Atlanta Flames vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 1979 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Flames 3–2 on Saturday, December 29, 1979 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Flames 36–30.
Goals came from Guy Chouinard, Pat Hughes, Ken Houston, Mario Faubert and George Ferguson.
Greg Millen made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 33 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Chouinard (10)Kent Nilsson (25), Bob MacMillan (16)1–003:27 AFM
Pat Hughes (7)Russ Anderson (13)1–103:38 PIT
2nd period
Ken Houston (9)Jean Pronovost (13)2–112:16 AFM
Mario Faubert (3)Dale Tallon (2), Ross Lonsberry (13)2–215:58 PIT ·
3rd period
George Ferguson (9)Rod Schutt (10), Peter Lee (14)2–311:56 PIT
Team stats
AFMPIT
3036
0%0%
0/11/2
42
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:59 into the second period
Pat Hughes · tripping2 min - 14:48 into the second period
Willi Plett · roughing2 min - 13:06 into the third periodBob Murdoch · tripping2 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 36 | 3 | .917 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Dale TallonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |