NHL game summary from December 5, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (11-9-7) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Pittsburgh Penguins (10-8-5) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1: | VAN, | Rick Vaive 10 (Don Lever), 6:49 |
| 2: | PIT, | Pat Hughes 4 (Paul Marshall), :57 |
| PIT, | Greg Malone 7 (Mario Faubert, Rod Schutt), 10:19 | |
| VAN, | Brent Ashton 3 (Harold Snepsts, Chris Oddleifson), 15:25 | |
| 3: | PIT, | Ross Lonsberry 4 (Rick Kehoe, Orest Kindrachuk), 6:26 |
| VAN, | Brent Ashton 4 (Rick Blight, Chris Oddleifson), 6:57 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Paul Marshall, PIT [Fighting] 9:12 |
| Brad Smith, VAN [Fighting] 9:12 | |
| Ron Sedlbauer, VAN [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 9:46 | |
| Mario Faubert, PIT [Hooking] 12:20 | |
| 2: | Brent Ashton, VAN [Tripping] 7:18 |
| Russ Anderson, PIT [Hooking] 11:21 | |
| Mario Faubert, PIT [Fighting] 14:17 | |
| Curt Fraser, VAN [Fighting] 14:17 | |
| Stan Smyl, VAN [Elbowing] 16:28 | |
| 3: | Mario Faubert, PIT [Tripping] 4:05 |
| Randy Carlyle, PIT [Tripping] 14:49 |
Penalty time: VAN: 16 minutes
PIT: 18 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Derlago | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brent Ashton | 15 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Brad Smith | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rick Vaive | 28 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Curt Ridley | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| PIT Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Stackhouse | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mario Faubert | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Russ Anderson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Stewart | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter Lee | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| George Ferguson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Greg Malone | 12 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gary McAdam | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Kehoe | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Paul Marshall | 20 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Rod Schutt | 23 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Hughes | 24 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Randy Carlyle | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Millen | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 40 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 40 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 5- 7-14-26
PIT: 15-17- 8-40
Goalies: VAN: Curt Ridley (T, 0-3-2)
PIT: Greg Millen (T, 2-0-2)
Referee: Denis Morel
Linesmen: Swede Knox, Wayne Forsey
Attendance: 7,511
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