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1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics

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36-31-13 (85 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 281 goals, Allowed 279 goals, SRS: 0.05 (10th of 17)
Coached by Johnny Wilson (36-31-13)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-0) versus Boston Bruins
Won Preliminary Round (2-1) versus Buffalo Sabres

1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins:

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 36 31 13 85 .531 281 279 0.05 7.00 56 261 21.46 57 250 77.20 7 4
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Player Statistics

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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Greg Malone C 6-0 190 22 80 35 30 65 6 52 27 8 0 5 198 17.7 94 13 87 12
2 Orest Kindrachuk C 5-10 175 28 79 18 42 60 3 84 13 4 1 0 145 12.4 87 26 81 23
3 Peter Lee RW 5-9 180 23 80 32 26 58 -13 24 22 10 0 7 219 14.6 85 24 75 1
4 Pete Mahovlich C 6-5 210 32 60 14 39 53 -11 39 9 5 0 0 153 9.2 69 17 65 2
5 George Ferguson C 6-0 195 26 80 21 29 50 10 37 18 0 3 2 201 10.4 74 1 94 31
6 Randy Carlyle D 5-10 200 22 70 13 34 47 4 78 9 3 1 3 208 6.3 116 32 99 19
7 Ross Lonsberry LW 5-11 195 31 80 24 22 46 7 38 20 4 0 1 179 13.4 86 20 72 13
8 Rick Kehoe RW 5-11 180 27 57 27 18 45 14 2 20 7 0 3 165 16.4 73 24 36 1
9 Rod Schutt LW 5-10 185 22 74 24 21 45 -9 33 21 3 0 2 181 13.3 74 21 63 1
10 Ron Stackhouse D 6-3 210 29 75 10 33 43 21 54 6 3 1 1 173 5.8 123 25 99 22
11 Gregg Sheppard C 5-8 170 29 60 15 22 37 8 9 11 3 1 2 134 11.2 64 18 65 27
12 Dale Tallon D 6-1 195 28 63 5 24 29 -15 35 3 2 0 3 91 5.5 83 18 101 21
13 Tom Bladon D 6-1 195 26 78 4 23 27 -17 64 3 1 0 0 135 3.0 105 23 124 25
14 Colin Campbell D 5-9 190 26 65 2 18 20 14 137 2 0 0 1 52 3.8 58 1 52 9
15 Blair Chapman RW 6-1 190 22 71 10 8 18 -12 18 9 1 0 0 96 10.4 35 4 45 2
16 Russ Anderson D 6-3 210 23 72 3 13 16 1 93 3 0 0 0 48 6.3 52 0 64 13
17 Gary McAdam LW 5-11 175 23 28 5 9 14 4 2 5 0 0 1 52 9.6 28 1 23 0
18 Dave Schultz LW 6-1 190 29 47 4 9 13 -2 157 4 0 0 0 50 8.0 24 0 27 1
19 Wayne Bianchin LW 5-10 180 25 40 7 4 11 -2 20 6 1 0 3 57 12.3 24 5 21 0
20 Jacques Cossette RW 5-9 185 24 38 7 2 9 -1 16 6 1 0 1 35 20.0 19 3 17 0
21 Denis Herron G 5-11 165 26 56 0 2 2 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
22 Kim Davis C 5-11 170 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100.0 1 0 1 0
23 Bob Paradise D 6-1 205 34 14 0 1 1 -4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 9 0 13 0
24 Jim Hamilton RW 6-0 180 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 1 0 1 0
25 Lex Hudson D 6-3 184 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 2 0 4 2
26 Gord Laxton G 5-10 195 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Mike Meeker RW 5-11 195 20 4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 1 0
28 Greg Millen G 5-9 175 21 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Tom Price D 6-1 190 24 2 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 Brian Spencer LW 5-11 185 29 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 281 429 710 3 1023 218 56 7 36 2585 10.9 1386 276 1332 225

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Denis Herron G 5-11 165 26 56 3208 22 19 12 180 3.37 0
2 Greg Millen G 5-9 175 21 28 1532 14 11 1 86 3.37 2
3 Gord Laxton G 5-10 195 23 1 60 0 1 0 8 8.00 0
Team Total 80 4800 36 31 13 274 3.42 2

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Orest Kindrachuk C 5-10 175 28 7 4 1 5 7 4 0 0 1
2 Colin Campbell D 5-9 190 26 7 1 4 5 30 1 0 0 0
3 Tom Bladon D 6-1 195 26 7 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0
4 Jim Hamilton RW 6-0 180 22 5 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0
5 George Ferguson C 6-0 195 26 7 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 1
6 Gary McAdam LW 5-11 175 23 7 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0
7 Gregg Sheppard C 5-8 170 29 7 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
8 Peter Lee RW 5-9 180 23 7 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rod Schutt LW 5-10 185 22 7 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0
10 Rick Kehoe RW 5-11 180 27 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ross Lonsberry LW 5-11 195 31 7 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 0
12 Blair Chapman RW 6-1 190 22 7 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
13 Jacques Cossette RW 5-9 185 24 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
14 Pete Mahovlich C 6-5 210 32 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Greg Malone C 6-0 190 22 7 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
16 Russ Anderson D 6-3 210 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Randy Carlyle D 5-10 200 22 7 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
18 Denis Herron G 5-11 165 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Lex Hudson D 6-3 184 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bob Paradise D 6-1 205 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Ron Stackhouse D 6-3 210 29 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Team Total 7 16 23 39 84 14 2 0 2

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Denis Herron G 5-11 165 26 7 421 2 5 24 3.42 0
Team Total 7 421 2 5 24 3.42 0