Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 26, 1979 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–4 on Wednesday, December 26, 1979 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Red Wings 38–28.
Rick Kehoe scored twice and Dan Labraaten scored twice. Greg Joly, Peter Lee, Mike Foligno, Mario Faubert, Nick Libett and Gregg Sheppard also scored.
Greg Millen made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Kehoe (14)Rod Schutt (9), George Ferguson (14)0–107:35 PIT
Dan Labraaten (12)Dale McCourt (19), Vaclav Nedomansky (15)1–107:54 DET
Greg Joly (3)Unassisted2–114:42 DET
Peter Lee (8)Gregg Sheppard (7), Bob Stewart (7)2–215:47 PIT- Rick Kehoe (15)Ross Lonsberry (11), Orest Kindrachuk (16)2–317:47 PIT
2nd period
Mike Foligno (11)Peter Mahovlich (22)3–313:16 DET
3rd period
Mario Faubert (2)Unassisted3–402:19 PIT · 
Nick Libett (9)Gregg Sheppard (8), Russ Anderson (11)3–502:59 PIT- Dan Labraaten (13)Peter Mahovlich (23), Vaclav Nedomansky (16)4–513:57 DET ·
Gregg Sheppard (7)Unassisted4–618:02 PIT
Team stats
DETPIT
2838
0%0%
1/21/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:08 into the third period
Willie Huber · holding2 min - 7:15 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:26 into the third period
Rod Schutt · tripping2 min - 12:38 into the third periodBob Stewart · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dennis SobchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |
| 30Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 4Dale TallonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |