1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-31-13 - 85 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 2-5
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Buffalo Sabres 2-1
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-0
Coach: Johnny Wilson (36-31-13)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins Roster
1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins Results

The Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 36 wins and 31 losses and 13 ties for 85 points, finishing second in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-5.

The Penguins scored 281 goals and gave up 279. Greg Malone netted 35 goals for Pittsburgh, and Peter Lee tallied 30 or more as well. Orest Kindrachuk accounted for 42 assists. Denis Herron topped the squad with 22 wins, while Greg Millen and Denis Herron earned a 3.37 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Johnny Wilson coached the team. The 1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Greg Malone	C	80	35	30	65	52	6	8	0	5	0	198	17.7
Orest Kindrachuk	C	79	18	42	60	84	3	4	1	0	1	145	12.4
Peter Lee	R	80	32	26	58	24	-13	10	0	7	0	219	14.6
Pete Mahovlich	C	60	14	39	53	39	-11	5	0	0	2	153	9.2
George Ferguson	R	80	21	29	50	37	10	0	3	2	2	201	10.4
Randy Carlyle	D	70	13	34	47	78	4	3	1	3	2	208	6.3
Ross Lonsberry	L	80	24	22	46	38	7	4	0	1	0	179	13.4
Rick Kehoe	R	57	27	18	45	2	14	7	0	3	2	165	16.4
Rod Schutt	L	74	24	21	45	33	-9	3	0	2	1	181	13.3
Ron Stackhouse	D	75	10	33	43	54	21	3	1	1	1	173	5.8
Gregg Sheppard	C	60	15	22	37	9	8	3	1	2	0	134	11.2
Dale Tallon	D	63	5	24	29	35	-15	2	0	3	0	91	5.5
Tom Bladon	D	78	4	23	27	64	-17	1	0	0	0	135	3.0
Colin Campbell	D	65	2	18	20	137	14	0	0	1	0	52	3.8
Blair Chapman	R	71	10	8	18	18	-12	1	0	0	0	96	10.4
Russ Anderson	D	72	3	13	16	93	1	0	0	0	0	48	6.3
Gary McAdam	L	28	5	9	14	2	4	0	0	1	1	52	9.6
Dave Schultz	L	47	4	9	13	157	-2	0	0	0	1	50	8.0
Wayne Bianchin	L	40	7	4	11	20	-2	1	0	3	0	57	12.3
Jacques Cossette	R	38	7	2	9	16	-1	1	0	1	0	35	20.0
Denis Herron	G	56	0	2	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kim Davis	C	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0
Bob Paradise	D	14	0	1	1	4	-4	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Jim Hamilton	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mike Meeker	R	4	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg Millen	G	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lex Hudson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Price	D	2	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Gord Laxton	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Spencer	L	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1414	281	429	710	1023	3	56	7	36	13	2585	10.9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Denis Herron	56	3208	22	19	12	3	0	180	3.37	0
Greg Millen	28	1532	14	11	1	2	2	86	3.37	0
Gord Laxton	1	60	0	1	0	0	0	8	8.00	0
Totals	85	4800	36	31	13	5	2	274	3.43		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Greg Malone	C	7	0	1	1	10	0	0
Orest Kindrachuk	C	7	4	1	5	7	0	1
Peter Lee	R	7	0	3	3	0	0	0
Pete Mahovlich	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
George Ferguson	R	7	2	1	3	0	0	1
Randy Carlyle	D	7	0	0	0	12	0	0
Ross Lonsberry	L	7	0	2	2	9	0	0
Rick Kehoe	R	7	0	2	2	0	0	0
Rod Schutt	L	7	2	0	2	4	0	0
Ron Stackhouse	D	7	0	0	0	4	0	0
Gregg Sheppard	C	7	1	2	3	0	1	0
Tom Bladon	D	7	0	4	4	2	0	0
Colin Campbell	D	7	1	4	5	30	0	0
Blair Chapman	R	7	1	0	1	2	0	0
Russ Anderson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary McAdam	L	7	2	1	3	0	0	0
Jacques Cossette	R	3	0	1	1	4	0	0
Denis Herron	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Paradise	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hamilton	R	5	3	0	3	0	1	0
Lex Hudson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		121	16	23	39	84	2	2

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Denis Herron	7	421	2	5	0	1	0	24	3.42	0
Totals	7	421	2	5	0	1	0	24	3.42		0