1979–80 New York Islanders season

1979–80 New York Islanders
Stanley Cup Champions
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	2nd Campbell
1979–80 record	39–28–13
Goals for	281
Goals against	247
Team information
General Manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Denis Potvin
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Bossy (51)
Assists	Bryan Trottier (62)
Points	Bryan Trottier (104)
Penalties in minutes	Garry Howatt (219)
Wins	Glenn Resch (23)
Goals against average	Billy Smith (2.95)
<1978–79 1980–81>

The 1979-80 New York Islanders season was the eighth in the franchise's history. It involved winning the Stanley Cup. During the season, the Islanders dropped below the 100-point mark for the first time in five years, earning only 91 points.

Before the playoffs, Torrey made the difficult decision to trade longtime and popular veterans Billy Harris and defenseman Dave Lewis to the Los Angeles Kings for second line center Butch Goring. Goring's is often called the "final piece of the puzzle": a strong two-way player, his presence on the second line ensured that opponents would no longer be able to focus their defensive efforts on the Isles' first line of Bossy, Trottier and Clark Gillies. Contributions from new teammates, such as wingers Duane Sutter and Anders Kallur and stay-at-home defensemen Gord Lane and Ken Morrow (the latter fresh off a gold medal win at the 1980 Olympics), also figured prominently in the Islanders' playoff success.

Offseason

Clark Gillies resigns the team captaincy and is replaced by defenceman Denis Potvin.

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	17.	Duane Sutter (RW)	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	12	20	327	254	116
New York Islanders	80	39	28	13	281	247	91
New York Rangers	80	38	32	10	308	284	86
Atlanta Flames	80	35	32	13	282	269	83
Washington Capitals	80	27	40	13	261	293	67

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

1979 Pre-Season Game Log:
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Attendance	Location	Record	Recap

Regular season

1979–80 Game Log
October: 4–3–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Opponent Score Decision Attendance Location Record Pts Recap 1 October 11, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 2–5 2 October 13, 1979 Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 2–5 3 October 16, 1979 Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 5–1 4 October 18, 1979 @ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 2–3 5 October 20, 1979 Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 6–1 6 October 23, 1979 Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 3–3 7 October 26, 1979 @ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 2–1 8 October 27, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 6–4 9 October 31, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 2–2
November: 2–8–2 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–5–2) # Date Opponent Score Decision Attendance Location Record Pts Recap 10 November 2, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 5–7 11 November 4, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 4–4 12 November 6, 1979 Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 4–1 13 November 9, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 2–5 14 November 10, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 2–5 15 November 13, 1979 New York Rangers (1979–80) 10–5 16 November 17, 1979 Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 4–5 17 November 20, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues (1979-80) 3–6 18 November 21, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 1–3 19 November 24, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 4–4 20 November 28, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies (1979-80) 4–7 21 November 30, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 3–5
December: 7–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Opponent Score Decision Attendance Location Record Pts Recap 22 December 2, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 4–0 23 December 4, 1979 Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 1–5 24 December 6, 1979 Boston Bruins (1979–80) 4–3 25 December 8, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979-80) 6–1 26 December 9, 1979 @ New York Rangers (1979–80) 4–5 27 December 11, 1979 Montreal Canadiens (1979-80) 4–1 28 December 12, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 3–3 29 December 15, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 3–3 30 December 18, 1979 Colorado Rockies (1979-80) 3–2 31 December 22, 1979 Washington Capitals (1979-80) 2–1 32 December 23, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 0–8 33 December 27, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens (1979-80) 7–3 34 December 30, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 2–4
January: 10–4–1 (Home: 8–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Opponent Score Decision Attendance Location Record Pts Recap 35 January 2, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979-80) 3–1 36 January 3, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 3–4 37 January 5, 1980 St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 3–1 38 January 8, 1980 Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 3–0 39 January 9, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 2–3 40 January 12, 1980 Washington Capitals (1979-80) 5–2 41 January 15, 1980 Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 5–2 42 January 17, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 9–6 43 January 19, 1980 Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 3–1 44 January 22, 1980 Montreal Canadiens (1979-80) 2–1 45 January 23, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 5–3 46 January 26, 1980 Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 3–2 47 January 27, 1980 @ Washington Capitals (1979-80) 1–7 48 January 29, 1980 Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 2–2 49 January 31, 1980 @ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 2–4
February: 6–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Decision Attendance Location Record Pts Recap 50 February 2, 1980 Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 3–2 51 February 3, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 3–5 52 February 7, 1980 Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 4–1 53 February 9, 1980 Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 5–0 54 February 12, 1980 Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 0–0 55 February 14, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies (1979-80) 5–3 56 February 16, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 2–3 57 February 17, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 2–4 58 February 19, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 4–6 59 February 21, 1980 Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 2–5 60 February 23, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues (1979-80) 3–2 61 February 24, 1980 @ New York Rangers (1979–80) 2–8 62 February 27, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 5–3
March: 8–3–4 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–3) # Date Opponent Score Decision Attendance Location Record Pts Recap 63 March 1, 1980 Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 3–4 64 March 2, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 0–0 65 March 4, 1980 Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 6–4 66 March 6, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 5–2 67 March 8, 1980 Boston Bruins (1979–80) 3–5 68 March 9, 1980 @ Washington Capitals (1979-80) 1–3 69 March 11, 1980 Colorado Rockies (1979-80) 4–1 70 March 15, 1980 St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 6–2 71 March 16, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 6–1 72 March 18, 1980 Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 6–3 73 March 22, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 4–4 74 March 23, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 1–1 75 March 25, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 5–2 76 March 28, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens (1979-80) 2–2 77 March 30, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 9–6
April: 2–0–1 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Opponent Score Decision Attendance Location Record Pts Recap 78 April 1, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 1–1 79 April 4, 1980 @ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 7–3 80 April 5, 1980 New York Rangers (1979–80) 2–1
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1979	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	0–1–0
2	L	October 13, 1979	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	0–2–0
3	W	October 16, 1979	5–1	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	1–2–0
4	L	October 18, 1979	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	1–3–0
5	W	October 20, 1979	6–1	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	2–3–0
6	T	October 23, 1979	3–3	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	2–3–1
7	W	October 26, 1979	2–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	3–3–1
8	W	October 27, 1979	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	4–3–1
9	T	October 31, 1979	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	4–3–2
10	L	November 2, 1979	5–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	4–4–2
11	T	November 4, 1979	4–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	4–4–3
12	W	November 6, 1979	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	5–4–3
13	L	November 9, 1979	2–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	5–5–3
14	L	November 10, 1979	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	5–6–3
15	W	November 13, 1979	10–5	New York Rangers (1979–80)	6–6–3
16	L	November 17, 1979	4–5	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	6–7–3
17	L	November 20, 1979	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	6–8–3
18	L	November 21, 1979	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	6–9–3
19	T	November 24, 1979	4–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	6–9–4
20	L	November 28, 1979	4–7	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	6–10–4
21	L	November 30, 1979	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	6–11–4
22	W	December 2, 1979	4–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	7–11–4
23	L	December 4, 1979	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	7–12–4
24	W	December 6, 1979	4–3	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	8–12–4
25	W	December 7, 1979	6–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	9–12–4
26	L	December 9, 1979	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	9–13–4
27	W	December 11, 1979	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	10–13–4
28	T	December 12, 1979	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	10–13–5
29	T	December 15, 1979	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	10–13–6
30	W	December 18, 1979	3–2	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	11–13–6
31	W	December 22, 1979	2–1	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	12–13–6
32	L	December 23, 1979	0–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	12–14–6
33	W	December 27, 1979	7–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	13–14–6
34	L	December 30, 1979	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	13–15–6
35	W	January 2, 1980	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	14–15–6
36	L	January 3, 1980	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	14–16–6
37	W	January 5, 1980	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	15–16–6
38	W	January 8, 1980	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	16–16–6
39	L	January 9, 1980	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	16–17–6
40	W	January 12, 1980	5–2	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	17–17–6
41	W	January 15, 1980	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	18–17–6
42	W	January 17, 1980	9–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	19–17–6
43	W	January 19, 1980	3–1	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	20–17–6
44	W	January 22, 1980	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	21–17–6
45	W	January 23, 1980	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	22–17–6
46	W	January 26, 1980	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	23–17–6
47	L	January 27, 1980	1–7	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	23–18–6
48	T	January 29, 1980	2–2	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	23–18–7
49	L	January 31, 1980	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	23–19–7
50	W	February 2, 1980	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	24–19–7
51	L	February 3, 1980	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	24–20–7
52	W	February 7, 1980	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	25–20–7
53	W	February 9, 1980	5–0	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	26–20–7
54	T	February 12, 1980	0–0	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	26–20–8
55	W	February 14, 1980	5–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	27–20–8
56	L	February 16, 1980	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	27–21–8
57	L	February 17, 1980	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	27–22–8
58	L	February 19, 1980	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	27–23–8
59	L	February 21, 1980	2–5	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	27–24–8
60	W	February 23, 1980	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	28–24–8
61	L	February 24, 1980	2–8	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	28–25–8
62	W	February 27, 1980	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	29–25–8
63	L	March 1, 1980	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	29–26–8
64	T	March 2, 1980	0–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	29–26–9
65	W	March 4, 1980	6–4	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	30–26–9
66	W	March 6, 1980	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	31–26–9
67	L	March 8, 1980	3–5	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	31–27–9
68	L	March 9, 1980	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	31–28–9
69	W	March 11, 1980	4–1	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	32–28–9
70	W	March 15, 1980	6–2	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	33–28–9
71	W	March 16, 1980	6–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	34–28–9
72	W	March 18, 1980	6–3	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	35–28–9
73	T	March 22, 1980	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	35–28–10
74	T	March 23, 1980	1–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	35–28–11
75	W	March 25, 1980	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	36–28–11
76	T	March 28, 1980	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	36–28–12
77	W	March 30, 1980	9–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	37–28–12
78	T	April 1, 1980	1–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	37–28–13
79	W	April 4, 1980	7–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	38–28–13
80	W	April 5, 1980	2–1	New York Rangers (1979–80)	39–28–13

Playoffs

In the semi-finals, the Isles faced the Buffalo Sabres, who had finished second overall in the NHL standings. The Isles won the first two games in Buffalo, including a 3–2 victory in Game 2 on Bob Nystrom's goal in double overtime. They went on to win the series in six games and reach the finals for the first time in franchise history, where they would face the NHL's regular season champions, the Philadelphia Flyers, who had gone undefeated for 35 straight games (25–0–10) during the regular season. In Game 1 in Philadelphia, the Isles won 4–3 on Denis Potvin's power-play goal in overtime. Leading the series 3–2, they went home to Long Island for Game 6. In that game, Bob Nystrom continued his overtime heroics, scoring at 7:11 of the extra frame, on assists by John Tonelli and Lorne Henning, to bring Long Island its first Stanley Cup. It was the Isles' sixth overtime victory of the playoffs. Bryan Trottier won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. Torrey's strategy of building through the draft turned out very well; nearly all of the major contributors on the 1980 champions were home-grown Islanders or had spent most of their NHL careers in the Islanders organization. The Islanders would become the first NHL team to win a Stanley Cup with Europeans (Stefan Persson, Anders Kallur, Bob Nystrom) on its roster.^[2]

1980 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Stanley Cup Preliminary Round vs. (12) Los Angeles Kings: N.Y. Islanders wins 3–1 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Location Series Recap 1 April 8, 1980 Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 8–1 Smith (W) 13,862 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1–0 2 April 9, 1980 Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 3–6 Resch (L) 14,047 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1–1 3 April 11, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 4–3 OT 6:55 Smith (W) 11,690 The Forum 2–1 4 April 12, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 6–0 Smith (W) 11,089 The Forum 3–1
Stanley Cup Quarterfinals vs. (4) Boston Bruins: N.Y. Islanders wins 4–1 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Location Series Recap 1 April 16, 1980 @ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 2–1 OT 1:02 Smith (W) 10,910 Boston Garden 1–0 2 April 17, 1980 @ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 5–4 OT 1:24 Smith (W) 13,134 Boston Garden 2–0 3 April 19, 1980 Boston Bruins (1979–80) 5–3 Smith (W) 14,995 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3–0 4 April 21, 1980 Boston Bruins (1979–80) 3–4 OT 17:13 Smith (L) 14,995 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3–1 5 April 22, 1980 @ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 4–2 Smith (W) 14,673 Boston Garden 4–0
Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. (2) Buffalo Sabres: N.Y. Islanders wins 4–2 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Location Series Recap 1 April 29, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 4–1 Smith (W) 16,433 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 1–0 2 May 1, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 2–1 2OT 21:20 Smith (W) 16,433 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 2–0 3 May 3, 1980 Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 7–4 Smith (W) 14,995 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3–0 4 May 6, 1980 Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 4–7 Smith (L) 14,995 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3–1 5 May 8, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 0–2 Resch (L) 16,433 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 3–2 6 May 10, 1980 Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 5–2 Smith (W) 14,995 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–2
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers: N.Y. Islanders wins 4–2 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Location Series Recap 1 May 13, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 4–3 OT 4:07 Smith (W) 17,077 Spectrum 1–0 2 May 15, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 3–8 Smith (L) 17,077 Spectrum 1–1 3 May 17, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 6–2 Smith (W) 14,995 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 2–1 4 May 19, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 5–2 Smith (W) 14,995 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3–1 5 May 22, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 3–6 Smith (L) 17,077 Spectrum 3–2 6 May 24, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 5–4 OT 7:11 Smith (W) 14,995 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–2 Legend:       Win       Loss

Stanley Cup

New York Islanders vs. Philadelphia Flyers

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 13	New York	4	Philadelphia	3	OT
May 15	New York	3	Philadelphia	8
May 17	Philadelphia	2	New York	6
May 19	Philadelphia	2	New York	5	OT
May 22	New York	3	Philadelphia	6
May 24	Philadelphia	4	New York	5	OT

New York wins the series 4–2.

1980 New York Islanders Stanley Cup Champions

Gord Lane, Jean Potvin, Bob Lorimer, Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson, Ken Morrow, Dave Langevin, Duane Sutter, Garry Howatt, Clark Gillies, Lorne Henning, Wayne Merrick, Bob Bourne, Steve Tambellini, Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, Bob Nystrom, John Tonelli, Anders Kallur, Butch Goring, Alex McKendry, Glenn Resch, Billy Smith, Al Arbour(coach), Bill Torrey(general manager), Ron Waske, Jim Pickard(trainers)

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 78 42 62 104 68 31 15 0 6 Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 75 51 41 92 12 28 16 0 8 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 73 19 35 54 49 29 7 0 5 Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur RW 76 22 30 52 16 12 5 4 2 Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 77 14 30 44 49 8 3 0 2 Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 31 8 33 41 44 13 4 0 0 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 73 15 25 40 52 5 3 0 1 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 67 21 18 39 94 4 2 0 4 Persson, StefanStefan Persson D 73 4 35 39 76 13 2 0 0 Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick C 70 13 22 35 16 12 2 0 4 Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 67 15 15 30 37 0 2 1 2 Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 56 15 9 24 55 5 0 0 1 Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 62 5 16 21 54 10 0 0 0 Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 77 8 11 19 219 -3 0 0 1 Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer D 74 3 16 19 53 32 0 0 1 Langevin, DaveDave Langevin D 76 3 13 16 109 11 0 1 0 Lane, GordGord Lane D 55 2 14 16 152 10 0 0 1 Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 32 2 13 15 26 -12 2 0 0 Tambellini, SteveSteve Tambellini C 45 5 8 13 4 -1 0 0 0 Goring, ButchButch Goring C 12 6 5 11 2 7 0 1 0 Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 39 3 6 9 6 -10 0 0 0 Kaszycki, MikeMike Kaszycki C 16 1 4 5 15 3 0 0 0 Vautour, YvonYvon Vautour RW 17 3 1 4 24 -6 0 0 1 Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 18 0 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 45 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 38 1 0 1 39 0 0 0 0 Brodeur, RichardRichard Brodeur G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hordy, MikeMike Hordy D 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Johnston, RandyRandy Johnston D 4 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 MacGuigan, GarthGarth MacGuigan C 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 McKendry, AlexAlex McKendry W 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 2606 45 23 14 6 132 3.04 3 Smith, BillyBilly Smith 2114 38 15 14 7 104 2.95 2 Brodeur, RichardRichard Brodeur 80 2 1 0 0 6 4.50 0 Team: 4800 80 39 28 13 242 3.02 5

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 21 12 17 29 16 4 2 2 Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 16 10 13 23 8 6 0 1 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 21 10 10 20 10 5 2 1 Goring, ButchButch Goring C 21 7 12 19 2 1 0 0 Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 21 6 13 19 24 4 0 1 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 20 9 9 18 50 0 0 3 Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 21 7 9 16 18 0 0 0 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 21 6 10 16 63 1 0 2 Persson, StefanStefan Persson D 21 5 10 15 16 4 0 0 Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 21 3 7 10 74 0 0 0 Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 21 3 4 7 2 0 3 1 Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick C 21 2 4 6 2 0 0 1 Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 21 3 1 4 84 0 0 1 McKendry, AlexAlex McKendry W 6 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 Lane, GordGord Lane D 21 1 3 4 85 0 0 0 Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer D 21 1 3 4 41 0 0 1 Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 20 1 2 3 12 0 0 1 Langevin, DaveDave Langevin D 21 0 3 3 32 0 0 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 20 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Smith, BillyBilly Smith 1198 20 15 4 56 2.80 1 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 120 4 0 2 9 4.50 0 Team: 1318 21 15 6 65 2.96 1

^[3]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

• Bryan Trottier, Conn Smythe Trophy

References

• Islanders on Hockey Database

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