean Talafous (6)Ron Greschner (28), Barry Beck (42)0–100:44 NYR · 
Anders Hedberg (30)Steve Vickers (28), Walt Tkaczuk (22)0–205:42 NYR
3rd period
Peter McNab (29)Terry O'Reilly (34), Rick Middleton (39)1–206:53 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSNYR
1518
0%0%
1/51/4
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:36 into the first period
Brad McCrimmon · tripping2 min - 10:13 into the first period
Dave Maloney · hooking2 min - 12:01 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · tripping2 min
- 14:30 into the first periodJohn Wensink · elbowing2 min
- 5:07 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · hooking2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · elbowing2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · roughing2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · roughing2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodDon Murdoch · tripping2 min
- 5:32 into the third periodWalt Tkaczuk · hooking2 min
- 9:30 into the third periodBobby Lalonde · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Jim MayerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 15 | 1 | .933 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |