1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins Roster and Statistics

Record: 36-31-13 (85 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Johnny Wilson (36-31-13)

Primary Arena: Pittsburgh Civic Arena

Goals For: 281 (7th of 17), Goals Against: 279 (8th of 17)
SRS: 0.04 (10th of 17), SOS: 0.02 (6th of 17)

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

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	36	31	13	85	.531	281	279	0.05	0.02	3.51	3.49	56	261	21.46	57	250	77.20	7	4	2585	10.9	2470	.887		2
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Pittsburgh Penguins
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
7	Russ Anderson	us US	D	23	6-3	210	L/-	2	February 12, 1955
14	Wayne Bianchin	ca CA	LW	25	5-10	180	L/-	5	September 6, 1953
2	Tom Bladon	ca CA	D	26	6-1	195	R/-	6	December 29, 1952
6	Colin Campbell	ca CA	D	26	6-1	201	L/-	4	January 28, 1953
25	Randy Carlyle	ca CA	D	22	5-10	200	L/-	2	April 19, 1956
9	Blair Chapman	ca CA	RW	22	6-1	190	R/-	2	June 13, 1956
27	Jacques Cossette	ca CA	RW	24	5-9	185	R/-	2	June 20, 1954
16	Kim Davis	ca CA	C	21	5-11	170	L/-	1	October 31, 1957
11	George Ferguson	ca CA	RW	26	6-0	195	R/-	6	August 22, 1952
13	Jim Hamilton	ca CA	LW	22	6-0	180	L/-	1	January 18, 1957
1	Denis Herron	ca CA	G	26	5-11	165	-/L	6	June 18, 1952
5	Lex Hudson	ca CA	D	23	6-3	184	L/-	R	December 31, 1955
17	Rick Kehoe	ca CA	RW	27	5-11	180	R/-	7	July 15, 1951
26	Orest Kindrachuk (C)	ca CA	C	28	5-10	175	L/-	6	September 14, 1950
30	Gord Laxton	ca CA	G	23	5-10	195	-/L	3	March 16, 1955
10	Peter Lee	gb GB	RW	23	5-9	180	R/-	1	January 2, 1956
18	Ross Lonsberry	ca CA	LW	31	5-11	195	L/-	12	February 7, 1947
20	Pete Mahovlich	ca CA	C	32	6-5	210	L/-	13	October 10, 1946
12	Greg Malone	ca CA	C	22	6-0	190	L/-	2	March 8, 1956
16	Gary McAdam	ca CA	LW	23	5-11	175	L/-	3	December 31, 1955
16	Mike Meeker	ca CA	RW	20	5-11	195	R/-	R	February 23, 1958
29	Greg Millen	ca CA	G	21	5-9	175	-/R	R	June 25, 1957
24	Bob Paradise	us US	D	34	6-1	205	L/-	7	April 22, 1944
28	Tom Price	ca CA	D	24	6-1	190	L/-	4	July 12, 1954
8	Dave Schultz	ca CA	RW	29	6-1	190	L/-	7	October 14, 1949
23	Rod Schutt	ca CA	LW	22	5-10	185	L/-	1	October 13, 1956
19	Gregg Sheppard	ca CA	C	29	5-8	170	L/-	6	April 23, 1949
22	Brian Spencer	ca CA	LW	29	5-11	185	L/-	9	September 3, 1949
3	Ron Stackhouse	ca CA	D	29	6-3	210	R/-	8	August 26, 1949
4	Dale Tallon	ca CA	D	28	6-1	195	L/-	8	October 19, 1950

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Greg Malone	22	C	80	35	30	65	6	52	27	8	0	5	29	1	0	198	17.7			4.8	1.2	6.1
2	Orest Kindrachuk	28	C	79	18	42	60	3	84	13	4	1	0	31	11	0	145	12.4			3.1	1.1	4.2
3	Peter Lee	23	RW	80	32	26	58	-13	24	22	10	0	7	19	7	0	219	14.6			4.0	0.7	4.7
4	Pete Mahovlich	32	C	60	14	39	53	-11	39	9	5	0	0	28	11	0	153	9.2			3.0	0.5	3.5
5	George Ferguson	26	RW	80	21	29	50	10	37	18	0	3	2	28	0	1	201	10.4			2.5	1.4	3.8
6	Randy Carlyle	22	D	70	13	34	47	4	78	9	3	1	3	18	16	0	208	6.3			3.3	4.0	7.3
7	Ross Lonsberry	31	LW	80	24	22	46	7	38	20	4	0	1	18	4	0	179	13.4			2.4	1.3	3.7
8	Rick Kehoe	27	RW	57	27	18	45	14	2	20	7	0	3	13	5	0	165	16.4			3.5	1.2	4.7
9	Rod Schutt	22	LW	74	24	21	45	-9	33	21	3	0	2	15	6	0	181	13.3			2.6	0.7	3.3
10	Ron Stackhouse	29	D	75	10	33	43	21	54	6	3	1	1	22	11	0	173	5.8			2.7	5.3	7.9
11	Gregg Sheppard	29	C	60	15	22	37	8	9	11	3	1	2	13	8	1	134	11.2			1.8	1.0	2.8
12	Dale Tallon	28	D	63	5	24	29	-14	35	3	2	0	3	16	7	1	91	5.5			1.4	2.6	4.0
13	Tom Bladon	26	D	78	4	23	27	-17	64	3	1	0	0	14	9	0	135	3.0			0.8	3.2	4.0
14	Colin Campbell*	26	D	65	2	18	20	14	137	2	0	0	1	17	1	0	52	3.8			0.4	4.3	4.7
15	Blair Chapman	22	RW	71	10	8	18	-12	18	9	1	0	0	6	2	0	96	10.4			-0.6	0.6	0.0
16	Russ Anderson	23	D	72	3	13	16	0	93	3	0	0	0	13	0	0	48	6.3			0.0	3.9	3.9
17	Gary McAdam	23	LW	28	5	9	14	4	2	5	0	0	1	8	1	0	52	9.6			0.4	0.5	0.9
18	Dave Schultz	29	RW	47	4	9	13	-2	155	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	50	8.0			-0.6	0.6	0.0
19	Wayne Bianchin	25	LW	40	7	4	11	-2	20	6	1	0	3	3	1	0	57	12.3			-0.2	0.5	0.3
20	Jacques Cossette	24	RW	38	7	2	9	2	16	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	35	20.0			-0.3	0.6	0.3
21	Denis Herron	26	G	56	0	2	2	0	18				0	2			0		3203	57:11	0.0	0.0	9.1
22	Kim Davis	21	C	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0			0.1	0.0	0.1
23	Bob Paradise	34	D	14	0	1	1	-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0			-0.2	0.5	0.3
24	Jim Hamilton	22	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
25	Lex Hudson	23	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
26	Gord Laxton	23	G	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		60	60:00	0.0	0.0	-0.2
27	Mike Meeker	20	RW	4	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.1
28	Greg Millen	21	G	28	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		1529	54:36	0.0	0.0	4.4
29	Tom Price	24	D	2	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	-0.1
30	Brian Spencer	29	LW	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.3	0.1	-0.2
	Team Total			80	281	429	710	6	1021	218	56	7	36	325	101	3	2585	10.9			34.2	35.9	83.3

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Denis Herron	26	56		22	19	12	180	1667	1487	.892	3.37	0	3203				92	15.8	2.94	9.1
2	Greg Millen	21	28		14	11	1	86	771	685	.888	3.38	2	1529				95	4.5	2.94	4.4
3	Gord Laxton	23	1		0	1	0	8	27	19	.704	8.00	0	60						7.00	-0.2
	Team Total				36	31	13	274	2465	2191	.889	3.43	2	4792				95	15.5	2.99	13.3