Boston Bruins vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, March 5, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Wednesday, March 5, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Bruins 28–25.
Rick Middleton scored twice. Craig MacTavish, Ray Bourque, Vaclav Nedomansky, Mike Foligno, Dwight Foster and Willie Huber also scored.
Gerry Cheevers made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Craig MacTavish (6)Rick Middleton (40), Ray Bourque (38)1–017:16 BOS
Ray Bourque (12)Stan Jonathan (12), Bob Miller (17)2–018:47 BOS
2nd period
Vaclav Nedomansky (30)Paul Woods (18), Thommie Bergman (5)2–101:38 DET · 
Mike Foligno (30)Peter Mahovlich (42), Willie Huber (21)2–212:15 DET · 
Rick Middleton (29)Stan Jonathan (13), Craig MacTavish (10)3–214:00 BOS- Rick Middleton (30)Ray Bourque (39), Craig MacTavish (11)4–217:35 BOS
3rd period
Dwight Foster (9)Bobby Lalonde (22), Bob Miller (18)5–202:37 BOS
Willie Huber (15)Bill Hogaboam (9), Dennis Polonich (5)5–319:10 DET
Team stats
BOSDET
2528
0%0%
0/32/4
2615
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:38 into the first period
Thommie Bergman · holding2 min - 16:47 into the first period
John Wensink · fighting5 min - 16:47 into the first periodJean Hamel · roughing2 min
- 16:47 into the first periodJean Hamel · tripping2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodRick Smith · holding2 min
- 3:22 into the second periodRick Smith · roughing2 min
- 6:53 into the second periodGlenn Hicks · tripping2 min
- 10:32 into the second periodRick Smith · hooking2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodGerry Cheevers · misconduct10 min
- 14:23 into the second periodDennis Polonich · cross checking2 min
- 12:05 into the third periodBrad Park · fighting5 min
- 12:05 into the third periodGlenn Hicks · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Thommie BergmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 30Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – |