New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 1979 · Civic Arena
Scoring
1st period
Rick Kehoe (13)Orest Kindrachuk (14), Randy Carlyle (16)0–106:26 PIT · 
Nick Libett (8)Mario Faubert (4), George Ferguson (10)0–207:46 PIT
2nd period
Anders Kallur (7)Jean Potvin (11)1–206:46 NYI · 
Pat Hughes (5)Greg Malone (19), Gary McAdam (6)1–308:47 PIT
3rd period
Bobby Nystrom (5)Bryan Trottier (27), Jean Potvin (12)2–303:31 NYI · 
John Tonelli (7)Bryan Trottier (28), Anders Kallur (12)3–307:31 NYI
Team stats
NYIPIT
1639
0%0%
2/21/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:10 into the first period
Jean Potvin · holding2 min - 5:50 into the second period
George Ferguson · hooking2 min - 15:20 into the second periodBilly Smith · tripping2 min
- 16:24 into the second periodGreg Malone · slashing2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodGord Lane · roughing double minor4 min
- 2:16 into the third periodRuss Anderson · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | T | 39 | 3 | .923 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | T | 16 | 3 | .813 |
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |