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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

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 11, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 3 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Oct 12, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L 2 8 0 2 0 L 2
3 Sat, Oct 14, 1978 Boston Bruins T 4 4 0 2 1 T 1
4 Wed, Oct 18, 1978 New York Islanders L 3 5 0 3 1 L 1
5 Thu, Oct 19, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 0 4 1 L 2
6 Sat, Oct 21, 1978 Washington Capitals W 5 1 1 4 1 W 1
7 Wed, Oct 25, 1978 St. Louis Blues T 6 6 1 4 2 T 1
8 Sat, Oct 28, 1978 Atlanta Flames L 2 4 1 5 2 L 1
9 Sun, Oct 29, 1978 @ New York Rangers L 2 3 1 6 2 L 2
10 Wed, Nov 1, 1978 @ Washington Capitals L 4 6 1 7 2 L 3
11 Fri, Nov 3, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames L 0 2 1 8 2 L 4
12 Sat, Nov 4, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 7 3 2 8 2 W 1
13 Wed, Nov 8, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 6 3 3 8 2 W 2
14 Thu, Nov 9, 1978 @ Buffalo Sabres T 4 4 3 8 3 T 1
15 Sat, Nov 11, 1978 New York Rangers L 1 2 3 9 3 L 1
16 Thu, Nov 16, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks W 6 3 4 9 3 W 1
17 Sat, Nov 18, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 1 5 9 3 W 2
18 Wed, Nov 22, 1978 Montreal Canadiens L 2 3 5 10 3 L 1
19 Thu, Nov 23, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 4 8 5 11 3 L 2
20 Sat, Nov 25, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 5 12 3 L 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sun, Nov 26, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 8 5 13 3 L 4
22 Wed, Nov 29, 1978 Washington Capitals W 5 3 6 13 3 W 1
23 Fri, Dec 1, 1978 @ Washington Capitals W 7 4 7 13 3 W 2
24 Sat, Dec 2, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 2 8 13 3 W 3
25 Tue, Dec 5, 1978 @ New York Islanders T 3 3 8 13 4 T 1
26 Wed, Dec 6, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 4 9 13 4 W 1
27 Fri, Dec 8, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens T 3 3 9 13 5 T 1
28 Sat, Dec 9, 1978 Buffalo Sabres T 4 4 9 13 6 T 2
29 Wed, Dec 13, 1978 St. Louis Blues W 3 0 10 13 6 W 1
30 Thu, Dec 14, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 2 10 14 6 L 1
31 Sat, Dec 16, 1978 Vancouver Canucks W 6 5 11 14 6 W 1
32 Sun, Dec 17, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 11 14 7 T 1
33 Thu, Dec 21, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings W 4 1 12 14 7 W 1
34 Sat, Dec 23, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars L 3 5 12 15 7 L 1
35 Wed, Dec 27, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 5 2 13 15 7 W 1
36 Sat, Dec 30, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 3 1 14 15 7 W 2
37 Sun, Dec 31, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 5 4 15 15 7 W 3
38 Wed, Jan 3, 1979 Vancouver Canucks L 3 5 15 16 7 L 1
39 Fri, Jan 5, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames T 3 3 15 16 8 T 1
40 Sat, Jan 6, 1979 Los Angeles Kings L 3 4 15 17 8 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 10, 1979 Montreal Canadiens W 3 2 16 17 8 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 13, 1979 Boston Bruins W 5 3 17 17 8 W 2
43 Sun, Jan 14, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres W 5 4 18 17 8 W 3
44 Tue, Jan 16, 1979 Minnesota North Stars W 5 0 19 17 8 W 4
45 Wed, Jan 17, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings L 1 4 19 18 8 L 1
46 Sat, Jan 20, 1979 Washington Capitals L 2 5 19 19 8 L 2
47 Wed, Jan 24, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings L 1 4 19 20 8 L 3
48 Thu, Jan 25, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies L 3 5 19 21 8 L 4
49 Sat, Jan 27, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 5 3 20 21 8 W 1
50 Wed, Jan 31, 1979 Montreal Canadiens L 1 4 20 22 8 L 1
51 Sat, Feb 3, 1979 Detroit Red Wings W 4 2 21 22 8 W 1
52 Sun, Feb 4, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings L 3 8 21 23 8 L 1
53 Thu, Feb 15, 1979 Minnesota North Stars W 6 5 22 23 8 W 1
54 Sat, Feb 17, 1979 Buffalo Sabres W 6 3 23 23 8 W 2
55 Sun, Feb 18, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 6 23 24 8 L 1
56 Wed, Feb 21, 1979 Montreal Canadiens W 3 1 24 24 8 W 1
57 Thu, Feb 22, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 0 12 24 25 8 L 1
58 Sat, Feb 24, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 1 25 25 8 W 1
59 Sun, Feb 25, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 2 2 25 25 9 T 1
60 Wed, Feb 28, 1979 Colorado Rockies W 5 3 26 25 9 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Mar 3, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues L 4 8 26 26 9 L 1
62 Sun, Mar 4, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies W 7 2 27 26 9 W 1
63 Wed, Mar 7, 1979 Los Angeles Kings L 0 4 27 27 9 L 1
64 Sat, Mar 10, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers W 3 2 28 27 9 W 1
65 Sun, Mar 11, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 0 4 28 28 9 L 1
66 Tue, Mar 13, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks W 9 3 29 28 9 W 1
67 Wed, Mar 14, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings T 3 3 29 28 10 T 1
68 Sat, Mar 17, 1979 @ Washington Capitals W 5 2 30 28 10 W 1
69 Sun, Mar 18, 1979 @ New York Rangers W 5 1 31 28 10 W 2
70 Wed, Mar 21, 1979 Washington Capitals T 2 2 31 28 11 T 1
71 Thu, Mar 22, 1979 @ Boston Bruins W 3 1 32 28 11 W 1
72 Sat, Mar 24, 1979 @ New York Islanders T 3 3 32 28 12 T 1
73 Sun, Mar 25, 1979 New York Islanders T 2 2 32 28 13 T 2
74 Tue, Mar 27, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 1 33 28 13 W 1
75 Wed, Mar 28, 1979 New York Rangers W 7 1 34 28 13 W 2
76 Sat, Mar 31, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 5 34 29 13 L 1
77 Sun, Apr 1, 1979 Atlanta Flames L 2 7 34 30 13 L 2
78 Tue, Apr 3, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues W 3 2 35 30 13 W 1
79 Sat, Apr 7, 1979 Detroit Red Wings W 4 3 36 30 13 W 2
80 Sun, Apr 8, 1979 @ Washington Capitals L 2 5 36 31 13 L 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 10, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres W 4 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 12, 1979 Buffalo Sabres L 1 3 1 1 0 L 1
3 Sat, Apr 14, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres W OT 4 3 2 1 0 W 1
4 Mon, Apr 16, 1979 @ Boston Bruins L 2 6 2 2 0 L 1
5 Wed, Apr 18, 1979 @ Boston Bruins L 3 4 2 3 0 L 2
6 Sat, Apr 21, 1979 Boston Bruins L 1 2 2 4 0 L 3
7 Sun, Apr 22, 1979 Boston Bruins L 1 4 2 5 0 L 4