Sittler's hat trick leads the way.

Post date: Dec 22, 2018 1:37:56 PM

Our Game of the Week comes to you from the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. Darryl Sittler nets a natural hat trick in the first eight minutes of the game en route to Toronto's 5-3 win over the Penguins. Mike Palmateer stopped 36 of 39 shots for the Maple Leafs (10-17-2). Guy Charron had a goal and two assists for the Pens (10-14-4).

Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins

DATE : 12/19/2018

GOALS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 2 0 0 5

Pittsburgh Penguins 1 2 0 0 3

SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 10 13 5 0 28

Pittsburgh Penguins 12 11 16 0 39

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

1. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER(6)( LANNY McDONALD, BORJE SALMING ) (PP) : 1st 1:48

2. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER(7)( IAN TURNBULL, BORJE SALMING ): 1st 6:12

3. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER(8)( BORJE SALMING ) (SH) : 1st 7:44

4. PIT. RON SCHOCK(3)( RICK KEHOE, GUY CHARRON ) (PP) : 1st 13:17

5. PIT. HARTLAND MONAHAN(6)( JEAN PRONOVOST, GUY CHARRON ): 2nd 0:45

6. TOR. JIM HARRISON(1)( MIKE CHRISTIE ): 2nd 3:47

7. PIT. GUY CHARRON(14)( JEAN PRONOVOST, DENNIS OWCHAR ): 2nd 7:55

8. TOR. LANNY McDONALD(9)( DARRYL SITTLER, BORJE SALMING ) (PP) : 2nd 17:53

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

1. PIT. YVON LABRE - 12 Minutes: 1st 0:26

EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY RICK KEHOE

3. TOR. IAN TURNBULL - 2 Minutes: 1st 7:19

4. TOR. JIM McKENNY - 2 Minutes: 1st 12:26

5. TOR. BORJE SALMING - 2 Minutes: 1st 18:45

6. PIT. YVON LABRE - 2 Minutes: 2nd 17:35

I N J U R I E S

NONE

Player Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

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

DARRYL SITTLER 1 5 3 1 0 1 1 11-8 51 29:30 0 0 1 1

LANNY McDONALD 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0-0 37 21:29 1 1 1 1

DON ASHBY 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 26 14:48 0 0 0 0

PAUL GARDNER 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:47 0 0 0 1

BOB MacMILLAN 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:47 1 0 0 0

TOM LYSIAK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-0 28 15:38 0 0 0 1

INGE HAMMARSTROM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 19 10:22 0 0 0 1

JIM HARRISON 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5-0 26 14:48 0 0 0 2 GWG

IAN TURNBULL 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 45 23:50 1 0 0 0

PAT BOUTETTE 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 17 8:52 0 0 0 0

TIGER WILLIAMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 26 14:48 1 0 0 0

JIM McKENNY 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 17 10:28 0 0 0 0

BORJE SALMING 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0-0 45 24:59 0 0 0 1

BOB NEELY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 37 21:39 1 0 0 0

NICK LIBETT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 26 15:09 0 1 0 0

MIKE CHRISTIE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 43 24:29 0 1 0 0

BRIAN GLENNIE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 23 14:27 0 0 0 0

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TOTAL 4 28 5 8 6 2 1 22-8 5 3 2 8

Player Stats For Pittsburgh Penguins

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

WAYNE BIANCHIN 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:25 0 0 0 1

GUY CHARRON 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 8-6 59 32:14 0 0 0 2

GREG MALONE -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6-4 21 12:31 1 0 0 0

JEAN PRONOVOST -1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 32 18:36 0 0 0 1

RICK KEHOE -1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 28 16:02 1 0 0 0

HARTLAND MONAHAN 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:25 2 0 0 1

RON STACKHOUSE -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 48 26:58 0 1 0 1

BLAIR CHAPMAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 15 8:32 1 0 0 0

CURT BENNETT -2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 31 19:10 0 0 1 0

SYL APPS -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8-4 30 17:32 0 0 0 0

RON SCHOCK 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 29 15:28 1 0 0 0

COLIN CAMPBELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 17 10:28 0 0 0 1

DENNIS OWCHAR 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 40 22:30 0 0 0 1

YVON LABRE 1 2 0 0 14 0 0 0-0 34 18:57 2 0 0 0

DAVE BURROWS -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 43 24:11 1 0 0 0

AL CAMERON -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 28 16:48 0 0 0 1

VIC HADFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 15 8:32 0 1 0 0

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TOTAL -5 39 3 6 14 1 0 22-14 9 2 1 9

Goalie Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

GORD McRAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MIKE PALMATEER 60 39 3 0 4 2 105 WIN

Goalie Stats For Pittsburgh Penguins

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

DOUG GRANT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DENIS HERRON 60 28 5 0 7 2 105 LOSS

POWER PLAY OPP GOALS

Toronto Maple Leafs 2 2

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 1

STARS OF THE GAME

1st star - DARRYL SITTLER from Toronto

2nd star - GUY CHARRON from Pittsburgh

3rd star - BORJE SALMING from Toronto

GAME STORY

In a good matchup, the Maple Leafs defeated the Penguins by a final score

of 5 to 3. Toronto quieted the crowd early, scoring 3 times in the first

period. DARRYL SITTLER was a force, he went for the hat-trick, once

while shorthanded, and contributed one assist for Toronto. And BORJE

SALMING contributed four assists. Also GUY CHARRON scored once on 9 shots

and passed for two assists for Pittsburgh. Other goal scorers were LANNY

McDONALD and JIM HARRISON for Toronto and HARTLAND MONAHAN and RON SCHOCK

for Pittsburgh.