Philadelphia Flyers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, March 23, 1980 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7–2 on Sunday, March 23, 1980 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Flyers 23–21.
Rick Middleton scored twice. Paul Holmgren, Terry O'Reilly, Mike Milbury, Peter McNab, Al Secord, Bob Kelly and Bobby Lalonde also scored.
Gerry Cheevers made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 16 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Holmgren (26)Brian Propp (35), Ken Linseman (52)1–007:42 PHI · 
Terry O'Reilly (18)Rick Middleton (47), Brad Park (12)1–113:28 BOS ·
2nd period
Mike Milbury (10)Stan Jonathan (18)1–204:52 BOS
Peter McNab (35)Brad Park (13), Terry O'Reilly (39)1–306:41 BOS · 
Rick Middleton (38)Unassisted1–419:49 BOS
3rd period
Al Secord (22)Ray Bourque (46), Dwight Foster (25)1–501:42 BOS · 
Bob Kelly (15)Unassisted2–501:47 PHI
Bobby Lalonde (8)Bob Miller (20)2–610:02 BOS · - Rick Middleton (39)Terry O'Reilly (40)2–716:12 BOS ·
Team stats
PHIBOS
2123
0%0%
1/44/5
3937
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Terry O'Reilly · high sticking2 min - 2:26 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 2:26 into the first period
Jack McIlhargey · high sticking2 min - 2:26 into the first periodJack McIlhargey · fighting5 min
- 6:08 into the first periodRick Smith · tripping2 min
- 13:12 into the first periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 13:12 into the first periodNorm Barnes · holding2 min
- 13:12 into the first periodPaul Holmgren · fighting5 min
- 17:03 into the first periodDwight Foster · fighting5 min
- 17:03 into the first periodJack McIlhargey · fighting5 min
- 17:55 into the first periodBill Barber · holding2 min
- 5:32 into the second periodMike Busniuk · holding2 min
- 10:01 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · charging2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodRay Bourque · tripping2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 19:40 into the second periodMel Bridgman · fighting5 min
- 19:55 into the second periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 19:55 into the second periodBehn Wilson · elbowing2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodBehn Wilson · fighting5 min
- 9:06 into the third periodRay Bourque · holding2 min
- 13:20 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · high sticking2 min
- 13:20 into the third periodMel Bridgman · high sticking2 min
- 14:15 into the third periodTom Gorence · high sticking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Bob KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12John PaddockR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | L | 23 | 7 | .696 |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |