Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, November 30, 1979 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–5 on Friday, November 30, 1979 at Springfield Civic Center. The Penguins outshot the Whalers 34–29.
Mark Howe scored twice. Ross Lonsberry, Dave Keon, Nick Fotiu, Jordy Douglas, Greg Carroll, Gary McAdam, Rod Schutt, Orest Kindrachuk, Gordie Howe and Peter Lee also scored.
Al Smith made 29 saves on 34 shots for the win; Rob Holland stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ross Lonsberry (3)Tom Bladon (3), Rick Kehoe (8)1–006:52 PIT
Mark Howe (6)Mike Rogers (11)1–107:34 HFD
2nd period
Dave Keon (4)Blaine Stoughton (7), Jordy Douglas (13)1–203:45 HFD
Nick Fotiu (2)Ray Allison (3), Al Hangsleben (5)1–304:12 HFD- Mark Howe (7)Gordie Howe (8), Mike Rogers (12)1–405:52 HFD
Jordy Douglas (6)Blaine Stoughton (8)1–509:24 HFD
Greg Carroll (3)Andre Lacroix (13), Al Hangsleben (6)1–614:58 HFD
Gary McAdam (12)Nick Libett (3)2–615:47 PIT
Rod Schutt (4)Unassisted3–616:11 PIT
Orest Kindrachuk (10)Rick Kehoe (9), Randy Carlyle (12)4–618:15 PIT
3rd period
Gordie Howe (9)Dave Keon (18), Mike Rogers (13)4–708:14 HFD · 
Peter Lee (6)George Ferguson (6), Rod Schutt (6)5–717:27 PIT
Team stats
PITHFD
3429
0%0%
0/11/1
22
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:31 into the third period
Randy Carlyle · hooking2 min - 9:16 into the third period
James Warner · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | W | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |