🏝️ Away Islanders 27-21-0 before this game

2–4

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	2
BOS	0	0	0	4

Islanders at Bruins

Bruins beat Islanders 4–2 at TD Garden on January 31, 1980.

🗓 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 · 18:30 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Rick Middleton

2 G, 2 A

4 shots · +3

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Dwight Foster

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Stan Jonathan

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BOS🐻

21 Shots on goal 18

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

21 Penalty minutes 17

NYI shooting 9.5% (2/21) BOS shooting 22.2% (4/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:49 TOI

🐻Bruins

Gerry Cheevers

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 27-21 (56% win rate, 48 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 34-15 (69% win rate, 49 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 27-21 (56% win rate, 48 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 34-15 (69% win rate, 49 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ NYI vs BOS, answered

Who won Islanders vs Bruins on January 31, 1980?

Bruins won 4–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Bruins?

The final score was Islanders 2, Bruins 4.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Gerry Cheevers made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Jan 29

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Jan 30

Also on January 31, 1980

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