NHL game summary from April 18, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pittsburgh Penguins (38-34-13) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Boston Bruins (45-23-14) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Boston Bruins lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | PIT, | Jim Hamilton 3 (Tom Bladon), 14:11 - PP |
| BOS, | Jean Ratelle 1 (Rick Middleton, Wayne Cashman), 15:10 - PP | |
| BOS, | Dwight Foster 1 (Stan Jonathan, Wayne Cashman), 16:16 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Peter McNab 2 (John Wensink, Al Sims), 14:15 |
| PIT, | Orest Kindrachuk 3, 14:52 | |
| 3: | BOS, | Bob Miller 1 (Mike Milbury, Brad Park), 10:10 |
| PIT, | Orest Kindrachuk 4 (Ross Lonsberry, Rick Kehoe), 19:54 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Randy Carlyle, PIT [Hooking] 4:37 | |
| Rick Smith, BOS [Hooking] 12:19 | ||
| Blair Chapman, PIT [Holding] 14:54 | ||
| Don Marcotte, BOS [Tripping] 17:00 | ||
| 2: | Colin Campbell, PIT [Holding] 3:55 | |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 7:25 | ||
| Orest Kindrachuk, PIT [Fighting] 7:25 | ||
| Al Secord, BOS [Boarding] 8:08 | ||
| Bobby Schmautz, BOS [Hi-sticking] 11:32 | ||
| Greg Malone, PIT [Hooking] 17:37 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: PIT: 13 minutes
BOS: 13 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 | -2 | 0 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Colin Campbell | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blair Chapman | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Peter Lee | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| George Ferguson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Malone | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Gary McAdam | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Rick Kehoe | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Schutt | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Carlyle | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Jacques Cossette | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Hamilton | 28 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -4 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -4 | 27 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Redmond | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Secord | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dwight Foster | 27 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Al Sims | 29 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: PIT: 9- 8-10-27
BOS: 10- 9- 6-25
Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (L, 2-3-0)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 2-0-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Randy Mitton
Attendance: 12,146
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