1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins Schedule and Results

Record: 36-31-13 (85 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Johnny Wilson (36-31-13)

Primary Arena: Pittsburgh Civic Arena

Goals For: 281 (7th of 17), Goals Against: 279 (8th of 17)
SRS: 0.04 (10th of 17), SOS: 0.02 (6th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-0) to Boston Bruins
Won Preliminary Round (2-1) over Buffalo Sabres

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		W	L	T	Streak
1	1978-10-11		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	3	L	0	1	0	L 1
2	1978-10-12	@	Boston Bruins	2	8	L	0	2	0	L 2
3	1978-10-14		Boston Bruins	4	4	T	0	2	1	T 1
4	1978-10-18		New York Islanders	3	5	L	0	3	1	L 1
5	1978-10-19	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	3	L	0	4	1	L 2
6	1978-10-21		Washington Capitals	5	1	W	1	4	1	W 1
7	1978-10-25		St. Louis Blues	6	6	T	1	4	2	T 1
8	1978-10-28		Atlanta Flames	2	4	L	1	5	2	L 1
9	1978-10-29	@	New York Rangers	2	3	L	1	6	2	L 2
10	1978-11-01	@	Washington Capitals	4	6	L	1	7	2	L 3
11	1978-11-03	@	Atlanta Flames	0	2	L	1	8	2	L 4
12	1978-11-04		Detroit Red Wings	7	3	W	2	8	2	W 1
13	1978-11-08		Colorado Rockies	6	3	W	3	8	2	W 2
14	1978-11-09	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	4	T	3	8	3	T 1
15	1978-11-11		New York Rangers	1	2	L	3	9	3	L 1
16	1978-11-16	@	Vancouver Canucks	6	3	W	4	9	3	W 1
17	1978-11-18	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	1	W	5	9	3	W 2
18	1978-11-22		Montreal Canadiens	2	3	L	5	10	3	L 1
19	1978-11-23	@	Montreal Canadiens	4	8	L	5	11	3	L 2
20	1978-11-25		Philadelphia Flyers	1	3	L	5	12	3	L 3
21	1978-11-26	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	8	L	5	13	3	L 4
22	1978-11-29		Washington Capitals	5	3	W	6	13	3	W 1
23	1978-12-01	@	Washington Capitals	7	4	W	7	13	3	W 2
24	1978-12-02		Chicago Black Hawks	5	2	W	8	13	3	W 3
25	1978-12-05	@	New York Islanders	3	3	T	8	13	4	T 1
26	1978-12-06		Toronto Maple Leafs	6	4	W	9	13	4	W 1
27	1978-12-08	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	3	T	9	13	5	T 1
28	1978-12-09		Buffalo Sabres	4	4	T	9	13	6	T 2
29	1978-12-13		St. Louis Blues	3	0	W	10	13	6	W 1
30	1978-12-14	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	2	L	10	14	6	L 1
31	1978-12-16		Vancouver Canucks	6	5	W	11	14	6	W 1
32	1978-12-17	@	Chicago Black Hawks	3	3	T	11	14	7	T 1
33	1978-12-21	@	Los Angeles Kings	4	1	W	12	14	7	W 1
34	1978-12-23	@	Minnesota North Stars	3	5	L	12	15	7	L 1
35	1978-12-27		Los Angeles Kings	5	2	W	13	15	7	W 1
36	1978-12-30		Detroit Red Wings	3	1	W	14	15	7	W 2
37	1978-12-31	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	4	W	15	15	7	W 3
38	1979-01-03		Vancouver Canucks	3	5	L	15	16	7	L 1
39	1979-01-05	@	Atlanta Flames	3	3	T	15	16	8	T 1
40	1979-01-06		Los Angeles Kings	3	4	L	15	17	8	L 1
41	1979-01-10		Montreal Canadiens	3	2	W	16	17	8	W 1
42	1979-01-13		Boston Bruins	5	3	W	17	17	8	W 2
43	1979-01-14	@	Buffalo Sabres	5	4	W	18	17	8	W 3
44	1979-01-16		Minnesota North Stars	5	0	W	19	17	8	W 4
45	1979-01-17	@	Detroit Red Wings	1	4	L	19	18	8	L 1
46	1979-01-20		Washington Capitals	2	5	L	19	19	8	L 2
47	1979-01-24	@	Los Angeles Kings	1	4	L	19	20	8	L 3
48	1979-01-25	@	Colorado Rockies	3	5	L	19	21	8	L 4
49	1979-01-27		Los Angeles Kings	5	3	W	20	21	8	W 1
50	1979-01-31		Montreal Canadiens	1	4	L	20	22	8	L 1
51	1979-02-03		Detroit Red Wings	4	2	W	21	22	8	W 1
52	1979-02-04	@	Detroit Red Wings	3	8	L	21	23	8	L 1
53	1979-02-15		Minnesota North Stars	6	5	W	22	23	8	W 1
54	1979-02-17		Buffalo Sabres	6	3	W	23	23	8	W 2
55	1979-02-18	@	Detroit Red Wings	2	6	L	23	24	8	L 1
56	1979-02-21		Montreal Canadiens	3	1	W	24	24	8	W 1
57	1979-02-22	@	Montreal Canadiens	0	12	L	24	25	8	L 1
58	1979-02-24		Chicago Black Hawks	5	1	W	25	25	8	W 1
59	1979-02-25	@	Chicago Black Hawks	2	2	T	25	25	9	T 1
60	1979-02-28		Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	26	25	9	W 1
61	1979-03-03	@	St. Louis Blues	4	8	L	26	26	9	L 1
62	1979-03-04	@	Colorado Rockies	7	2	W	27	26	9	W 1
63	1979-03-07		Los Angeles Kings	0	4	L	27	27	9	L 1
64	1979-03-10		Philadelphia Flyers	3	2	W	28	27	9	W 1
65	1979-03-11	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	4	L	28	28	9	L 1
66	1979-03-13	@	Vancouver Canucks	9	3	W	29	28	9	W 1
67	1979-03-14	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	3	T	29	28	10	T 1
68	1979-03-17	@	Washington Capitals	5	2	W	30	28	10	W 1
69	1979-03-18	@	New York Rangers	5	1	W	31	28	10	W 2
70	1979-03-21		Washington Capitals	2	2	T	31	28	11	T 1
71	1979-03-22	@	Boston Bruins	3	1	W	32	28	11	W 1
72	1979-03-24	@	New York Islanders	3	3	T	32	28	12	T 1
73	1979-03-25		New York Islanders	2	2	T	32	28	13	T 2
74	1979-03-27	@	Minnesota North Stars	5	1	W	33	28	13	W 1
75	1979-03-28		New York Rangers	7	1	W	34	28	13	W 2
76	1979-03-31	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	5	L	34	29	13	L 1
77	1979-04-01		Atlanta Flames	2	7	L	34	30	13	L 2
78	1979-04-03	@	St. Louis Blues	3	2	W	35	30	13	W 1
79	1979-04-07		Detroit Red Wings	4	3	W	36	30	13	W 2
80	1979-04-08	@	Washington Capitals	2	5	L	36	31	13	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1979-04-10	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	3	W		1	0	W 1
2	1979-04-12		Buffalo Sabres	1	3	L		1	1	L 1
3	1979-04-14	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	3	W	OT	2	1	W 1
4	1979-04-16	@	Boston Bruins	2	6	L		2	2	L 1
5	1979-04-18	@	Boston Bruins	3	4	L		2	3	L 2
6	1979-04-21		Boston Bruins	1	2	L		2	4	L 3
7	1979-04-22		Boston Bruins	1	4	L		2	5	L 4

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