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Wednesday, February 27, 1980 · Hartford Civic Center

Bruins 6 at Whalers 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 96OVR Peter McNab Bruins First Star 3G · 1A · 4 SOG R 83OVR Terry O'Reilly Bruins Second Star 3A · 0 SOG D 79OVR Rick Smith Bruins Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:23 Rick Smith (7) Peter McNab (32), Terry O'Reilly (29) BOS 1 – 0 HFD
  2. 6:04 Jean Ratelle (24) Brad Park (6) BOS 2 – 0 HFD
  3. 15:30 Blaine Stoughton (38) PPG Al Sims (22), Mike Rogers (37) BOS 2 – 1 HFD
  4. 17:30 Peter McNab (25) Terry O'Reilly (30) BOS 3 – 1 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 0:32 Peter McNab (26) Terry O'Reilly (31), Rick Smith (13) BOS 4 – 1 HFD
  2. 0:56 Pat Boutette (7) Mike Rogers (38), Al Sims (23) BOS 4 – 2 HFD
  3. 5:42 Craig MacTavish (5) Ray Bourque (37) BOS 5 – 2 HFD
  4. 12:36 Blaine Stoughton (39) PPG Rick Ley (11) BOS 5 – 3 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 8:41 Peter McNab (27) PPG Brad Park (7), Rick Middleton (38) BOS 6 – 3 HFD

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Peter McNab C 3 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 3.48
Terry O'Reilly R 0 3 0 0 0 +2 0:00 2.03
Rick Smith D 1 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.45
Brad Park D 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.40
Jean Ratelle C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Craig MacTavish C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Rick Middleton R 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.85
Ray Bourque D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.48
Dick Redmond D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Mike Milbury D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Stan Jonathan L 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Al Secord L 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Gary Doak D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.23
John Wensink L 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Bobby Lalonde C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dwight Foster R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bob Miller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Cheevers W 29 26 3 .897 60:00 0.35

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Rogers C 0 2 6 0 0 -2 0:00 1.40
Blaine Stoughton L 2 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 1.35
Al Sims D 0 2 4 0 0 -2 0:00 1.25
Pat Boutette L 1 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.60
Timothy Sheehy R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Rick Ley D 0 1 1 0 0 -3 0:00 0.10
Bernie Johnston C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mark Howe D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Gordie Howe R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Greg Carroll C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Ray Allison R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jordy Douglas L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Gordie Roberts D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Larry Giroux D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dave Keon C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Al Smith — 9 8 1 .889 34:18 0.05
John Garrett L 10 5 5 .500 25:42 -3.25