🐧 Away Penguins 17-17-0 before this game
7–9
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 16-18-0 before this game
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PIT 0007
HFD 0009

Penguins at Whalers

Whalers beat Penguins 9–7 on December 26, 1980.

🗓 Fri, Dec 26, 1980 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Mike Rogers
2 G, 3 A
3 shots · +3
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Thommy Abrahamsson
1 G, 3 A
5 shots · +3
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Pat Boutette
4 A
4 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT HFD🐳
32 Shots on goal 39
4/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
14 Penalty minutes 12
PIT shooting 21.9% (7/32) HFD shooting 23.1% (9/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Greg Millen
0/9
.000 SV% · 9 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
John Garrett
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 16-17 (48% win rate, 33 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 16-18 (47% win rate, 34 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 16-17 (48% win rate, 33 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 2nd: 16-18 (47% win rate, 34 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 15, 1980
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · Whalers won
Apr 2, 1980
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
4–6 · Penguins won
Jan 17, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🐳HFD
1–7 · Whalers won
Nov 30, 1979
🐧PIT @ 🐳HFD
5–7 · Whalers won
Oct 13, 1979
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
3–3 · Whalers won

❓ PIT vs HFD, answered

Who won Penguins vs Whalers on December 26, 1980?

Whalers won 9–7.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Whalers?

The final score was Penguins 7, Whalers 9.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Greg Millen made 0 saves on 9 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

John Garrett made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Whalers season series?

Whalers lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 23
🐧PIT @ 🎵STL
3–6 · STL won
Next game · Dec 27
⚜️QUE @ 🐧PIT
4–6 · PIT won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Dec 23
🐳HFD @ 🍁TOR
7–2 · HFD won
Next game · Dec 27
🏝️NYI @ 🐳HFD
5–5 · NYI won
Also on December 26, 1980
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
3–7 final
🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 final
🌌MNS @ ✈️WIN
5–3 final
🔥CGY @ ⛰️CLR
2–5 final
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
6–3 final
Penguins season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule