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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) to Boston Bruins
Won Preliminary Round (2-1) over Buffalo Sabres
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1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games
| 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 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Malone | C | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | 80 | 35 | 30 | 65 | 0.81 | 27 | 0.34 | 94 | 13 | 87 | 12 | 6 | 52 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 198 | 2.48 | 17.7 | ||
| 2 | Orest Kindrachuk | C | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | 79 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 0.76 | 23 | 0.29 | 87 | 26 | 81 | 23 | 3 | 84 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 1.84 | 12.4 | ||
| 3 | Peter Lee | RW | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | 80 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 0.73 | 25 | 0.31 | 85 | 24 | 75 | 1 | -13 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 219 | 2.74 | 14.6 | ||
| 4 | Pete Mahovlich | C | 6-5 | 210 | 32 | 60 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 0.88 | 20 | 0.33 | 69 | 17 | 65 | 2 | -11 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 2.55 | 9.2 | ||
| 5 | George Ferguson | C | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | 80 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 0.63 | 20 | 0.25 | 74 | 1 | 94 | 31 | 10 | 37 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 201 | 2.51 | 10.4 | ||
| 6 | Randy Carlyle | D | 5-10 | 200 | 22 | 70 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 0.67 | 18 | 0.25 | 116 | 32 | 99 | 19 | 4 | 78 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 208 | 2.97 | 6.3 | ||
| 7 | Ross Lonsberry | LW | 5-11 | 195 | 31 | 80 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 0.58 | 19 | 0.24 | 86 | 20 | 72 | 13 | 7 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 179 | 2.24 | 13.4 | ||
| 8 | Rod Schutt | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 74 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 0.61 | 19 | 0.26 | 74 | 21 | 63 | 1 | -9 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 181 | 2.45 | 13.3 | ||
| 9 | Rick Kehoe | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | 57 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 0.79 | 19 | 0.34 | 73 | 24 | 36 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 165 | 2.89 | 16.4 | ||
| 10 | Ron Stackhouse | D | 6-3 | 210 | 29 | 75 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 0.57 | 16 | 0.21 | 123 | 25 | 99 | 22 | 21 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 2.31 | 5.8 | ||
| 11 | Gregg Sheppard | C | 5-8 | 170 | 29 | 60 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 0.62 | 15 | 0.25 | 64 | 18 | 65 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 2.23 | 11.2 | ||
| 12 | Dale Tallon | D | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | 63 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 0.46 | 10 | 0.16 | 83 | 18 | 101 | 21 | -15 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 1.44 | 5.5 | ||
| 13 | Tom Bladon | D | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | 78 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 0.35 | 10 | 0.12 | 105 | 23 | 124 | 25 | -17 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 1.73 | 3.0 | ||
| 14 | Colin Campbell | D | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | 65 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 0.31 | 7 | 0.11 | 58 | 1 | 52 | 9 | 14 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0.80 | 3.8 | ||
| 15 | Blair Chapman | RW | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | 71 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0.25 | 8 | 0.11 | 35 | 4 | 45 | 2 | -12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 1.35 | 10.4 | ||
| 16 | Russ Anderson | D | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | 72 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.22 | 6 | 0.08 | 52 | 0 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.67 | 6.3 | ||
| 17 | Gary McAdam | LW | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.50 | 5 | 0.19 | 28 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 1.86 | 9.6 | ||
| 18 | Dave Schultz | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | 47 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.28 | 5 | 0.11 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 1 | -2 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1.06 | 8.0 | ||
| 19 | Wayne Bianchin | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.28 | 5 | 0.12 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 0 | -2 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 1.43 | 12.3 | ||
| 20 | Jacques Cossette | RW | 5-9 | 185 | 24 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.24 | 4 | 0.11 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 0 | -1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0.92 | 20.0 | ||
| 21 | Kim Davis | C | 5-11 | 170 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 100.0 | ||
| 22 | Bob Paradise | D | 6-1 | 205 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.02 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.29 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Lex Hudson | D | 6-3 | 184 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Jim Hamilton | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Brian Spencer | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Tom Price | D | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 27 | Mike Meeker | RW | 5-11 | 195 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 281 | 429 | 710 | 8.88 | 281 | 3.51 | 281 | 56 | 279 | 57 | 3 | 1023 | 218 | 56 | 7 | 36 | 2585 | 32.31 | 10.9 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denis Herron | G | 5-11 | 165 | 26 | 56 | 3208 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 56 | .528 | 0 | 180 | 3.37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Greg Millen | G | 5-9 | 175 | 21 | 28 | 1532 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 29 | .558 | 2 | 86 | 3.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Gord Laxton | G | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 274 | 3.42 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Campbell | D | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.71 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Orest Kindrachuk | C | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.71 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Tom Bladon | D | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Jim Hamilton | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Gregg Sheppard | C | 5-8 | 170 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Peter Lee | RW | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | George Ferguson | C | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Gary McAdam | LW | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Ross Lonsberry | LW | 5-11 | 195 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Rick Kehoe | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Rod Schutt | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Jacques Cossette | RW | 5-9 | 185 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Blair Chapman | RW | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Pete Mahovlich | C | 6-5 | 210 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Greg Malone | C | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | Bob Paradise | D | 6-1 | 205 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Lex Hudson | D | 6-3 | 184 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Randy Carlyle | D | 5-10 | 200 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | Russ Anderson | D | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | Ron Stackhouse | D | 6-3 | 210 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 7 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 5.57 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denis Herron | G | 5-11 | 165 | 26 | 7 | 421 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 24 | 3.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 421 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 3.42 |