Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, April 5, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 6–1 on Saturday, April 5, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 27–22.
Gaston Gingras scored twice. Guy Lapointe, Steve Shutt, Ray Bourque, Doug Jarvis and Rejean Houle also scored.
Denis Herron made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Gerry Cheevers stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Lapointe (6)Steve Shutt (42), Brian Engblom (20)0–116:27 MTL
2nd period
Gaston Gingras (2)Guy Lafleur (73), Larry Robinson (59)0–204:56 MTL · 
Steve Shutt (47)Larry Robinson (60), Guy Lafleur (74)0–309:21 MTL · - Gaston Gingras (3)Unassisted0–414:00 MTL
3rd period
Ray Bourque (17)Wayne Cashman (20), Bob Miller (24)1–401:53 BOS
Doug Jarvis (12)Bob Gainey (18)1–502:49 MTL
Rejean Houle (18)Mark Napier (33)1–617:48 MTL
Team stats
BOSMTL
2722
0%0%
0/72/3
4462
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:26 into the first period
Brian Engblom · hooking2 min - 7:04 into the first period
Al Secord · hooking2 min - 8:23 into the first periodRejean Houle · tripping2 min
- 14:07 into the first periodJohn Wensink · roughing2 min
- 14:07 into the first periodGilles Lupien · high sticking2 min
- 14:07 into the first periodGilles Lupien · misconduct10 min
- 14:32 into the first periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 14:32 into the first periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 3:37 into the second periodJohn Wensink · roughing2 min
- 3:37 into the second periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 3:48 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 3:48 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 4:12 into the second periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodStan Jonathan · elbowing2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 8:16 into the second periodStan Jonathan · game misconduct10 min
- 8:16 into the second periodMike Milbury · slashing2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodRejean Houle · high sticking2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodMario Tremblay · fighting5 min
- 8:16 into the second periodMario Tremblay · game misconduct10 min
- 11:26 into the second periodBrian Engblom · cross checking2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 1:38 into the third periodAl Secord · delaying game2 min
- 1:38 into the third periodChris Nilan · delaying game2 min
- 7:15 into the third periodJohn Wensink · fighting5 min
- 7:15 into the third periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 7:15 into the third periodRod Langway · fighting5 min
- 14:53 into the third periodSteve Shutt · holding2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodBrian Engblom · delaying game2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gerry CheeversG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 5 | 2 | .600 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |