Los Angeles Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, October 17, 1979 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Wednesday, October 17, 1979 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Kings 40–29.
Dave Taylor scored twice. Charlie Simmer, Butch Goring, Pat Hughes, Marcel Dionne, Ross Lonsberry, Orest Kindrachuk and George Ferguson also scored.
Ron Grahame made 36 saves on 40 shots for the win; Rob Holland stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Simmer (6)Butch Goring (6)1–002:37 LAK ·
2nd period
Butch Goring (1)Marcel Dionne (9), Charlie Simmer (4)2–006:59 LAK
Dave Taylor (5)Butch Goring (7), Doug Halward (5)3–011:52 LAK · 
Pat Hughes (1)Tom Bladon (1), Randy Carlyle (4)3–113:27 PIT · 
Marcel Dionne (2)Charlie Simmer (5), Dave Taylor (4)4–116:03 LAK- Dave Taylor (6)Marcel Dionne (10)5–119:25 LAK
3rd period
Ross Lonsberry (2)Orest Kindrachuk (3), Russ Anderson (3)5–202:27 PIT
Orest Kindrachuk (2)Rick Kehoe (1)5–310:06 PIT
George Ferguson (4)Rod Schutt (2), Ron Stackhouse (1)5–412:23 PIT
Team stats
LAKPIT
2940
0%0%
2/41/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:22 into the first period
Randy Carlyle · hooking2 min - 7:12 into the first periodNick Libett · hooking2 min
- 10:42 into the first period
Bert Wilson · high sticking2 min - 10:42 into the first periodPat Hughes · high sticking2 min
- 11:54 into the first periodRandy Holt · high sticking2 min
- 4:16 into the second periodJay Wells · hooking2 min
- 7:57 into the second periodBert Wilson · hooking2 min
- 10:20 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 13:07 into the second periodBert Wilson · holding2 min
- 4:08 into the third periodGeorge Ferguson · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Don HowseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Richard MulhernD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron GrahameG | W | 40 | 4 | .900 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |