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Sunday, February 4, 1979 · Detroit Olympia

Penguins 3 at Red Wings 8

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 63OVR Willie Huber Red Wings First Star 2G · 2A · 4 SOG RC L 75OVR Errol Thompson Red Wings Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG C 92OVR Vaclav Nedomansky Red Wings Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:03 Paul Woods (9) Dan Bolduc (5), Nick Libett (18) PIT 0 – 1 DET
  2. 6:54 Willie Huber (5) Andre St. Laurent (23), Paul Woods (13) PIT 0 – 2 DET
  3. 10:26 Rod Schutt (18) Peter Mahovlich (32), Dale Tallon (20) PIT 1 – 2 DET
  4. 16:40 Vaclav Nedomansky (22) PPG Andre St. Laurent (24), Reed Larson (28) PIT 1 – 3 DET
  5. 18:02 Willie Huber (6) Paul Woods (14), J.P. Leblanc (2) PIT 1 – 4 DET

2nd Period

  1. 9:37 Thommie Bergman (10) Greg Carroll (11), J.P. Leblanc (3) PIT 1 – 5 DET
  2. 11:08 Dale McCourt (18) PPG Errol Thompson (25), Willie Huber (12) PIT 1 – 6 DET
  3. 18:16 Vaclav Nedomansky (23) Errol Thompson (26), Thommie Bergman (16) PIT 1 – 7 DET

3rd Period

  1. 1:25 Rod Schutt (19) Orest Kindrachuk (26), Randy Carlyle (16) PIT 2 – 7 DET
  2. 12:12 Rick Kehoe (14) Colin Campbell (11) PIT 3 – 7 DET
  3. 12:55 Errol Thompson (15) Willie Huber (13), Larry Gloekner (2) PIT 3 – 8 DET

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rod Schutt L 2 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.73
Rick Kehoe R 1 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.28
Randy Carlyle D 0 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.15
Colin Campbell D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Orest Kindrachuk C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Dale Tallon D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Gregg Sheppard C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Ross Lonsberry L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
George Ferguson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Wayne Bianchin R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Peter Mahovlich C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.05
Blair Chapman R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Peter Lee R 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Greg Malone C 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Russ Anderson D 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Tom Bladon D 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0:00 -1.13
Dave Schultz L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -2.47
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gordon Laxton L 27 19 8 .704 60:00 -4.10

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Willie Huber D 2 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 3.20
Errol Thompson L 1 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 2.08
Vaclav Nedomansky C 2 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.88
Thommie Bergman D 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Paul Woods C 1 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.40
Dale McCourt C 1 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
J.P. Leblanc C 0 2 0 0 0 -1 0:00 1.10
Andre St. Laurent C 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.03
Dan Bolduc R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Greg Carroll C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Larry Gloekner D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Nick Libett L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Terry Harper D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.45
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jean Hamel D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.53
Reed Larson D 0 1 5 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.95
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon W 21 18 3 .857 60:00 -0.45