Pittsburgh Penguins vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Friday, November 23, 1979 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Atlanta Flames beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Friday, November 23, 1979 at Omni Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Flames 31–25.
Goals came from Garry Unger, Pekka Rautakallio, Jean Pronovost, Kent Nilsson and Rod Schutt.
Dan Bouchard made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Rob Holland stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Garry Unger (4)Jean Pronovost (7)0–110:20 AFM
Pekka Rautakallio (2)Bob MacMillan (10)0–215:40 AFM
2nd period
Jean Pronovost (8)Garry Unger (3), Kent Nilsson (14)0–305:23 AFM · 
Kent Nilsson (12)Paul Reinhart (12)0–409:36 AFM ·
3rd period
Rod Schutt (3)Peter Lee (7), Greg Malone (10)1–413:17 PIT ·
Team stats
PITAFM
3125
0%0%
1/42/2
911
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:05 into the first period
Darcy Rota · fighting5 min - 0:05 into the first period
Pat Hughes · fighting5 min - 4:33 into the second periodRuss Anderson · hooking2 min
- 8:40 into the second periodTom Bladon · tripping2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodPekka Rautakallio · hooking2 min
- 12:06 into the third periodPekka Rautakallio · holding2 min
- 19:37 into the third periodJean Pronovost · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 7Garry UngerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave GormanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |