NHL game summary from January 3, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
Vancouver Canucks (14-22-3)	0	3	2	5
Pittsburgh Penguins (15-16-7)	2	1	0	3

1:	PIT,	Tom Bladon 3 (Rick Kehoe, Randy Carlyle), 10:37 - PP
	PIT,	Orest Kindrachuk 11 (George Ferguson), 16:38 - SH
2:	VAN,	Stan Smyl 4 (Don Lever, Lars Lindgren), 4:10 - PP
	VAN,	Ron Sedlbauer 25 (Don Kozak), 6:10
	VAN,	Don Lever 11 (Don Kozak), 6:27
	PIT,	Peter Lee 20 (Rod Schutt, Greg Malone), 6:57
3:	VAN,	Thomas Gradin 13 (Stan Smyl), 2:19
	VAN,	Don Lever 12 (Ron Sedlbauer, Thomas Gradin), 17:21

Penalties:

1:	Orest Kindrachuk, PIT [Slashing] 3:46
	Harold Snepsts, VAN [Slashing] 3:46
	Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Hooking] 6:21
	Greg Malone, PIT [Tripping] 7:24
	Stan Smyl, VAN [Interference] 10:06
	Pete Mahovlich, PIT [Holding, Roughing] 10:28
	Harold Snepsts, VAN [Roughing] 10:28
	Russ Anderson, PIT [Hooking] 15:20
	George Ferguson, PIT [Tripping] 16:54
	Pit Martin, VAN [Hooking] 19:31
2:	George Ferguson, PIT [Hooking] 3:23
	Russ Anderson, PIT [Hi-sticking] 3:36
	Harold Snepsts, VAN [Interference] 3:36
	Rod Schutt, PIT [Hooking] 11:57
	Dennis Kearns, VAN [Hooking] 13:20
3:	Bench penalty, VAN [Too many men on the ice] 10:40
	Tom Bladon, PIT [Roughing] 14:58
	Thomas Gradin, VAN [Roughing] 14:58

Penalty time: VAN: 18 minutes PIT: 20 minutes

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Lars Lindgren	3	D	0	1	1	0	1	2
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	0	0	2	1	3
Pit Martin	7	C	0	0	0	2	0	2
Rick Blight	8	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Don Lever	9	C	2	1	3	0	2	3
Stan Smyl	12	RW	1	1	2	2	0	4
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hilliard Graves	15	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	1	1	2	0	2	4
Drew Callander	20	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jere Gillis	21	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Manno	22	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Gradin	23	C	1	1	2	2	1	2
Curt Fraser	24	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Don Kozak	26	RW	0	2	2	0	2	0
Harold Snepsts	27	D	0	0	0	6	-1	1
Jack McIlhargey	29	D	0	0	0	2	3	0
Dunc Wilson	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	26
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					10	26

PIT Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Tom Bladon	2	D	1	0	1	2	-1	5
Ron Stackhouse	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Tallon	4	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Russ Anderson	7	D	0	0	0	4	0	1
Dave Schultz	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Blair Chapman	9	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Peter Lee	10	RW	1	0	1	0	-1	6
George Ferguson	11	C	0	1	1	4	0	2
Greg Malone	12	C	0	1	1	2	-1	4
Wayne Bianchin	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Rick Kehoe	17	RW	0	1	1	0	0	5
Ross Lonsberry	18	LW	0	0	0	0	0	6
Gregg Sheppard	19	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Pete Mahovlich	20	C	0	0	0	4	-2	3
Rod Schutt	23	LW	0	1	1	2	-1	5
Randy Carlyle	25	D	0	1	1	0	-1	4
Orest Kindrachuk	26	C	1	0	1	2	1	3
Greg Millen	29	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-11	51
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-11	51

Shots: VAN: 8-11- 7-26 PIT: 15-16-20-51 Goalies: VAN: Dunc Wilson (W, 1-2-0) PIT: Greg Millen (L, 8-5-0) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: John D'Amico, Willard Norris Attendance: 7,486

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