1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins Team Gamelog

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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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
							Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1978-10-11		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	3	L	40	25	0		0	27	23	0		0
2	1978-10-12	@	Boston Bruins	2	8	L	16	6	1		0	38	6	2		1
3	1978-10-14		Boston Bruins	4	4	T	34	9	1		0	26	13	1		0
4	1978-10-18		New York Islanders	3	5	L	38	4	0		0	33	2	1		0
5	1978-10-19	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	3	L	25	15	1		0	28	17	1		0
6	1978-10-21		Washington Capitals	5	1	W	45	31	3		0	38	29	0		0
7	1978-10-25		St. Louis Blues	6	6	T	40	8	1		0	32	6	2		0
8	1978-10-28		Atlanta Flames	2	4	L	46	5	1		0	24	11	0		0
9	1978-10-29	@	New York Rangers	2	3	L	28	18	0		0	33	18	1		0
10	1978-11-01	@	Washington Capitals	4	6	L	25	17	1		0	28	25	0		0
11	1978-11-03	@	Atlanta Flames	0	2	L	25	15	0		0	20	17	0		0
12	1978-11-04		Detroit Red Wings	7	3	W	45	2	2		0	31	8	1		0
13	1978-11-08		Colorado Rockies	6	3	W	39	19	1		0	35	18	0		0
14	1978-11-09	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	4	T	36	4	0		0	34	2	1		1
15	1978-11-11		New York Rangers	1	2	L	47	13	1		0	33	15	0		0
16	1978-11-16	@	Vancouver Canucks	6	3	W	30	17	1		1	29	27	0		0
17	1978-11-18	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	1	W	41	12	0		0	23	8	1		0
18	1978-11-22		Montreal Canadiens	2	3	L	30	6	0		0	40	4	0		0
19	1978-11-23	@	Montreal Canadiens	4	8	L	31	2	0		0	26	4	1		0
20	1978-11-25		Philadelphia Flyers	1	3	L	26	36	1		0	30	42	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1978-11-26	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	8	L	33	4	0		0	32	10	0		0
22	1978-11-29		Washington Capitals	5	3	W	52	27	2		0	36	23	2		0
23	1978-12-01	@	Washington Capitals	7	4	W	31	45	1		0	28	41	0		0
24	1978-12-02		Chicago Black Hawks	5	2	W	39	6	2		0	25	6	0		0
25	1978-12-05	@	New York Islanders	3	3	T	28	8	0		0	45	6	1		0
26	1978-12-06		Toronto Maple Leafs	6	4	W	23	8	1		0	37	19	1		0
27	1978-12-08	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	3	T	25	4	2		0	30	6	1		0
28	1978-12-09		Buffalo Sabres	4	4	T	34	8	0		0	37	10	1		0
29	1978-12-13		St. Louis Blues	3	0	W	35	11	0		0	33	11	0		0
30	1978-12-14	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	2	L	25	4	0		1	33	2	0		0
31	1978-12-16		Vancouver Canucks	6	5	W	40	14	1		1	30	16	1		0
32	1978-12-17	@	Chicago Black Hawks	3	3	T	31	15	2		0	35	9	1		0
33	1978-12-21	@	Los Angeles Kings	4	1	W	37	14	0		0	29	14	1		0
34	1978-12-23	@	Minnesota North Stars	3	5	L	29	4	0		0	27	0	0		0
35	1978-12-27		Los Angeles Kings	5	2	W	34	15	0		0	33	15	1		0
36	1978-12-30		Detroit Red Wings	3	1	W	34	6	1		0	28	10	0		0
37	1978-12-31	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	4	W	32	11	0		0	23	9	1		0
38	1979-01-03		Vancouver Canucks	3	5	L	51	20	1		1	26	16	1		0
39	1979-01-05	@	Atlanta Flames	3	3	T	26	4	0		0	20	4	0		0
40	1979-01-06		Los Angeles Kings	3	4	L	46	12	1		0	24	14	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1979-01-10		Montreal Canadiens	3	2	W	21	8	0		0	31	6	0		0
42	1979-01-13		Boston Bruins	5	3	W	36	4	1		0	28	2	0		0
43	1979-01-14	@	Buffalo Sabres	5	4	W	23	11	0		0	30	5	0		0
44	1979-01-16		Minnesota North Stars	5	0	W	43	11	1		0	25	15	0		0
45	1979-01-17	@	Detroit Red Wings	1	4	L	30	13	0		0	33	13	0		0
46	1979-01-20		Washington Capitals	2	5	L	39	25	2		0	36	12	1		0
47	1979-01-24	@	Los Angeles Kings	1	4	L	23	12	0		0	35	10	2		0
48	1979-01-25	@	Colorado Rockies	3	5	L	22	20	1		0	35	16	3		0
49	1979-01-27		Los Angeles Kings	5	3	W	35	38	2		0	31	36	3		0
50	1979-01-31		Montreal Canadiens	1	4	L	24	6	0		0	31	6	2		0
51	1979-02-03		Detroit Red Wings	4	2	W	28	22	1		0	30	24	1		0
52	1979-02-04	@	Detroit Red Wings	3	8	L	21	51	0		0	27	50	3		0
53	1979-02-15		Minnesota North Stars	6	5	W	38	4	0		0	38	8	1		0
54	1979-02-17		Buffalo Sabres	6	3	W	32	41	2		0	41	39	0		0
55	1979-02-18	@	Detroit Red Wings	2	6	L	28	12	0		1	28	10	1		0
56	1979-02-21		Montreal Canadiens	3	1	W	33	10	0		0	36	16	0		1
57	1979-02-22	@	Montreal Canadiens	0	12	L	25	6	0		0	37	6	1		0
58	1979-02-24		Chicago Black Hawks	5	1	W	47	6	1		0	20	6	1		0
59	1979-02-25	@	Chicago Black Hawks	2	2	T	49	6	1		0	37	12	0		0
60	1979-02-28		Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	27	2	1		0	17	6	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1979-03-03	@	St. Louis Blues	4	8	L	27	4	1		0	42	6	0		0
62	1979-03-04	@	Colorado Rockies	7	2	W	41	8	0		0	23	4	0		0
63	1979-03-07		Los Angeles Kings	0	4	L	26	13	0		0	29	17	0		0
64	1979-03-10		Philadelphia Flyers	3	2	W	37	8	1		0	38	13	1		0
65	1979-03-11	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	4	L	39	16	0		0	36	8	0		0
66	1979-03-13	@	Vancouver Canucks	9	3	W	40	13	1		0	26	13	1		0
67	1979-03-14	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	3	T	19	8	1		0	31	2	1		0
68	1979-03-17	@	Washington Capitals	5	2	W	23	14	1		0	31	12	0		0
69	1979-03-18	@	New York Rangers	5	1	W	29	14	3		0	29	18	1		0
70	1979-03-21		Washington Capitals	2	2	T	29	12	0		0	37	8	1		0
71	1979-03-22	@	Boston Bruins	3	1	W	27	4	1		0	22	4	1		0
72	1979-03-24	@	New York Islanders	3	3	T	27	8	1		0	24	6	2		0
73	1979-03-25		New York Islanders	2	2	T	32	11	0		0	27	15	1		0
74	1979-03-27	@	Minnesota North Stars	5	1	W	23	17	0		1	38	13	1		0
75	1979-03-28		New York Rangers	7	1	W	42	11	0		1	29	17	0		0
76	1979-03-31	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	5	L	32	4	0		0	31	6	0		0
77	1979-04-01		Atlanta Flames	2	7	L	29	4	1		0	37	12	0		1
78	1979-04-03	@	St. Louis Blues	3	2	W	24	10	0		0	34	4	0		0
79	1979-04-07		Detroit Red Wings	4	3	W	24	26	2		0	35	32	0		0
80	1979-04-08	@	Washington Capitals	2	5	L	19	4	1		0	26	8	2		0

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1979-04-10	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	3	W		22	8	0		0	31	6	0		0
2	1979-04-12		Buffalo Sabres	1	3	L		31	13	0		0	30	21	0		0
3	1979-04-14	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	3	W	OT	24	10	0		0	41	14	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
4	1979-04-16	@	Boston Bruins	2	6	L		21	23	1		0	33	27	1		1
5	1979-04-18	@	Boston Bruins	3	4	L		27	13	1		0	25	13	1		0
6	1979-04-21		Boston Bruins	1	2	L		24	11	0		0	31	9	1		0
7	1979-04-22		Boston Bruins	1	4	L		25	6	0		0	31	12	0		0

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