🐧 Away Penguins 0-0 in series
4–2
Final
BOS leads 3–2
🐻 Home Bruins 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0004
BOS 0002

Penguins at Bruins — First Round Game 1

Penguins, First Round Game 1, beat Bruins 4–2 at TD Garden on April 8, 1980.

🗓 Tue, Apr 8, 1980 · 18:30 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1979-80 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

PIT vs BOS · BOS leads 3–2 Full series →
Game 1
4–2
Final · PIT
Game 2
1–4
Final · BOS
Game 3
1–4
Final · PIT
Game 4
8–3
Final · BOS
Game 5
2–6
Final · BOS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mark Johnson
2 G
2 shots · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Rick Kehoe
2 A
2 shots · +1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Ray Bourque
2 A
11 shots

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BOS🐻
22 Shots on goal 38
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
33 Penalty minutes 35
PIT shooting 18.2% (4/22) BOS shooting 5.3% (2/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Greg Millen
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Gerry Cheevers
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:42 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 36-44 (45% win rate, 80 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 55-25 (69% win rate, 80 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 36-44 (45% win rate, 80 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 55-25 (69% win rate, 80 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Jan 27, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
5–3 · Penguins won
Jan 26, 1980
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
6–4 · Bruins won
Nov 10, 1979
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
6–1 · Bruins won
Oct 14, 1979
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
4–1 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs BOS, answered

Who won Penguins vs Bruins on April 8, 1980?

Penguins won 4–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Bruins?

The final score was Penguins 4, Bruins 2.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Greg Millen made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Gerry Cheevers made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 5
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
9–1 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 10
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · BOS won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 6
🌌MNS @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 10
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · BOS won
Also on April 8, 1980
🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 final
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–6 final
👑LAK @ 🏝️NYI
1–8 final
🛢️EDM @ 🔔PHI
3–4 final
🍁TOR @ 🌌MNS
3–6 final
🎵STL @ 🪶CHI
2–3 final
🔥AFM @ 🗽NYR
1–2 final
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