NHL game summary from January 5, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pittsburgh Penguins (15-16-8) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Atlanta Flames (21-16-4) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1: | PIT, | Peter Lee 21, 14:06 |
| PIT, | Rod Schutt 11 (Pete Mahovlich, Ron Stackhouse), 19:44 | |
| 2: | PIT, | Rod Schutt 12, 6:32 |
| ATL, | Don Laurence 4 (Bobby Lalonde, Ed Kea), 11:15 | |
| 3: | ATL, | Dave Shand 2 (Bill Clement, Willi Plett), 1:25 |
| ATL, | Eric Vail 18 (Bob MacMillan, Guy Chouinard), 7:29 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Pete Mahovlich, PIT [Interference] 7:14 | |
| Willi Plett, ATL [Charging] 17:29 | ||
| 2: | Randy Carlyle, PIT [Hooking] 0:46 | |
| Willi Plett, ATL [Hi-sticking] 8:01 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: PIT: 4 minutes
ATL: 4 minutes
| PIT Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Herron | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Bladon | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Dale Tallon | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russ Anderson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Schultz | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Peter Lee | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| George Ferguson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Greg Malone | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wayne Bianchin | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Kehoe | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Rod Schutt | 23 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Randy Carlyle | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Cossette | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Fox | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Ribble | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Marsh | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jean Pronovost | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gene Carr | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Seiling | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Laurence | 17 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ed Kea | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 20 | ||||||
Shots: PIT: 9- 9- 8-26
ATL: 8- 6- 6-20
Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (T, 7-11-8)
ATL: Dan Bouchard (T, 20-13-3)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Don Koharski, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 11,463
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