1976-77 New York Islanders Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 47-21-12 - 106 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 8-4
Lost NHL semi-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Chicago Black Hawks 2-0
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Buffalo Sabres 4-0
Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Al Arbour (47-21-12)
Location: New York, New York

1976-77 New York Islanders Roster
1976-77 New York Islanders Results

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 47 wins and 21 losses and 12 ties for 106 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-4.

The Islanders netted 288 goals and surrendered 193. Clark Gillies scored 33 goals for New York, while Bryan Trottier tallied 30 or more also. Denis Potvin contributed 55 assists. Glenn Resch earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Billy Smith added 15 or more wins, too. Glenn Resch recorded a 2.28 goals against average, topping regular goalies.

Al Arbour coached the team. The 1976-77 New York Islanders lost in the NHL semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Denis Potvin	D	80	25	55	80	103	42	7	1	4	0	241	10.4
Bryan Trottier	C	76	30	42	72	34	28	11	1	6	2	175	17.1
Billy Harris	R	80	24	43	67	44	18	5	1	3	1	160	15.0
Bob Nystrom	R	80	29	27	56	91	22	5	0	3	1	207	14.0
J.P. Parise	L	80	25	31	56	46	26	5	0	7	2	147	17.0
Clark Gillies	L	70	33	22	55	93	18	12	0	5	2	215	15.3
Jude Drouin	C	78	24	29	53	27	18	4	0	2	2	135	17.8
Ed Westfall	R	79	14	33	47	8	21	1	3	0	0	118	11.9
Jean Potvin	D	79	10	36	46	26	14	1	1	0	0	124	8.1
Bob Bourne	C	75	16	19	35	30	27	0	0	5	1	137	11.7
Lorne Henning	C	80	13	18	31	10	21	0	6	2	0	103	12.6
Garry Howatt	L	70	13	15	28	182	14	1	0	4	0	91	14.3
Dave Lewis	D	79	4	24	28	44	29	0	1	1	0	102	3.9
Bert Marshall	D	72	4	21	25	61	48	0	0	1	0	62	6.5
Pat Price	D	71	3	22	25	25	26	2	0	0	0	82	3.7
Andre St. Laurent	C	72	10	13	23	55	8	2	0	3	1	96	10.4
Gerry Hart	D	80	4	18	22	98	29	0	1	0	0	118	3.4
Billy MacMillan	R	43	6	8	14	13	4	0	1	1	0	34	17.6
Richie Hansen	C	4	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	9	11.1
Glenn Resch	G	46	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	36	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lorimer	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Ledingham	L	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Totals		1435	288	479	767	1002	412	56	16	47	12	2361	12.2

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Glenn Resch	46	2711	26	13	6	2	4	103	2.28	0
Billy Smith	36	2089	21	8	6	1	2	87	2.50	0
Totals	82	4800	47	21	12	3	6	190	2.38		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Denis Potvin	D	12	6	4	10	20	2	0	0
Bryan Trottier	C	12	2	8	10	2	0	0	0
Billy Harris	R	12	7	7	14	8	2	0	1
Bob Nystrom	R	12	0	2	2	7	0	0	0
J.P. Parise	L	11	4	4	8	6	1	0	0
Clark Gillies	L	12	4	4	8	15	0	0	4
Jude Drouin	C	12	5	6	11	6	1	0	0
Ed Westfall	R	12	1	5	6	0	0	1	0
Jean Potvin	D	11	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
Bob Bourne	C	8	2	0	2	4	0	0	0
Lorne Henning	C	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Garry Howatt	L	12	1	1	2	28	0	0	0
Dave Lewis	D	12	1	6	7	4	0	0	0
Bert Marshall	D	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Pat Price	D	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Andre St. Laurent	C	12	1	2	3	6	0	0	1
Gerry Hart	D	12	0	2	2	23	0	0	0
Billy MacMillan	R	12	2	0	2	7	0	0	2
Glenn Resch	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	10	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Dave Salvian	L	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Totals		216	36	58	94	160	6	1	8

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Glenn Resch	3	144	1	1	5	2.08	0
Billy Smith	10	580	7	3	27	2.79	0
Totals	13	724	8	4	32	2.65		0