Boston Bruins vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1980 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 on Wednesday, December 31, 1980 at Chicago Stadium. The Bruins outshot the Blackhawks 35–18.
Don Marcotte scored twice. Steve Kasper, Tom Lysiak, Al Secord and Wayne Cashman also scored.
Jim Craig made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Kasper (12)Stan Jonathan (11), Terry O'Reilly (11)1–005:23 BOS
2nd period
Tom Lysiak (11)Miles Zaharko (1)1–100:49 CHI
Al Secord (1)Terry Ruskowski (31)1–202:27 CHI
Don Marcotte (7)Rick Middleton (30)2–209:10 BOS- Don Marcotte (8)Mike O'connell (19), Brad Park (23)3–211:45 BOS ·
3rd period
Wayne Cashman (13)Peter McNab (20), Keith Crowder (4)4–211:15 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSCHI
3518
0%0%
2/60/3
1723
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:02 into the first period
Keith Brown · holding2 min - 18:16 into the first period
Mike O'connell · cross checking2 min - 18:16 into the first periodDarryl Sutter · holding2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodKeith Crowder · high sticking2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodGreg Fox · tripping2 min
- 10:20 into the second periodKeith Brown · holding2 min
- 14:05 into the second periodRay Bourque · high sticking2 min
- 14:05 into the second periodKeith Brown · high sticking2 min
- 18:40 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · charging2 min
- 18:40 into the second periodKeith Brown · high sticking2 min
- 0:14 into the third periodDarryl Sutter · tripping2 min
- 3:41 into the third periodGreg Fox · holding2 min
- 6:25 into the third periodMike Milbury · hooking2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodPeter Marsh · tripping2 min
- 13:07 into the third periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 13:07 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 13:07 into the third periodGreg Fox · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 21Don MarcotteL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jim CraigG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |