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1979-80 Boston Bruins

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46-21-13 (105 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 310 goals, Allowed 234 goals, SRS: 0.91 (3rd of 21)
Coached by Fred Creighton (40-20-13), Harry Sinden (6-1-0)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New York Islanders
Won Preliminary Round (3-2) over Pittsburgh Penguins

1979-80 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 11, 1979 Winnipeg Jets W 4 0 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 @ Washington Capitals W 5 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 14, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins L 1 4 2 1 0 L 1
4 Thu, Oct 18, 1979 New York Islanders W 3 2 3 1 0 W 1
5 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 5 4 4 1 0 W 2
6 Tue, Oct 23, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues T 5 5 4 1 1 T 1
7 Fri, Oct 26, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 3 4 2 1 L 1
8 Sun, Oct 28, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 4 1 5 2 1 W 1
9 Tue, Oct 30, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings T 4 4 5 2 2 T 1
10 Fri, Nov 2, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks T 3 3 5 2 3 T 2
11 Sun, Nov 4, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers W 2 1 6 2 3 W 1
12 Thu, Nov 8, 1979 Edmonton Oilers W 4 2 7 2 3 W 2
13 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 1 8 2 3 W 3
14 Sun, Nov 11, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 6 3 9 2 3 W 4
15 Thu, Nov 15, 1979 Washington Capitals W 3 2 10 2 3 W 5
16 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 2 0 11 2 3 W 6
17 Sun, Nov 18, 1979 Hartford Whalers W 5 4 12 2 3 W 7
18 Tue, Nov 20, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques W 5 3 13 2 3 W 8
19 Thu, Nov 22, 1979 Quebec Nordiques W 7 4 14 2 3 W 9
20 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 3 14 3 3 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sun, Nov 25, 1979 Montreal Canadiens W 4 2 15 3 3 W 1
22 Tue, Nov 27, 1979 Buffalo Sabres L 2 5 15 4 3 L 1
23 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings L 3 6 15 5 3 L 2
24 Sun, Dec 2, 1979 Colorado Rockies L 3 5 15 6 3 L 3
25 Tue, Dec 4, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 2 2 15 6 4 T 1
26 Thu, Dec 6, 1979 @ New York Islanders L 3 4 15 7 4 L 1
27 Sun, Dec 9, 1979 Vancouver Canucks W 5 3 16 7 4 W 1
28 Thu, Dec 13, 1979 Detroit Red Wings T 6 6 16 7 5 T 1
29 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks L 1 2 16 8 5 L 1
30 Sun, Dec 16, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres W 5 1 17 8 5 W 1
31 Thu, Dec 20, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs W 10 0 18 8 5 W 2
32 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 18 9 5 L 1
33 Sun, Dec 23, 1979 @ New York Rangers W 4 3 19 9 5 W 1
34 Wed, Dec 26, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames W 5 3 20 9 5 W 2
35 Sun, Dec 30, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 3 5 20 10 5 L 1
36 Wed, Jan 2, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars L 1 2 20 11 5 L 2
37 Fri, Jan 4, 1980 @ Winnipeg Jets W 2 1 21 11 5 W 1
38 Tue, Jan 8, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies T 2 2 21 11 6 T 1
39 Thu, Jan 10, 1980 St. Louis Blues L 4 7 21 12 6 L 1
40 Sat, Jan 12, 1980 Atlanta Flames W 5 3 22 12 6 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 13, 1980 Colorado Rockies W 6 2 23 12 6 W 2
42 Wed, Jan 16, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques W 3 1 24 12 6 W 3
43 Thu, Jan 17, 1980 Edmonton Oilers W 7 1 25 12 6 W 4
44 Sat, Jan 19, 1980 New York Rangers W 6 3 26 12 6 W 5
45 Mon, Jan 21, 1980 Minnesota North Stars W 3 0 27 12 6 W 6
46 Thu, Jan 24, 1980 Buffalo Sabres W 4 3 28 12 6 W 7
47 Sat, Jan 26, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 4 29 12 6 W 8
48 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 29 13 6 L 1
49 Wed, Jan 30, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers L 2 8 29 14 6 L 2
50 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 New York Islanders W 4 2 30 14 6 W 1
51 Sat, Feb 2, 1980 Quebec Nordiques W 7 2 31 14 6 W 2
52 Sun, Feb 3, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 3 3 31 14 7 T 1
53 Thu, Feb 7, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs W 8 6 32 14 7 W 1
54 Sat, Feb 9, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 2 33 14 7 W 2
55 Sun, Feb 10, 1980 Montreal Canadiens L 2 3 33 15 7 L 1
56 Thu, Feb 14, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres T 3 3 33 15 8 T 1
57 Sat, Feb 16, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies W 5 3 34 15 8 W 1
58 Wed, Feb 20, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings L 0 3 34 16 8 L 1
59 Sat, Feb 23, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks T 4 4 34 16 9 T 1
60 Sun, Feb 24, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers W 4 2 35 16 9 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 27, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers W 6 3 36 16 9 W 2
62 Thu, Feb 28, 1980 New York Rangers L 2 5 36 17 9 L 1
63 Sat, Mar 1, 1980 Los Angeles Kings W 4 0 37 17 9 W 1
64 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 @ New York Rangers L 1 2 37 18 9 L 1
65 Wed, Mar 5, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings W 5 3 38 18 9 W 1
66 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 @ New York Islanders W 5 3 39 18 9 W 2
67 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 Hartford Whalers T 1 1 39 18 10 T 1
68 Wed, Mar 12, 1980 @ Washington Capitals L 4 6 39 19 10 L 1
69 Thu, Mar 13, 1980 Detroit Red Wings W 4 2 40 19 10 W 1
70 Sat, Mar 15, 1980 Vancouver Canucks T 2 2 40 19 11 T 1
71 Sun, Mar 16, 1980 Washington Capitals T 3 3 40 19 12 T 2
72 Tue, Mar 18, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues T 3 3 40 19 13 T 3
73 Wed, Mar 19, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars L 4 7 40 20 13 L 1
74 Sat, Mar 22, 1980 @ Atlanta Flames W 5 2 41 20 13 W 1
75 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers W 7 2 42 20 13 W 2
76 Thu, Mar 27, 1980 St. Louis Blues W 7 1 43 20 13 W 3
77 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 Winnipeg Jets W 3 1 44 20 13 W 4
78 Wed, Apr 2, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 2 45 20 13 W 5
79 Sat, Apr 5, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 6 45 21 13 L 1
80 Sun, Apr 6, 1980 Minnesota North Stars W 4 2 46 21 13 W 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 8, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins L 2 4 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 10, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 1 1 1 0 W 1
3 Sat, Apr 12, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 1 4 1 2 0 L 1
4 Sun, Apr 13, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 8 3 2 2 0 W 1
5 Mon, Apr 14, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 2 3 2 0 W 2
6 Wed, Apr 16, 1980 New York Islanders L OT 1 2 3 3 0 L 1
7 Thu, Apr 17, 1980 New York Islanders L OT 4 5 3 4 0 L 2
8 Sat, Apr 19, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 3 5 3 5 0 L 3
9 Mon, Apr 21, 1980 @ New York Islanders W OT 4 3 4 5 0 W 1
10 Tue, Apr 22, 1980 New York Islanders L 2 4 4 6 0 L 1