1979–80 Boston Bruins season
The 1979–80 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 56th season. In the first round of the NHL Draft, the Bruins drafted Ray Bourque. The Bruins had two coaches during the season. Fred Creighton had a record of 40 wins, 20 losses and 13 ties, while Harry Sinden had 6 wins and 1 loss.Offseason
was fired after the 1978–79 season. Fred Creighton, former coach of the Atlanta Flames was brought in to coach the Bruins.Regular season
General Manager Harry Sinden fired Coach Creighton with 15 days to go in the regular season despite the Bruins' winning record with Creighton. Sinden, who had coached before, took over coaching duties as well.Divisional standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 80 | 40 | 52 | 92 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| C | 74 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| C | 67 | 28 | 45 | 73 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 80 | 17 | 48 | 65 | 73 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| RW | 71 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 265 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| D | 76 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 39 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| C | 80 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| LW | 79 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 208 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| LW | 77 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 170 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 57 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 71 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| LW | 44 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 19 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 46 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 78 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 62 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 72 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 32 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | 69 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 110 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 72 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 94 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 32 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| RW | 20 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 52 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2479 | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 116 | 2.81 | 4 |
| 1933 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 88 | 2.73 | 1 |
| 328 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 3.48 | 0 |
| 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 0 |
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 230 | 2.87 | 5 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| RW | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 619 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 3.10 | 0 |
| Team: | 619 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 3.10 | 0 |
Awards and records
Records
Milestones
Transactions
Trades
Free agents
Claimed from waivers
Draft picks
Boston's picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft were as follows:
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 8 | Ray Bourque | Defense | | Verdun Éperviers |
| 1 | 15 | Brad McCrimmon | Defense | | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| 2 | 36 | Doug Morrison | Right Wing | | Lethbridge Broncos |
| 3 | 57 | Keith Crowder | Right Wing | | Peterborough Petes |
| 4 | 78 | Larry Melnyk | Defense | | New Westminster Bruins |
| 5 | 99 | Marco Baron | Goaltender | | Montreal Juniors |
| 6 | 120 | Mike Krushelnyski | Center | | Montreal Juniors |
Roster
Awards and records
