NHL game summary from December 29, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (14-17-4) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Pittsburgh Penguins (14-10-11) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1: | ATL, | Guy Chouinard 10 (Kent Nilsson, Bob MacMillan), 3:27 |
| PIT, | Pat Hughes 7 (Russ Anderson), 3:38 | |
| 2: | ATL, | Ken Houston 9 (Jean Pronovost), 12:16 |
| PIT, | Mario Faubert 3 (Dale Tallon, Ross Lonsberry), 15:58 - PP | |
| 3: | PIT, | George Ferguson 9 (Rod Schutt, Peter Lee), 11:56 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Pat Hughes, PIT [Tripping] 6:59 | |
| Willi Plett, ATL [Roughing] 14:48 | ||
| 3: | Bob Murdoch, ATL [Tripping] 13:06 | |
Penalty time: ATL: 4 minutes
PIT: 2 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Bennett | 2 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Russell | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Pekka Rautakallio | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brad Marsh | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jean Pronovost | 9 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Boldirev | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Kent Nilsson | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Darcy Rota | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Murdoch | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Reinhart | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| PIT Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bladon | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Dale Tallon | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mario Faubert | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kim Clackson | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Russ Anderson | 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Stewart | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Peter Lee | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| George Ferguson | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gary McAdam | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rick Kehoe | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Schutt | 23 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Hughes | 24 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Greg Millen | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 36 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 9-14- 7-30
PIT: 17-10- 9-36
Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 14-11-4)
PIT: Greg Millen (W, 6-1-6)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Willard Norris, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 10,416
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