Herron saves 50 as Pens tie Leafs

Post date: Mar 30, 2019 12:23:22 PM

The Maple Leafs inch closer to a playoff spot with a 5-5 tie against the Penguins at the Civic Arena. However, the main story here was Penguin goalie Denis Herron, who stopped a season high 50 of 55 shots. Tom Lysiak scored two goals and an assist for Toronto (33-34-10). Guy Charron had two goals and an assist for Pittsburgh (25-41-12). With the tie, the magic number for the Leafs to clinch a wild card spot is 1.

Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins

DATE : 03/09/2019

GOALS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 1 1 3 0 5

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 1 1 0 5

SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 14 19 22 0 55

Pittsburgh Penguins 13 9 10 0 32

S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y

1. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER(39)( LANNY McDONALD, IAN TURNBULL ) (PP) : 1st 3:41

2. PIT. GUY CHARRON(45)( PETE MAHOVLICH, JEAN PRONOVOST ): 1st 10:28

3. PIT. RON SCHOCK(10)( HARTLAND MONAHAN, TOM EDUR ): 1st 12:59

4. PIT. GUY CHARRON(46)( BLAIR CHAPMAN, RON STACKHOUSE ): 1st 14:12

5. TOR. TOM LYSIAK(22)( BORJE SALMING, WAYNE MERRICK ): 2nd 1:38

6. PIT. RICK KEHOE(28)( CHUCK LEFLEY ): 2nd 12:56

7. TOR. WAYNE MERRICK(12)( TOM LYSIAK ): 3rd 1:32

8. TOR. TOM LYSIAK(23)( BOB MacMILLAN, WAYNE MERRICK ): 3rd 2:12

9. PIT. GREG MALONE(9)( GUY CHARRON ) (PP) : 3rd 4:34

10. TOR. BOB NEELY(12)( WAYNE MERRICK, BOB MacMILLAN ): 3rd 14:07

P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y

1. PIT. GUY CHARRON - 2 Minutes: 1st 3:12

2. TOR. JIM HARRISON - 4 Minutes: 1st 8:28

EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY PAUL GARDNER

4. PIT. BILL LOCHEAD - 2 Minutes: 1st 8:28

5. PIT. TOM EDUR - 2 Minutes: 2nd 15:55

6. TOR. PHIL MYRE - 2 Minutes: 3rd 4:22

EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY NICK LIBETT

8. PIT. HARTLAND MONAHAN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 11:10

9. TOR. MIKE CHRISTIE - 2 Minutes: 3rd 17:01

I N J U R I E S

1. PIT. Injury To HARTLAND MONAHAN : 2nd 5:38

2. PIT. Injury To BILL LOCHEAD : 2nd 15:12

3. TOR. Injury To NICK LIBETT : 3rd 7:55

Player Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

DARRYL SITTLER -2 5 1 0 0 1 0 12-6 53 30:57 1 1 1 3

LANNY McDONALD 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 37 22:12 1 0 1 2

PAUL GARDNER -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5-0 23 13:18 0 1 1 1

BOB MacMILLAN 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 25 13:34 2 0 0 0

TOM LYSIAK 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 6-3 31 16:51 1 0 0 1

GEORGE FERGUSON -2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 20 10:48 0 1 0 0

BRENT MEEKE -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 11:01 1 0 0 0

INGE HAMMARSTROM -2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 26 14:50 0 0 2 0

JIM HARRISON -1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 23 13:18 1 0 0 1

IAN TURNBULL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 48 27:16 0 0 0 1

WAYNE MERRICK 3 6 1 3 0 0 0 0-0 25 13:34 1 0 0 1

TIGER WILLIAMS -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 23 13:18 0 0 0 0

BORJE SALMING 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 52 29:41 2 0 2 2

BOB NEELY 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 34 19:10 2 0 0 1 GTG

NICK LIBETT 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 21 12:28 0 0 0 1

MIKE CHRISTIE 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 34 19:10 3 1 0 0

BRIAN GLENNIE -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 23 13:26 0 0 0 0

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TOTAL 0 55 5 9 6 1 0 24-10 15 4 7 14

Player Stats For Pittsburgh Penguins

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

GUY CHARRON -1 3 2 1 2 0 0 5-2 50 28:23 0 2 2 5

GREG MALONE 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 7-7 27 16:28 0 0 0 1

JEAN PRONOVOST -2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 34 19:00 1 0 1 0

RICK KEHOE 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 27 16:06 0 0 0 2

BILL LOCHEAD 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 18 9:48 0 0 0 2

HARTLAND MONAHAN 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 24 12:57 0 0 0 1

PETE MAHOVLICH -2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5-2 30 16:12 0 2 0 1

RON STACKHOUSE -1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 38 21:19 0 0 0 0

BLAIR CHAPMAN 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 14 7:45 0 0 0 0

CHUCK LEFLEY 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 27 16:28 0 0 0 0

MIKE WALTON 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-3 30 16:23 0 0 0 1

RON SCHOCK 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3-0 34 19:27 1 0 0 0

TOM EDUR -1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 45 25:16 2 0 0 0

MARIO FAUBERT 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 22 13:17 1 0 0 0

DAVE BURROWS -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 42 24:01 1 0 0 0

RUSS ANDERSON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 11:17 0 0 0 0

AL CAMERON -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 36 20:06 0 4 0 0

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TOTAL 0 32 5 8 8 1 0 24-14 6 8 3 13

Goalie Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

PHIL MYRE 60 32 5 0 8 4 105 TIE

GORD McRAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalie Stats For Pittsburgh Penguins

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

DENIS HERRON 60 55 5 0 11 7 105 TIE

DUNC WILSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

POWER PLAY OPP GOALS

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 1

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 1

STARS OF THE GAME

1st star - GUY CHARRON from Pittsburgh

2nd star - WAYNE MERRICK from Toronto

3rd star - TOM LYSIAK from Toronto

GAME STORY

Pittsburgh and Toronto ended deadlocked at5 to 5 Both teams played solid

defense as the offenses struggled the entire game. TOM LYSIAK found

the net twice and contributed one assist for Toronto. And WAYNE MERRICK

scored one goal on 6 shots and passed for three assists. Also GUY CHARRON

found the net twice and added one assist for Pittsburgh. Others who scored

were DARRYL SITTLER and BOB NEELY for Toronto and GREG MALONE, RICK KEHOE

and RON SCHOCK for Pittsburgh.

In other RHL action this week:

• • Bryan Trottier scored a hat trick and added an assist as the Islanders beat the Rangers 5-2.

  • Gary Croteau scored twice in the Canucks' 4-3 upset over the Flyers.

Playoff picture:

• • Campbell Top 2:

    • Islanders - 105 pts, 1 GR (clinched playoff spot)

    • Flyers - 100 pts, 9 GR (clinched playoff spot)

• Wales Top 2:

  • Canadiens - 103 pts, 10 GR (clinched first-round bye)

  • Kings - 95 pts, 2 GR (clinched playoff spot)

• Wild Card Race:

  • Maple Leafs - 76 pts, 3 GR

  • Sabres - 69 pts, 10 GR

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  • Bruins - 68 pts, 2 GR

  • Rangers - 62 pts, 7 GR

  • North Stars - 58 pts, 6 GR