Pittsburgh Penguins vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Friday, December 28, 1979 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Flames 4–2 on Friday, December 28, 1979 at Omni Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Penguins 33–23.
Goals came from Jean Pronovost, Pat Hughes, Orest Kindrachuk, Gary McAdam, Gregg Sheppard and Garry Unger.
Greg Millen made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Jean Pronovost (9)Bob MacMillan (15), Paul Reinhart (15)0–104:19 AFM · 
Pat Hughes (6)Kim Clackson (1)1–110:59 PIT
Orest Kindrachuk (12)Rick Kehoe (12), Ross Lonsberry (12)2–112:16 PIT
2nd period
Gary McAdam (13)Russ Anderson (12)3–101:01 PIT
Gregg Sheppard (8)Dale Tallon (1), Mario Faubert (6)4–111:45 PIT ·
3rd period
Garry Unger (5)Ken Houston (13), Jean Pronovost (12)4–212:43 AFM
Team stats
PITAFM
2333
0%0%
1/41/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:06 into the first period
Orest Kindrachuk · hooking2 min - 8:15 into the first period
Brad Marsh · holding2 min - 5:18 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:35 into the second periodWilli Plett · elbowing2 min
- 16:24 into the second periodDave Shand · holding2 min
- 6:32 into the third periodGeorge Ferguson · tripping2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 16Gary McAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Dale TallonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Atlanta Flames
| 9Jean PronovostR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |