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1978–79 Boston Bruins season

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Division
  
1st Adams

1978–79 record
  
43–23–14

Assists
  
Terry O'Reilly (51)

Start date
  
1978

Captain
  
Wayne Cashman

Arena
  
Boston Garden

Goals for
  
316

Conference
  
2nd Wales

Alternate captains
  
None

Points
  
Rick Middleton (86)

Coach
  
Don Cherry

General manager
  
Harry Sinden

Goals against
  
270

The 1978–79 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 55th season.

Contents

Regular season

  • Al Secord made his NHL debut with the Bruins during the 1978–79 season.

    • Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
           Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

    Regular season

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Playoffs

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Note:

    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

    Quarter-finals

    Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston Bruins

    Boston wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

    Semi-finals

    Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

    Game seven of the Montreal-Boston Semi-final is probably one of the most memorable in the history of the NHL. About a minute and a half after Boston's Rick Middleton scored with four minutes remaining in the third period to give the Bruins a 4–3 lead, linesman John D'Amico called a bench minor for too many men on the ice against the Bruins. Montreal's Guy Lafleur scored on the ensuing powerplay, sending the game to overtime where Yvon Lambert gave the Canadiens the win and a trip to their fourth straight Stanley Cup final.

    Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3

  • The 1979 NHL Playoffs would mark the end of Don Cherry's tenure with the Bruins. Cherry, who had an uneasy relationship with Bruins General Manager Harry Sinden, was fired by the Bruins after a critical coaching mistake during a 1979 semi-final playoff series against the Canadiens. Up by a goal with less than two minutes left in the seventh game, the Bruins were penalized for having too many men on the ice. The Canadiens' Guy Lafleur scored the tying goal on the subsequent powerplay and ultimately won the game in overtime. Montreal went on to defeat the New York Rangers for their fourth straight Cup title.

    • References

    1978–79 Boston Bruins season Wikipedia
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