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Pittsburgh Penguins, 1978-79

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Norris Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
8 80 36-31-13 85 0.531 281 279 +2 23-12-5 13-19-8

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Buffalo Sabres Won 2-1
Quarterfinals Boston Bruins Lost 0-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Greg Malone C 80 35 30 65 6 52 198 0
Orest Kindrachuk C 79 18 42 60 3 84 145 0
Peter Lee R 80 32 26 58 -13 24 219 0
Peter Mahovlich C 60 14 39 53 -11 39 153 0
George Ferguson C 80 21 29 50 10 37 201 0
Randy Carlyle D 70 13 34 47 4 78 208 0
Ross Lonsberry L 80 24 22 46 7 38 179 0
Rick Kehoe R 59 27 18 45 14 2 165 0
Rod Schutt L 74 24 21 45 -9 33 181 0
Ron Stackhouse D 75 10 33 43 21 54 173 0
Gregg Sheppard C 60 15 22 37 8 9 134 0
Dale Tallon D 63 5 24 29 -14 35 91 0
Tom Bladon D 78 4 23 27 -17 64 135 0
Colin Campbell D 65 2 18 20 14 137 52 0
Blair Chapman R 76 10 8 18 -12 18 96 0
Russ Anderson D 72 3 13 16 0 93 48 0
Gary McAdam R 28 5 9 14 4 2 52 0
Dave Schultz L 49 4 9 13 -2 155 50 0
Wayne Bianchin R 41 7 4 11 -2 20 57 0
Jacques Cossette R 44 7 2 9 2 16 35 0
Bob Paradise D 23 0 1 1 -4 4 4 0
Kim Davis C 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Brian Spencer L 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jim Hamilton R 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Lex Hudson D 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Meeker R 4 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0
Thomas Price D 3 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Denis Herron 56 22191200 1667 1487 180 3.37 0.892
Greg Millen 28 1411102 771 685 86 3.38 0.888
Gordon Laxton 1 01000 27 19 8 8.00 0.704

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 1979 @ WSH L 2-5 19 26
Apr 7, 1979 vs DET W 4-3 24 35
Apr 3, 1979 @ STL W 3-2 24 34
Apr 1, 1979 vs AFM L 2-7 29 37
Mar 31, 1979 @ MTL L 3-5 32 31
Mar 28, 1979 vs NYR W 7-1 42 29
Mar 27, 1979 @ MNS W 5-1 23 38
Mar 25, 1979 vs NYI T 2-2 32 27
Mar 24, 1979 @ NYI T 3-3 27 24
Mar 22, 1979 @ BOS W 3-1 27 22
Mar 21, 1979 vs WSH T 2-2 29 37
Mar 18, 1979 @ NYR W 5-1 29 29
Mar 17, 1979 @ WSH W 5-2 23 31
Mar 14, 1979 @ LAK T 3-3 19 31
Mar 13, 1979 @ VAN W 9-3 40 26
Mar 11, 1979 @ TOR L 0-4 39 36
Mar 10, 1979 vs PHI W 3-2 37 38
Mar 7, 1979 vs LAK L 0-4 26 29
Mar 4, 1979 @ CLR W 7-2 41 23
Mar 3, 1979 @ STL L 4-8 27 42
Feb 28, 1979 vs CLR W 5-3 27 17
Feb 25, 1979 @ CHI T 2-2 49 37
Feb 24, 1979 vs CHI W 5-1 47 20
Feb 22, 1979 @ MTL L 0-12 25 37
Feb 21, 1979 vs MTL W 3-1 33 36
Feb 18, 1979 @ DET L 2-6 28 28
Feb 17, 1979 vs BUF W 6-3 32 41
Feb 15, 1979 vs MNS W 6-5 38 38
Feb 4, 1979 @ DET L 3-8 21 27
Feb 3, 1979 vs DET W 4-2 28 30
Jan 31, 1979 vs MTL L 1-4 24 31
Jan 27, 1979 vs LAK W 5-3 35 31
Jan 25, 1979 @ CLR L 3-5 21 35
Jan 24, 1979 @ LAK L 1-4 23 35
Jan 20, 1979 vs WSH L 2-5 39 36
Jan 17, 1979 @ DET L 1-4 30 33
Jan 16, 1979 vs MNS W 5-0 43 25
Jan 14, 1979 @ BUF W 5-4 23 30
Jan 13, 1979 vs BOS W 5-3 36 28
Jan 10, 1979 vs MTL W 3-2 21 31
Jan 6, 1979 vs LAK L 3-4 46 24
Jan 5, 1979 @ AFM T 3-3 26 20
Jan 3, 1979 vs VAN L 3-5 51 26
Dec 31, 1978 @ DET W 5-4 32 23
Dec 30, 1978 vs DET W 3-1 34 28
Dec 27, 1978 vs LAK W 5-2 34 33
Dec 23, 1978 @ MNS L 3-5 29 27
Dec 21, 1978 @ LAK W 4-1 37 29
Dec 17, 1978 @ CHI T 3-3 31 35
Dec 16, 1978 vs VAN W 6-5 40 30
Dec 14, 1978 @ PHI L 1-2 25 33
Dec 13, 1978 vs STL W 3-0 35 33
Dec 9, 1978 vs BUF T 4-4 34 37
Dec 8, 1978 @ MTL T 3-3 25 30
Dec 6, 1978 vs TOR W 6-4 23 37
Dec 5, 1978 @ NYI T 3-3 28 45
Dec 2, 1978 vs CHI W 5-2 39 25
Dec 1, 1978 @ WSH W 7-4 31 28
Nov 29, 1978 vs WSH W 5-3 52 36
Nov 26, 1978 @ TOR L 2-8 33 32
Nov 25, 1978 vs PHI L 1-3 26 30
Nov 23, 1978 @ MTL L 4-8 31 26
Nov 22, 1978 vs MTL L 2-3 30 40
Nov 18, 1978 @ LAK W 3-1 41 23
Nov 16, 1978 @ VAN W 6-3 30 29
Nov 11, 1978 vs NYR L 1-2 47 33
Nov 9, 1978 @ BUF T 4-4 36 34
Nov 8, 1978 vs CLR W 6-3 39 35
Nov 4, 1978 vs DET W 7-3 45 31
Nov 3, 1978 @ AFM L 0-2 25 20
Nov 1, 1978 @ WSH L 4-6 25 28
Oct 29, 1978 @ NYR L 2-3 28 33
Oct 28, 1978 vs AFM L 2-4 46 24
Oct 25, 1978 vs STL T 6-6 40 32
Oct 21, 1978 vs WSH W 5-1 45 38
Oct 19, 1978 @ PHI L 1-3 25 28
Oct 18, 1978 vs NYI L 3-5 38 33
Oct 14, 1978 vs BOS T 4-4 34 26
Oct 12, 1978 @ BOS L 2-8 16 38
Oct 11, 1978 vs TOR L 2-3 40 27