The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vancouver Canucks, 6 to 5, on December 16, 1978.

1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins

Final

VAN

Canucks

12-17-2

5

PIT

Penguins

11-14-6

6

1

1

2

2

4

3

3

0

1

Total

5

6

1st period

VAN

PIT

Canucks

Don Lever (EV) assisted by Roland Eriksson

1

0

Penguins

Russ Anderson (EV) assisted by Dave Schultz and Peter Mahovlich

1

1

Penguins

Peter Mahovlich (PP) assisted by Dale Tallon and Rod Schutt

1

2

2nd period

VAN

PIT

Canucks

Pit Martin (EV) assisted by Jere Gillis and Dennis Ververgaert

2

2

Canucks

Thomas Gradin (EV) assisted by Don Lever and Stan Smyl

3

2

Canucks

Ron Sedlbauer (EV) assisted by Chris Oddleifson

4

2

Penguins

Rick Kehoe (EV) assisted by Orest Kindrachuk and Ross Lonsberry

4

3

Penguins

Blair Chapman (EV) assisted by Peter Mahovlich

4

4

Penguins

George Ferguson (SH) unassisted

4

5

Canucks

Ron Sedlbauer (PP) assisted by Roland Eriksson and Don Lever

5

5

3rd period

VAN

PIT

Penguins

Wayne Bianchin (EV) assisted by George Ferguson and Colin Campbell

5

6

Canucks

Penguins

Goals

5

6

Shots

30

40

Penalty Minutes

16

14

Power-Play Goals

1

1

Power-Play Opportunities

2

3

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Glen Hanlon (L) 40 6 34 .850 59:25

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Rick Blight 0 0 -1 0 4
Roland Eriksson 0 2 -1 0 4
Curt Fraser 0 0 -1 0 2
Jere Gillis 0 1 +1 0 2
Thomas Gradin 1 0 0 0 1
Randy Holt 0 0 +1 6 2
Dennis Kearns 0 0 -1 0 2
Don Lever 1 2 -1 0 2
Lars Lindgren 0 0 -1 0 2
Pit Martin 1 0 0 0 2
Jack McIlhargey 0 0 -2 0 1
Chris Oddleifson 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Sedlbauer 2 0 -1 0 3
Stan Smyl 0 1 -1 0 1
Harold Snepsts 0 0 +2 5 2
Dennis Ververgaert 0 1 +1 5 0

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Greg Millen (W) 30 5 25 .833 60:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Russ Anderson 1 0 0 7 1
Wayne Bianchin 1 0 0 0 3
Tom Bladon 0 0 -1 0 3
Colin Campbell 0 1 +1 5 4
Blair Chapman 1 0 +1 0 1
Jacques Cossette 0 0 +1 0 2
George Ferguson 1 1 +2 0 2
Rick Kehoe 1 0 -1 0 1
Orest Kindrachuk 0 1 -1 0 2
Peter Lee 0 0 -1 0 2
Ross Lonsberry 0 1 -1 0 4
Peter Mahovlich 1 2 +1 0 8
Greg Malone 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Schultz 0 1 +1 0 0
Rod Schutt 0 1 0 0 1
Ron Stackhouse 0 0 +2 2 1
Dale Tallon 0 1 0 0 3

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G

42

Crosby

Sidney Crosby

A

52

Crosby

Sidney Crosby

+/-

+28

Pettersson

Marcus Pettersson

Team Rankings

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G/GP

3.09

18th

GA/GP

3.02

13th

PP%

15.3

30th

PK%

80.7

10th

2023-24 Division Standings

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Capitals Capitals
40 31 11 91 -37
Penguins Penguins
38 32 12 88 4
Flyers Flyers
38 33 11 87 -26
Devils Devils
38 39 5 81 -19
Blue Jackets Blue Jackets
27 43 12 66 -63

Last Game

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NYI Islanders

39-27-16

5

Final

4

PIT Penguins

38-32-12

Wed 17 Apr 2024

NHL 2023-24 Leaders

NHL 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff Goals Rankings

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Avalanche

5.67

Oilers

5.67

Jets

3.67

Playoff Goals Against Rankings

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Rangers

1.67

Golden Knights

2.00

Hurricanes

2.00

Playoff Power Play Rankings

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Golden Knights

66.7

Oilers

50.0

Bruins

50.0

Playoff Penalty Kill Rankings

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Oilers

100.0

Canucks

92.3

Bruins

90.9

NHL 2023-24 Division Standings

Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
2
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
3
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Panthers Panthers
52 24 6 110 68
2
Bruins Bruins
47 20 15 109 43
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
46 26 10 102 40
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Stars Stars
52 21 9 113 64
2
Jets Jets
52 24 6 110 60
3
Avalanche Avalanche
50 25 7 107 50
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Canucks Canucks
50 23 9 109 56
2
Oilers Oilers
49 27 6 104 57
3
Kings Kings
44 27 11 99 41

NHL 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
EDM EDM
@
LAK LAK
6-1
Thu
4/25
WPG WPG
@
COL COL
2-6
Thu
4/25
VAN VAN
@
NSH NSH
2-1
Thu
4/25
NYR NYR
@
WSH WSH
3-1
Wed
4/24
CAR CAR
@
NYI NYI
3-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CAR CAR
@
NYI NYI
2:00 PM
Sat
4/27
FLA FLA
@
TBL TBL
5:00 PM
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
TOR TOR
8:00 PM
Sat
4/27
DAL DAL
@
VGK VGK
10:30 PM
Sun
4/28
WPG WPG
@
COL COL
2:30 PM