Boston Bruins vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 1980 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Flames 5–2 on Saturday, March 22, 1980 at Omni Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Bruins 33–29.
Craig MacTavish scored twice. Peter McNab, Rick Middleton, Willi Plett, Bobby Lalonde and Jean Pronovost also scored.
Gerry Cheevers made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Craig MacTavish (9)Unassisted1–000:34 BOS
Peter McNab (34)Bobby Lalonde (24), Terry O'Reilly (37)2–003:15 BOS- Craig MacTavish (10)Rick Smith (16), Rick Middleton (46)3–010:11 BOS
Rick Middleton (37)Craig MacTavish (16)4–011:35 BOS
Willi Plett (10)Don Lever (28)4–117:50 AFM
3rd period
Bobby Lalonde (7)Peter McNab (37), Terry O'Reilly (38)5–108:37 BOS
Jean Pronovost (22)Willi Plett (19), Bill Clement (11)5–212:14 AFM
Team stats
BOSAFM
2933
0%0%
0/00/1
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:05 into the first period
Garry Unger · roughing2 min - 3:05 into the first period
Bob Miller · holding2 min - 3:05 into the first periodBob Miller · roughing2 min
- 14:46 into the second periodBrad Marsh · fighting5 min
- 14:46 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 14:34 into the third periodBrad Marsh · fighting5 min
- 14:34 into the third periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Pat RigginG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |