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1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins

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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

1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games

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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Skaters Regular Season

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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

Goalies Regular Season

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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

Skaters Playoffs

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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

Goalies Playoffs

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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