St. Louis Blues vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 1980 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 7–3 on Thursday, December 18, 1980 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Blues 31–29.
Jorgen Pettersson scored twice. Craig MacTavish, Bernie Federko, Peter McNab, Ralph Klassen, Tony Currie, Keith Crowder, Joe Micheletti and Blake Dunlop also scored.
Mike Liut made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jim Craig stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Craig MacTavish (2)Mike Milbury (7), Rick Middleton (27)0–108:43 BOS
Bernie Federko (13)Gerry Hart (4)1–115:18 STL
Peter McNab (13)Stan Jonathan (9), Terry O'Reilly (6)1–216:38 BOS
Ralph Klassen (5)Ed Kea (5), Mike Crombeen (10)2–219:10 STL
2nd period
Jorgen Pettersson (7)Unassisted3–201:50 STL
Tony Currie (11)Brian Sutter (13), Bernie Federko (33)4–212:47 STL
3rd period
Keith Crowder (1)Steve Kasper (15)4–305:54 BOS- Jorgen Pettersson (8)Wayne Babych (15)5–307:43 STL
Joe Micheletti (1)Tony Currie (14), Bernie Federko (34)6–315:07 STL · 
Blake Dunlop (5)Perry Turnbull (11), Wayne Babych (16)7–317:36 STL
Team stats
STLBOS
2931
0%0%
1/30/3
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:27 into the first period
Tony Currie · slashing2 min - 1:39 into the second period
Stan Jonathan · elbowing2 min - 1:39 into the second periodCraig Norwich · high sticking2 min
- 5:56 into the second periodDouglas Morrison · hooking2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodWayne Babych · hooking2 min
- 19:51 into the second periodRay Bourque · holding2 min
- 9:29 into the third periodLarry Patey · holding2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodWayne Cashman · roughing2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodWayne Cashman · slashing2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodEd Kea · roughing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Craig NorwichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 23Douglas MorrisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jim CraigG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |