The Boston Bruins used 29 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 55-25-0 record. Rick Middleton led the team with 92 points (40 goals, 52 assists) in 80 games. Gerry Cheevers played the most games in goal (42).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Bourque 🇨🇦 D 19 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 17 | 48 | 65 | 0.81 | 3 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 73 | — |
| 2 | Dick Redmond 🇨🇦 D 30 | 76 | 🔥 1 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 0.62 | 6 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 3 | Rick Smith 🇨🇦 D 31 | 78 | 🧊 2 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 0.33 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 4 | Mike Milbury 🇺🇸 D 27 | 72 | 🧊 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0.32 | 1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 59 | — |
| 5 | Brad Park 🇨🇦 D 31 | 32 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.66 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — |
| 6 | Brad McCrimmon 🇨🇦 D 21 | 72 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.22 | 1 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 94 | — |
| 7 | Gary Doak 🇨🇦 D 34 | 54 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.09 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 8 | Dennis O'Brien 🇨🇦 D 30 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 8 skaters | 80 | 59 | 144 | 203 | 2.54 | 13 | 724 | 0 | 0 | 401 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ▲ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerry Cheevers 🇨🇦 G 39 | 42 | 28 | 2.76 | 0.000 | 0 | 116 | 58:54 | |
| 2 | Gilles Gilbert 🇨🇦 G 31 | 33 | 23 | 2.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 88 | 58:30 | |
| 3 | James Stewart Jr 🇺🇸 G 22 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 5 | 20:00 | |
| 4 | Marco Baron 🇨🇦 G 20 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 40:00 | |
| 5 | Yves Belanger 🇨🇦 G 27 | 8 | 5 | 2.38 | 0.000 | 0 | 19 | 40:56 |
86% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on United States: 14% of its players, against 10% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 92% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 25 |
|
+2 | 745 (92%) | Middleton, McNab, Ratelle, Bourque +21 |
| United States | 4 |
|
+4 | 68 (8%) | Miller, Milbury, Songin, Stewart Jr |
Rick Middleton led the Boston Bruins in scoring in 1979-80 with 92 points — 40 goals and 52 assists in 80 games. Next came Peter McNab (78) and Jean Ratelle (73).
Peter McNab scored 40 goals for the Boston Bruins in 1979-80, 11 of them on the power play.
The Boston Bruins dressed 29 players in 1979-80: 24 skaters and 5 goalies. Together the skaters scored 310 goals.
Gerry Cheevers played the most games in goal for the Boston Bruins in 1979-80: 42 games, 28 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.76 goals against average. Gilles Gilbert was the backup, in 33 games.
The average age was 27.5 years. Ray Bourque was the youngest at 19, and Jean Ratelle the oldest at 39.
The Boston Bruins used 29 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 25 in Canada and 4 in the United States. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 86% on this roster.