Pittsburgh Penguins vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Sunday, December 16, 1979 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Sunday, December 16, 1979 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Penguins 41–33.
Marc Tardif scored twice. Rich Leduc, Bob Stewart and Reginald Thomas also scored.
Michel Dion made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Rob Holland stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Rich Leduc (11)Marc Tardif (15), Real Cloutier (19)0–101:51 QUE · 
Marc Tardif (9)Real Cloutier (20), Wally Weir (6)0–215:32 QUE- Marc Tardif (10)Roland Cloutier (3), Dale Hoganson (10)0–315:59 QUE
2nd period
Bob Stewart (2)Nick Libett (7), George Ferguson (12)1–311:39 PIT
3rd period
Reginald Thomas (2)Robbie Ftorek (20)1–403:39 QUE
Team stats
PITQUE
3341
0%0%
0/21/1
24
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:26 into the first period
Gregg Sheppard · hooking2 min - 13:04 into the second period
Gerry Hart · tripping2 min - 14:27 into the third periodPaul Baxter · cross checking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Quebec Nordiques
| 8Marc TardifL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Rich LeducC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Reginald ThomasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Roland CloutierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob FitchnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Pierre PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Blair StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Goran HogostaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michel DionG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |