NHL game summary from April 16, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pittsburgh Penguins (38-33-13) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Boston Bruins (44-23-14) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Boston Bruins lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Peter McNab 1 (Don Marcotte), 2:29 |
| BOS, | Don Marcotte 1 (Peter McNab, Mike Milbury), 5:14 | |
| BOS, | Mike Milbury 1 (Dwight Foster), 15:58 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Don Marcotte 2 (Rick Smith, Peter McNab), 4:21 |
| PIT, | Orest Kindrachuk 2, 6:07 | |
| BOS, | Bobby Schmautz 1 (Dick Redmond, Wayne Cashman), 16:02 - PP | |
| BOS, | Dick Redmond 1 (Mike Milbury, Dwight Foster), 17:27 - SH | |
| 3: | PIT, | Gregg Sheppard 1 (Peter Lee, Tom Bladon), 12:14 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Stan Jonathan, BOS [Boarding] 6:19 |
| John Wensink, BOS [Roughing] 10:20 | |
| Jacques Cossette, PIT [Tripping] 17:22 | |
| 2: | Ron Stackhouse, PIT [Hooking] 6:19 |
| Greg Malone, PIT [Holding] 15:37 | |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Interference] 17:11 | |
| 3: | Al Secord, BOS [Hooking] 12:04 |
| Jacques Cossette, PIT [Holding] 13:41 | |
| Don Marcotte, BOS [Slashing] 13:41 | |
| John Wensink, BOS [Charging, Fighting, Misconduct] 17:15 | |
| Colin Campbell, PIT [Fighting, Misconduct] 17:15 |
Penalty time: PIT: 23 minutes
BOS: 27 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Colin Campbell | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -1 | 1 |
| Blair Chapman | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Peter Lee | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| George Ferguson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Malone | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Gary McAdam | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Kehoe | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| Rod Schutt | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Paradise | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Carlyle | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jacques Cossette | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hamilton | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 21 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Redmond | 6 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Secord | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Dwight Foster | 27 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Al Sims | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 19 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 19 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: PIT: 5- 7- 9-21
BOS: 10-17- 6-33
Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (L, 2-2-0)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Randy Mitton
Attendance: 12,001
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