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Boston Bruins, 1979-80

Be the GM of the Boston Bruins Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1979-80 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
4 80 46-21-13 105 0.656 310 234 +76 27-9-4 19-12-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Pittsburgh Penguins Won 3-2
Quarterfinals New York Islanders Lost 1-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Rick Middleton R 80 40 52 92 30 24 223 0
Peter McNab C 74 40 38 78 24 10 193 0
Jean Ratelle C 68 28 45 73 10 8 145 0
Ray Bourque D 80 17 48 65 52 73 185 0
Terry O'Reilly R 71 19 42 61 19 265 105 0
Dick Redmond D 76 14 33 47 37 39 166 0
Bob Miller C 80 16 25 41 9 53 137 0
Stan Jonathan L 79 21 19 40 20 208 108 0
Al Secord L 77 23 16 39 20 170 155 0
Dwight Foster R 57 10 28 38 23 42 68 0
Bobby Lalonde C 71 10 25 35 15 28 91 0
Wayne Cashman L 44 11 21 32 -3 19 60 0
Craig MacTavish C 46 11 17 28 16 8 61 0
Rick Smith D 78 8 18 26 22 62 85 0
Mike Milbury D 72 10 13 23 7 59 102 0
Brad Park D 32 5 16 21 11 27 67 0
John Wensink L 70 9 11 20 7 110 71 0
Brad McCrimmon D 72 5 11 16 -2 94 89 0
Don Marcotte L 32 4 11 15 3 0 39 0
Bobby Schmautz R 20 8 6 14 -1 8 40 0
Gary Doak D 54 0 5 5 14 45 28 0
Thomas Songin R 17 1 3 4 1 16 14 0
Dennis O'Brien D 3 0 0 0 -6 2 2 0
Douglas Morrison R 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Gerry Cheevers 42 2411704 968 852 116 2.81 0.880
Gilles Gilbert 33 209301 805 717 88 2.73 0.891
Yves Belanger 8 20300 132 113 19 3.48 0.856
James Stewart Jr 1 01000 9 4 5 15.00 0.444
Marco Baron 1 00000 13 11 2 3.00 0.846

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 6, 1980 vs MNS W 4-2 35 21
Apr 5, 1980 @ MTL L 1-6 27 22
Apr 2, 1980 @ TOR W 5-2 44 18
Mar 30, 1980 vs WIN W 3-1 29 18
Mar 27, 1980 vs STL W 7-1 36 16
Mar 23, 1980 vs PHI W 7-2 23 21
Mar 22, 1980 @ AFM W 5-2 29 33
Mar 19, 1980 @ MNS L 4-7 33 32
Mar 18, 1980 @ STL T 3-3 37 19
Mar 16, 1980 vs WSH T 3-3 27 20
Mar 15, 1980 vs VAN T 2-2 32 18
Mar 13, 1980 vs DET W 4-2 32 16
Mar 12, 1980 @ WSH L 4-6 26 24
Mar 9, 1980 vs HFD T 1-1 19 20
Mar 8, 1980 @ NYI W 5-3 24 31
Mar 5, 1980 @ DET W 5-3 25 28
Mar 2, 1980 @ NYR L 1-2 15 18
Mar 1, 1980 vs LAK W 4-0 37 22
Feb 28, 1980 vs NYR L 2-5 17 25
Feb 27, 1980 @ HFD W 6-3 19 29
Feb 24, 1980 @ EDM W 4-2 29 25
Feb 23, 1980 @ VAN T 4-4 27 23
Feb 20, 1980 @ LAK L 0-3 22 43
Feb 16, 1980 @ CLR W 5-3 28 29
Feb 14, 1980 @ BUF T 3-3 18 24
Feb 10, 1980 vs MTL L 2-3 28 21
Feb 9, 1980 vs CHI W 5-2 23 33
Feb 7, 1980 vs TOR W 8-6 36 27
Feb 3, 1980 @ PHI T 3-3 22 36
Feb 2, 1980 vs QUE W 7-2 30 20
Jan 31, 1980 vs NYI W 4-2 18 21
Jan 30, 1980 @ HFD L 2-8 34 28
Jan 27, 1980 vs PIT L 3-5 22 31
Jan 26, 1980 @ PIT W 6-4 28 26
Jan 24, 1980 vs BUF W 4-3 28 22
Jan 21, 1980 vs MNS W 3-0 27 17
Jan 19, 1980 vs NYR W 6-3 26 22
Jan 17, 1980 vs EDM W 7-1 26 12
Jan 16, 1980 @ QUE W 3-1 28 22
Jan 13, 1980 vs CLR W 6-2 27 24
Jan 12, 1980 vs AFM W 5-3 31 23
Jan 10, 1980 vs STL L 4-7 46 22
Jan 8, 1980 @ CLR T 2-2 25 23
Jan 4, 1980 @ WIN W 2-1 29 17
Jan 2, 1980 @ MNS L 1-2 23 31
Dec 30, 1979 @ CHI L 3-5 22 27
Dec 26, 1979 @ AFM W 5-3 35 33
Dec 23, 1979 @ NYR W 4-3 24 17
Dec 22, 1979 vs PHI L 2-5 20 18
Dec 20, 1979 vs TOR W 10-0 41 18
Dec 16, 1979 @ BUF W 5-1 25 27
Dec 15, 1979 vs CHI L 1-2 27 22
Dec 13, 1979 vs DET T 6-6 30 24
Dec 9, 1979 vs VAN W 5-3 32 16
Dec 6, 1979 @ NYI L 3-4 34 25
Dec 4, 1979 @ PHI T 2-2 14 38
Dec 2, 1979 vs CLR L 3-5 34 35
Dec 1, 1979 @ DET L 3-6 35 30
Nov 27, 1979 vs BUF L 2-5 27 21
Nov 25, 1979 vs MTL W 4-2 32 22
Nov 24, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 29 28
Nov 22, 1979 vs QUE W 7-4 25 27
Nov 20, 1979 @ QUE W 5-3 27 22
Nov 18, 1979 vs HFD W 5-4 23 25
Nov 17, 1979 @ TOR W 2-0 23 26
Nov 15, 1979 vs WSH W 3-2 20 16
Nov 11, 1979 vs AFM W 6-3 32 21
Nov 10, 1979 @ PIT W 6-1 27 20
Nov 8, 1979 vs EDM W 4-2 36 26
Nov 4, 1979 @ EDM W 2-1 31 16
Nov 2, 1979 @ VAN T 3-3 25 27
Oct 30, 1979 @ LAK T 4-4 25 29
Oct 28, 1979 @ CHI W 4-1 31 31
Oct 26, 1979 @ WIN L 2-3 22 30
Oct 23, 1979 @ STL T 5-5 26 21
Oct 20, 1979 vs LAK W 5-4 33 22
Oct 18, 1979 vs NYI W 3-2 38 19
Oct 14, 1979 vs PIT L 1-4 28 29
Oct 13, 1979 @ WSH W 5-2 24 29
Oct 11, 1979 vs WIN W 4-0 31 20