🐻 Away Bruins 1-1 in series
1–4
Final
BOS leads 3–2
🐧 Home Penguins 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0001
PIT 0004

Bruins at Penguins — First Round Game 3

Penguins, First Round Game 3, beat Bruins 4–1 at PPG Paints Arena on April 12, 1980.

🗓 Sat, Apr 12, 1980 · 19:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 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
Ross Lonsberry
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · +3
2nd star 🐧 PIT
George Ferguson
3 A
4 shots · +2
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Gary McAdam
2 A
5 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS PIT🐧
20 Shots on goal 28
8 Penalty minutes 12
BOS shooting 5.0% (1/20) PIT shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Gerry Cheevers
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Greg Millen
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 56-26 (68% win rate, 82 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 37-45 (45% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 56-26 (68% win rate, 82 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 37-45 (45% win rate, 82 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 10, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · Bruins won
Apr 8, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
4–2 · Penguins won
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

❓ BOS vs PIT, answered

Who won Bruins vs Penguins on April 12, 1980?

Penguins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Penguins?

The final score was Bruins 1, Penguins 4.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Gerry Cheevers made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Greg Millen made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 10
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 13
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
8–3 · BOS won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 10
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 13
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
8–3 · BOS won
Also on April 12, 1980
⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN
3–1 final
🗽NYR @ 🔥AFM
5–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 👑LAK
6–0 final
Bruins season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule