The Detroit Red Wings couldn't pull it off against the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 to 4, on December 31, 1978.

Final

Penguins

15-15-7

5

Red Wings

8-20-11

4

Team

PIT

DET

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

DET

Bill Lochead (EV) assisted by Dennis Polonich and Willie Huber

Dale McCourt (PP) assisted by Vaclav Nedomansky and Errol Thompson

2nd period

PIT

DET

Robert Plumb (EV) assisted by Bill Lochead and Dennis Polonich

Errol Thompson (EV) assisted by Dale McCourt and Reed Larson

Peter Mahovlich (EV) assisted by Dale Tallon

3rd period

PIT

DET

Peter Lee (EV) assisted by Greg Malone

Greg Malone (EV) assisted by Peter Lee and Rod Schutt

Gregg Sheppard (EV) assisted by Peter Mahovlich and Tom Bladon

Randy Carlyle (EV) assisted by Peter Lee

Penguins

Red Wings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Penguins

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Greg Millen (W) G. Millen	1	0	0	23	19	.826	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Tom Bladon T. Bladon	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0.0
Randy Carlyle R. Carlyle	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	25.0
Blair Chapman B. Chapman	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jacques Cossette J. Cossette	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
George Ferguson G. Ferguson	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0.0
Rick Kehoe R. Kehoe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0
Orest Kindrachuk O. Kindrachuk	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0
Peter Lee P. Lee	1	2	3	+2	0	0	6	16.7
Ross Lonsberry R. Lonsberry	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	1	1	2	+3	2	0	1	100.0
Greg Malone G. Malone	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	100.0
Dave Schultz D. Schultz	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rod Schutt R. Schutt	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Gregg Sheppard G. Sheppard	1	0	1	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Ron Stackhouse R. Stackhouse	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0
Dale Tallon D. Tallon	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Rutherford (L) J. Rutherford	0	1	0	30	25	.833	5	5.73	0	52
Rogie Vachon R. Vachon				2	2	1.000	0	0.00	0	8

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Thommie Bergman T. Bergman	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dan Bolduc D. Bolduc	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
John Hilworth J. Hilworth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Willie Huber W. Huber	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dan Labraaten D. Labraaten	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Reed Larson R. Larson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Nick Libett N. Libett	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Bill Lochead B. Lochead	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	1	100.0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	3	33.3
Perry Miller P. Miller	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0.0
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Robert Plumb R. Plumb	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Errol Thompson E. Thompson	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	33.3
Paul Woods P. Woods	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2	0.0