Skip to content
HOCKEYSWEDES
SV
Everything about the Swedes in the NHL - right nowThe night every morning on@HockeySwedesCom
Regular seasonPIT

Rob Holland's 1979-1980 season

Wins
10
NHL#27
Save pct
.864
NHL#55
GAA
3.84
NHL#46
Shutouts
1
NHL#19
Games
34
42%
42% of 80

Goaltender Rob Holland was 22 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 34 games and won 10 of them, at .864.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Rob Holland makes his NHL debut

    PITPittsburgh Penguins4–1BOSBoston Bruins

    Rob was 22 years old · Boston Garden, USA

    First NHL win
    View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1BOS
      W
      game 3/80
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      16SV16SA0GA34:15TOIW
      in relief
      View the game
    Milestone

    Rob Holland records his first NHL win

    in the game against Boston Bruins · October 14

    • The game
      LAK5–4PIT
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA59:12TOIL
      .828
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5PIT
      W
      game 5/802
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–6NYR
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      .806SV%
      25SV31SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .806
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–7BUF
      L
      game 7/80
      His night
      .781SV%
      25SV32SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .781
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–8MTL
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      .789SV%
      30SV38SA8GA60:00TOIL
      .789
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR2–4PIT
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      .867SV%
      13SV15SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .867
      View the game
    • November 1979
    • The game
      AFM3–3PIT
      game 10/801
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOI
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 11/80
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOI
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS6–1PIT
      L
      game 12/80
      His night
      .778SV%
      21SV27SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .778
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1NYR
      W
      game 13/802
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–3LAK
      game 14/80
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOI
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–5VAN
      L
      game 15/802
      His night
      .872SV%
      34SV39SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .872
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–2WIN
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–5PIT
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4AFM
      L
      game 18/801
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .840
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–5PIT
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE2–7PIT
      W
      game 20/80
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8017 of 20 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#6
      .872
      SV%
      NHL#22
      3.6
      GAA
      NHL#17
      PIT
      9-7-0W-L-OT22Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT5–7HFD
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      .759SV%
      22SV29SA7GA58:28TOIL
      .759
      View the game
    • December 1979
    • The game
      CHI3–3PIT
      game 25/80
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOI
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3PIT
      game 27/802
      His night
      .813SV%
      13SV16SA3GA60:00TOI
      .813
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4QUE
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      .902SV%
      37SV41SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .902
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8021 of 40 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#15
      .868
      SV%
      NHL#23
      3.7
      GAA
      NHL#18
      PIT
      16-13-0W-L-OT43Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT3–4EDM
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .867
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4CLR
      L
      game 47/801
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:26TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS6–4PIT
      L
      game 48/80
      His night
      .815SV%
      22SV27SA5GA59:01TOIL
      .815
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–3PIT
      L
      game 50/80
      His night
      .778SV%
      7SV9SA2GA20:00TOI
      .778
      View the game
    • February 1980
    • The game
      PIT2–3CHI
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA58:59TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–2TOR
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–8MTL
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      .810SV%
      34SV42SA8GA60:00TOIL
      .810
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–7PIT
      W
      game 59/802
      His night
      .861SV%
      31SV36SA5GA59:56TOIW
      .861
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8029 of 60 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#20
      .864
      SV%
      NHL#25
      3.9
      GAA
      NHL#21
      PIT
      22-27-0W-L-OT55Points
      Playoff spot
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT0–2QUE
      L
      game 61/80
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA59:27TOIL
      .941
      View the game
    • March 1980
    • The game
      NYI0–0PIT
      game 63/803
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA60:00TOI
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Milestone

    Rob Holland records his first NHL shutout

    in the game against New York Islanders · March 2

    • The game
      TOR5–3PIT
      L
      game 65/801
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA59:46TOIL
      .867
      View the game
    • April 1980
    • The game
      BUF9–1PIT
      L
      game 80/80
      His night
      .735SV%
      25SV34SA9GA60:00TOIL
      .735
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Rob Holland closes the 1979-1980 season with 10 wins

    PITPittsburgh Penguins
    Wins
    10
    Games
    34of 80
    43%
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .864
    GAA
    3.84
    Starts
    33
    Events
    10
    career best in wins
    1
    career best in shutouts
    1
    First NHL shutout
    1
    First NHL win
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet Boston Bruins

    PITvsBOS
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    6 days later
    Preliminary round

    Boston Bruins knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 3–2

    PIT2–3BOS
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round