Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Saturday, March 8, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Bruins 31–24.
Goals came from Peter McNab, Al Secord, Bobby Lalonde, Duane Sutter, Bryan Trottier, Rick Middleton, John Tonelli and Mike Milbury.
Gerry Cheevers made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 17 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Peter McNab (30)Bobby Lalonde (23), Terry O'Reilly (35)1–001:22 BOS
Al Secord (20)Unassisted2–007:48 BOS
Bobby Lalonde (6)Peter McNab (35), Dick Redmond (31)3–008:47 BOS
Duane Sutter (11)Garry Howatt (10), Denis Potvin (23)3–113:57 NYI
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (35)Gord Lane (16), Denis Potvin (24)3–205:17 NYI
Rick Middleton (31)Brad Park (8), Ray Bourque (40)4–211:35 BOS ·
3rd period
John Tonelli (13)Stefan Persson (24), Glenn Resch (2)4–307:56 NYI · 
Mike Milbury (9)Dwight Foster (23), Craig MacTavish (12)5–308:08 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYI
2431
0%0%
1/21/4
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:25 into the first period
Brad McCrimmon · hooking2 min - 18:04 into the first period
John Tonelli · holding2 min - 3:08 into the second periodDwight Foster · holding2 min
- 5:39 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · holding2 min
- 10:08 into the second periodDave Lewis · slashing2 min
- 5:57 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · holding2 min
- 10:12 into the third periodBobby Lalonde · slashing2 min
- 10:12 into the third periodStefan Persson · elbowing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 5 | 3 | .400 |