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1979-80 Pittsburgh Penguins

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30-37-13 (73 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 251 goals, Allowed 303 goals, SRS: -0.62 (18th of 21)
Coached by Johnny Wilson (30-37-13)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (3-2) to Boston Bruins

1979-80 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 10, 1979 Winnipeg Jets W 4 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 Hartford Whalers T 3 3 1 0 1 T 1
3 Sun, Oct 14, 1979 @ Boston Bruins W 4 1 2 0 1 W 1
4 Wed, Oct 17, 1979 Los Angeles Kings L 4 5 2 1 1 L 1
5 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 Washington Capitals W 5 1 3 1 1 W 1
6 Sun, Oct 21, 1979 @ New York Rangers L 3 6 3 2 1 L 1
7 Wed, Oct 24, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 7 3 3 1 L 2
8 Thu, Oct 25, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 5 8 3 4 1 L 3
9 Wed, Oct 31, 1979 Colorado Rockies W 4 2 4 4 1 W 1
10 Sat, Nov 3, 1979 Atlanta Flames T 3 3 4 4 2 T 1
11 Wed, Nov 7, 1979 Montreal Canadiens T 3 3 4 4 3 T 2
12 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 Boston Bruins L 1 6 4 5 3 L 1
13 Sun, Nov 11, 1979 @ New York Rangers W 4 1 5 5 3 W 1
14 Thu, Nov 15, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings T 3 3 5 5 4 T 1
15 Fri, Nov 16, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks L 2 5 5 6 4 L 1
16 Sun, Nov 18, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets W 3 2 6 6 4 W 1
17 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 St. Louis Blues W 5 2 7 6 4 W 2
18 Fri, Nov 23, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames L 1 4 7 7 4 L 1
19 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 New York Rangers W 5 3 8 7 4 W 1
20 Wed, Nov 28, 1979 Quebec Nordiques W 7 2 9 7 4 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Fri, Nov 30, 1979 @ Hartford Whalers L 5 7 9 8 4 L 1
22 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 Colorado Rockies W 5 4 10 8 4 W 1
23 Wed, Dec 5, 1979 Vancouver Canucks T 3 3 10 8 5 T 1
24 Fri, Dec 7, 1979 @ Washington Capitals W 5 3 11 8 5 W 1
25 Sat, Dec 8, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 11 8 6 T 1
26 Tue, Dec 11, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues T 3 3 11 8 7 T 2
27 Wed, Dec 12, 1979 New York Islanders T 3 3 11 8 8 T 3
28 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 @ New York Islanders T 3 3 11 8 9 T 4
29 Sun, Dec 16, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques L 1 4 11 9 9 L 1
30 Wed, Dec 19, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 0 0 11 9 10 T 1
31 Thu, Dec 20, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 1 1 11 9 11 T 2
32 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 New York Rangers L 3 4 11 10 11 L 1
33 Wed, Dec 26, 1979 Detroit Red Wings W 6 4 12 10 11 W 1
34 Fri, Dec 28, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames W 4 2 13 10 11 W 2
35 Sat, Dec 29, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 3 2 14 10 11 W 3
36 Mon, Dec 31, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars L 2 4 14 11 11 L 1
37 Wed, Jan 2, 1980 Montreal Canadiens W 5 3 15 11 11 W 1
38 Thu, Jan 3, 1980 @ New York Islanders W 4 3 16 11 11 W 2
39 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 Buffalo Sabres L 4 5 16 12 11 L 1
40 Mon, Jan 7, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 5 9 16 13 11 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 Vancouver Canucks W 4 2 17 13 11 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 12, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks L 2 3 17 14 11 L 1
43 Wed, Jan 16, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 4 18 14 11 W 1
44 Thu, Jan 17, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers L 1 7 18 15 11 L 1
45 Sat, Jan 19, 1980 Edmonton Oilers L 2 5 18 16 11 L 2
46 Wed, Jan 23, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 4 18 17 11 L 3
47 Thu, Jan 24, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies L 1 4 18 18 11 L 4
48 Sat, Jan 26, 1980 Boston Bruins L 4 6 18 19 11 L 5
49 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 @ Boston Bruins W 5 3 19 19 11 W 1
50 Wed, Jan 30, 1980 St. Louis Blues L 3 4 19 20 11 L 1
51 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings L 3 4 19 21 11 L 2
52 Sat, Feb 2, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers L 0 4 19 22 11 L 3
53 Thu, Feb 7, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres L 0 9 19 23 11 L 4
54 Sat, Feb 9, 1980 Minnesota North Stars L 2 5 19 24 11 L 5
55 Sun, Feb 10, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 2 3 19 25 11 L 6
56 Wed, Feb 13, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 20 25 11 W 1
57 Sat, Feb 16, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 8 20 26 11 L 1
58 Sun, Feb 17, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 5 6 20 27 11 L 2
59 Wed, Feb 20, 1980 Detroit Red Wings W 7 5 21 27 11 W 1
60 Sat, Feb 23, 1980 Quebec Nordiques W 2 1 22 27 11 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 24, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques L 0 2 22 28 11 L 1
62 Wed, Feb 27, 1980 Winnipeg Jets W 3 2 23 28 11 W 1
63 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 New York Islanders T 0 0 23 28 12 T 1
64 Mon, Mar 3, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues L 1 5 23 29 12 L 1
65 Wed, Mar 5, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs L 3 5 23 30 12 L 2
66 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 Edmonton Oilers W 5 4 24 30 12 W 1
67 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 6 24 31 12 L 1
68 Tue, Mar 11, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers L 3 4 24 32 12 L 2
69 Wed, Mar 12, 1980 Los Angeles Kings W 4 2 25 32 12 W 1
70 Sat, Mar 15, 1980 Minnesota North Stars W 5 2 26 32 12 W 2
71 Tue, Mar 18, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars L 3 4 26 33 12 L 1
72 Fri, Mar 21, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 9 26 34 12 L 2
73 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 @ Winnipeg Jets W 4 2 27 34 12 W 1
74 Tue, Mar 25, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks W 4 2 28 34 12 W 2
75 Thu, Mar 27, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings T 2 2 28 34 13 T 1
76 Fri, Mar 28, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies L 0 5 28 35 13 L 1
77 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 Washington Capitals W 4 0 29 35 13 W 1
78 Tue, Apr 1, 1980 @ Washington Capitals L 2 6 29 36 13 L 1
79 Wed, Apr 2, 1980 Hartford Whalers W 6 4 30 36 13 W 1
80 Sat, Apr 5, 1980 Buffalo Sabres L 1 9 30 37 13 L 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 8, 1980 @ Boston Bruins W 4 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 10, 1980 @ Boston Bruins L 1 4 1 1 0 L 1
3 Sat, Apr 12, 1980 Boston Bruins W 4 1 2 1 0 W 1
4 Sun, Apr 13, 1980 Boston Bruins L 3 8 2 2 0 L 1
5 Mon, Apr 14, 1980 @ Boston Bruins L 2 6 2 3 0 L 2