Boston Bruins at New York Rangers
Sun, Dec 23, 1979 · Madison Square Garden · 1979–80 Regular Season
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Sun, Dec 23, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. Ray Bourque led the way with 2 points. Gerry Cheevers made 14 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–17.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| BOS | 4 | 24 |
| NYR | 3 | 17 |
Boston Bruins
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Ray Bourque | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Peter McNab | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Bobby Lalonde | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Terry O'Reilly | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Craig MacTavish | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Rick Middleton | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Stan Jonathan | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Rick Smith | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Dick Redmond | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Mike Milbury | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Gary Doak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Dwight Foster | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Al Secord | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Bob Miller | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Thomas Songin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | John Wensink | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Brad McCrimmon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Gerry Cheevers | W | 17 | 14 | 3 | .824 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Mario Marois | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Steve Vickers | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Don Murdoch | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 77 | Phil Esposito | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Anders Hedberg | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Don Maloney | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Ulf Nilsson | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Carol Vadnais | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ron Duguay | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Eddie Johnstone | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Dave Maloney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Frank Beaton | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Warren Miller | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Dean Talafous | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Ray Markham | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Ron Greschner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Ed Hospodar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | John Davidson | L | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 60:00 |