1983–84 New York Islanders season

The 1983–84 New York Islanders season was the 12th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. This season involved participating in the Stanley Cup Finals, but losing the Cup to the Edmonton Oilers.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	3	Pat LaFontaine	United States	Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)
1	16	Gerald Diduck	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
2	37	Garnet McKechney
3	57	Mike Neill
4	65	Mikko Mäkelä	Finland
5	84	Bob Caulfield
5	97	Ron Viglasi
6	117	Darin Illikainen
7	137	Jim Sprenger
8	157	Dale Henry
9	177	Kevin Vescio
10	197	Dave Shellington
11	217	John Bjorkman
12	237	Peter McGeough

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	50	26	4	357	269	104
Washington Capitals	80	48	27	5	308	226	101
Philadelphia Flyers	80	44	26	10	350	290	98
New York Rangers	80	42	29	9	314	304	93
New Jersey Devils	80	17	56	7	231	350	41
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	16	58	6	254	390	38

^[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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 4, 1983	3–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	0–1–0
2	W	October 6, 1983	7–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	1–1–0
3	W	October 8, 1983	8–7 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	2–1–0
4	W	October 11, 1983	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	3–1–0
5	L	October 15, 1983	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	3–2–0
6	W	October 16, 1983	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	4–2–0
7	L	October 18, 1983	3–4	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	4–3–0
8	L	October 22, 1983	2–3	New York Rangers (1983–84)	4–4–0
9	L	October 23, 1983	5–6 OT	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	4–5–0
10	L	October 25, 1983	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	4–6–0
11	W	October 29, 1983	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	5–6–0
12	W	October 30, 1983	6–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	6–6–0
13	W	November 1, 1983	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	7–6–0
14	W	November 4, 1983	6–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	8–6–0
15	W	November 5, 1983	4–0	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	9–6–0
16	W	November 8, 1983	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	10–6–0
17	W	November 11, 1983	6–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	11–6–0
18	L	November 12, 1983	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	11–7–0
19	W	November 15, 1983	6–4	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	12–7–0
20	L	November 18, 1983	1–7	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	12–8–0
21	W	November 19, 1983	6–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	13–8–0
22	W	November 22, 1983	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	14–8–0
23	W	November 23, 1983	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	15–8–0
24	W	November 26, 1983	9–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	16–8–0
25	T	November 29, 1983	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	16–8–1
26	L	December 1, 1983	2–6	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	16–9–1
27	W	December 4, 1983	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	17–9–1
28	W	December 6, 1983	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	18–9–1
29	T	December 7, 1983	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	18–9–2
30	W	December 10, 1983	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	19–9–2
31	W	December 13, 1983	8–5	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	20–9–2
32	W	December 15, 1983	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	21–9–2
33	W	December 17, 1983	7–1	New York Rangers (1983–84)	22–9–2
34	W	December 20, 1983	11–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	23–9–2
35	W	December 22, 1983	6–1	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	24–9–2
36	L	December 23, 1983	3–7	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	24–10–2
37	W	December 28, 1983	6–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	25–10–2
38	L	December 30, 1983	3–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	25–11–2
39	W	December 31, 1983	7–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	26–11–2
40	L	January 3, 1984	2–4	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	26–12–2
41	L	January 5, 1984	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	26–13–2
42	W	January 7, 1984	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	27–13–2
43	L	January 8, 1984	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	27–14–2
44	W	January 10, 1984	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	28–14–2
45	W	January 12, 1984	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	29–14–2
46	W	January 14, 1984	4–2	New York Rangers (1983–84)	30–14–2
47	L	January 16, 1984	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	30–15–2
48	W	January 18, 1984	9–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	31–15–2
49	L	January 21, 1984	1–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	31–16–2
50	L	January 24, 1984	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	31–17–2
51	L	January 26, 1984	1–5	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	31–18–2
52	L	January 28, 1984	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	31–19–2
53	L	February 2, 1984	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	31–20–2
54	W	February 4, 1984	6–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	32–20–2
55	W	February 5, 1984	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	33–20–2
56	W	February 7, 1984	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	34–20–2
57	W	February 11, 1984	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	35–20–2
58	L	February 13, 1984	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	35–21–2
59	L	February 15, 1984	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	35–22–2
60	W	February 18, 1984	4–3	New York Rangers (1983–84)	36–22–2
61	W	February 19, 1984	5–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	37–22–2
62	W	February 23, 1984	5–1	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	38–22–2
63	W	February 25, 1984	7–1	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	39–22–2
64	L	February 26, 1984	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	39–23–2
65	W	February 29, 1984	4–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	40–23–2
66	W	March 3, 1984	11–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	41–23–2
67	W	March 6, 1984	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	42–23–2
68	W	March 8, 1984	9–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	43–23–2
69	L	March 10, 1984	4–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	43–24–2
70	W	March 11, 1984	6–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	44–24–2
71	W	March 13, 1984	5–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	45–24–2
72	L	March 17, 1984	1–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	45–25–2
73	L	March 18, 1984	4–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	45–26–2
74	W	March 20, 1984	5–2	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	46–26–2
75	T	March 22, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	46–26–3
76	T	March 24, 1984	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	46–26–4
77	W	March 25, 1984	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	47–26–4
78	W	March 27, 1984	7–0	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	48–26–4
79	W	March 31, 1984	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	49–26–4
80	W	April 1, 1984	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	50–26–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	67	51	67	118	8	66	6	0	11
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	68	40	71	111	59	70	7	3	4
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	78	22	63	85	87	55	11	1	3
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	LW	73	27	40	67	66	21	5	1	7
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	79	31	35	66	59	51	6	0	2
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	78	22	34	56	75	12	5	5	2
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	69	34	15	49	69	4	7	0	6
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	D	72	11	36	47	54	12	2	0	1
Goring, ButchButch Goring	C	71	22	24	46	8	9	0	5	3
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	74	15	29	44	80	9	1	0	1
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	78	17	23	40	94	2	2	0	1
Persson, StefanStefan Persson	D	75	9	24	33	65	30	4	0	2
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	76	12	16	28	65	5	3	0	2
Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur	RW	65	9	14	23	24	0	2	3	1
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	15	13	6	19	6	9	1	0	0
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	69	3	16	19	53	26	0	0	1
Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	63	3	11	14	45	26	0	0	1
Dineen, GordGord Dineen	D	43	1	11	12	32	10	0	0	0
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	31	6	5	11	10	2	0	0	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	28	0	11	11	36	18	0	0	0
Flatley, PatPat Flatley	RW	16	2	7	9	6	3	1	0	0
Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll	C	39	5	2	7	12	-1	0	0	2
Hallin, MatsMats Hallin	LW	40	2	5	7	27	-2	0	0	0
Lane, GordGord Lane	D	37	0	3	3	70	6	0	0	0
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	D	15	0	2	2	6	-5	0	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	37	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	42	0	2	2	23	0	0	0	0
MacGuigan, GarthGarth MacGuigan	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Regier, DarcyDarcy Regier	D	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	2279	42	23	13	2	130	3.42	2
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	2019	37	20	11	2	110	3.27	0
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	535	12	7	2	0	28	3.14	0
Team:	4833	80	50	26	4	268	3.33	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	21	12	7	19	19	3	0	0
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	21	8	10	18	4	2	0	3
Flatley, PatPat Flatley	RW	21	9	6	15	14	1	0	1
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	21	8	6	14	49	1	0	0
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	20	4	10	14	18	0	1	3
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	21	5	7	12	39	2	0	1
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	16	3	6	9	8	0	0	0
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	D	21	3	5	8	22	2	0	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	21	1	7	8	10	0	0	1
Goring, ButchButch Goring	C	21	1	5	6	2	1	0	0
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	20	1	5	6	28	1	0	0
Persson, StefanStefan Persson	D	16	0	6	6	2	0	0	0
Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur	RW	17	2	2	4	2	0	1	1
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	21	1	3	4	48	0	0	0
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	LW	17	1	3	4	31	0	0	0
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	12	0	4	4	18	0	0	0
Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	20	1	2	3	20	0	0	1
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	8	1	1	2	7	0	0	1
Dineen, GordGord Dineen	D	9	1	1	2	28	0	0	0
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	15	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hallin, MatsMats Hallin	LW	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Lane, GordGord Lane	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	21	0	0	0	17	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	1190	21	12	8	54	2.72
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	87	6	0	1	5	3.45
Team:	1277	21	12	9	59	2.77

^[2]

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;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1984 Stanley Cup Finals

New York Islanders vs. Edmonton Oilers

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
May 10	Edmonton	1	New York	0
May 12	Edmonton	1	New York	6
May 15	New York	2	Edmonton	7
May 17	New York	2	Edmonton	7
May 19	New York	2	Edmonton	5

Edmonton wins the series 4–1.

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Mike Bossy
Mike Bossy, Right Wing, NHL First All-Star Team
Denis Potvin, Defence, NHL Second All-Star Team
Bryan Trottier, Center, NHL Second All-Star Team

References

Islanders on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1983-84 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

New York Islanders seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Islanders

Founded in 1972 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Team General managers Head coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Records Award winners Seasons Current season

Arenas	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Barclays Center Islanders Iceworks (practice facility)

Personnel	Owner Charles Wang General manager Garth Snow Head coach Jack Capuano Team captain John Tavares Current roster

General managers	Torrey Maloney Milbury Smith Snow

Head coaches	Goyette Ingarfield Arbour Simpson Henning Milbury Bowness Stewart Goring Laviolette Stirling Shaw Nolan Gordon Capuano

Affiliates	AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers ECHL Missouri Mavericks

Retired numbers	5 9 19 22 23 31

Stanley Cup Finals	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Culture and lore	The Trio Grande Easter Epic Penguins–Islanders brawl The Lighthouse Project Hockey Night Live! 2014 NHL Stadium Series

Media	TV MSG MSG Plus Radio WRHU 88.7 FM Broadcasters Howie Rose Butch Goring

1983–84 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game Good Friday Massacre Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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