1979–80 Boston Bruins season

The 1979–80 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 56th season. In the first round of the NHL Draft, the Bruins drafted Ray Bourque. The Bruins had two different coaches during the season. Fred Creighton had a record of 40 wins, 20 losses and 13 ties, while Harry Sinden had 6 wins and 1 loss.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 11, 1978 	4-0 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 13, 1978 	5-2 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 14, 1978 	1-4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	2–1–0
80 	W 	April 6, 1979 	4-2 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	46–21–13
==Playoffs==
*Won Preliminary Round (3-2) over Pittsburgh Penguins
*Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New York Islanders
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	40	52	92 	24 	31 	9 	0 	4
 	C 	74	40	38	78 	10 	24 	11 	0 	9
 	C 	67	28	45	73 	8 	11 	14 	0 	1
 	D 	80	17	48	65 	73 	52 	3 	2 	1
 	RW 	71	19	42	61 	265	17 	3 	0 	5
 	D 	76	14	33	47 	39 	37 	6 	0 	5
Bob Miller	C 	80	16	25	41 	53 	9 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	79	21	19	40 	208	20 	0 	0 	3
 	LW 	77	23	16	39 	170	20 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	57	10	28	38 	42 	23 	1 	1 	2
 	C 	71	10	25	35 	28 	14 	1 	2 	0
 	LW 	44	11	21	32 	19 	-3 	3 	1 	2
 	C 	46	11	17	28 	8 	16 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	78	8 	18	26 	62 	22 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	72	10	13	23 	59 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	32	5 	16	21 	27 	11 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	69	9 	11	20 	110	7 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	72	5 	11	16 	94 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	32	4 	11	15 	0 	4 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	20	8 	6 	14 	8 	-1 	4 	0 	0
 	D 	52	0 	5 	5 	45 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	1 	3 	4 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	33	0 	1 	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	42	0 	0 	0 	62 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2479	42	24	11	7 	116	2.81 	4
 	1933	33	20	9 	3 	88 	2.73 	1
 	328 	8 	2 	0 	3 	19 	3.48 	0
 	40 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	3.00 	0
 	20 	1 	0 	1 	0 	5 	15.00	0
Team: 	4800	80	46	21	13	230	2.87 	5
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	10	8	6	14 	2 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	10	2	9	11 	27 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	3	6	9 	69 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	10	3	6	9 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	3	5	8 	2 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	10	4	2	6 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	3	3	6 	32 	1 	0 	0
Bob Miller	C 	10	3	2	5 	4 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	10	2	3	5 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	2	3	5 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	10	0	3	3 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0	3	3 	65 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	1	2 	28 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	2	2 	50 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0	0	0 	29 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	619	10	4	6	32	3.10	0
Team: 	619	10	4	6	32	3.10	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*Calder Trophy: Ray Bourque
*Ray Bourque, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Boston's picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft were as follows:
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	8. 	Raymond Bourque	(D) 	 	Verdun Éperviers (QMJHL)
1 	15.	Brad McCrimmon 	(D) 	 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
==Farm Teams==
==Game Ads==
79-80NHLExhOttawaGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Ottawa
==See Also==
*1979–80 NHL season
==References==
* Bruins on Database Hockey
* Bruins on Hockey Database
* Bruins on Hockey Reference
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