1977-78 New York Islanders Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 48-17-15 - 111 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3
Coach: Al Arbour (48-17-15)
Location: New York, New York

1977-78 New York Islanders Roster
1977-78 New York Islanders Results

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 48 wins and 17 losses and 15 ties for 111 points, finishing first in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Islanders scored 334 goals and allowed 210. Mike Bossy netted 53 goals for New York, while Clark Gillies, Bob Nystrom, Bob Bourne, Denis Potvin and Bryan Trottier each tallied 30 or more, too. Bryan Trottier accounted for 77 assists. Glenn Resch earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Billy Smith added 15 or more wins, too. Glenn Resch recorded a 2.55 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Al Arbour coached the team. The 1977-78 New York Islanders lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Bryan Trottier	C	77	46	77	123	46	52	13	2	6	1	193	23.8
Denis Potvin	D	80	30	64	94	81	57	9	0	6	0	288	10.4
Mike Bossy	R	73	53	38	91	6	31	25	0	5	2	235	22.6
Clark Gillies	L	80	35	50	85	76	49	9	0	2	2	277	12.6
Bob Bourne	C	80	30	33	63	31	15	2	0	8	1	178	16.9
Billy Harris	R	80	22	38	60	40	27	1	1	1	1	148	14.9
Bob Nystrom	R	80	30	29	59	94	19	3	0	6	0	178	16.9
Stefan Persson	D	66	6	50	56	54	19	3	0	0	0	77	7.8
Mike Kaszycki	C	58	13	29	42	24	15	3	0	2	0	85	15.3
J.P. Parise	L	39	12	16	28	12	19	1	0	0	3	68	17.6
Lorne Henning	C	79	12	15	27	6	10	0	2	4	0	79	15.2
Gerry Hart	D	78	2	23	25	94	44	0	0	1	0	126	1.6
Wayne Merrick	C	37	10	14	24	8	2	2	0	2	0	60	16.7
Ed Westfall	R	71	5	19	24	14	7	0	1	1	1	72	6.9
Jude Drouin	C	56	5	17	22	12	14	0	0	0	1	78	6.4
Garry Howatt	L	61	7	12	19	146	7	0	0	0	1	60	11.7
Michel Bergeron	R	25	9	6	15	2	16	0	0	2	1	40	22.5
Dave Lewis	D	77	3	11	14	58	32	0	1	1	0	111	2.7
Pat Price	D	52	2	10	12	27	25	0	0	1	0	50	4.0
Jean Potvin	D	34	1	10	11	8	11	0	0	0	0	36	2.8
Bert Marshall	D	58	0	7	7	44	10	0	0	0	0	32	0.0
Bob Lorimer	D	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Glenn Resch	G	45	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	38	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex McKendry	L	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
Andre St. Laurent	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Richie Hansen	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Neil Nicholson	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Goran Hogosta	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1439	334	569	903	934	483	71	7	48	14	2490	13.4

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Glenn Resch	45	2637	28	9	7	1	3	112	2.55	0
Billy Smith	38	2154	20	8	8	2	2	95	2.65	0
Goran Hogosta	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Totals	84	4800	48	17	15	3	5	207	2.59		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Bryan Trottier	C	7	0	3	3	4	0	0
Denis Potvin	D	7	2	2	4	6	0	0
Mike Bossy	R	7	2	2	4	2	0	1
Clark Gillies	L	7	2	0	2	15	1	0
Bob Bourne	C	7	2	3	5	2	1	0
Billy Harris	R	7	0	0	0	4	0	0
Bob Nystrom	R	7	3	1	4	14	1	2
Stefan Persson	D	7	0	2	2	6	0	0
Mike Kaszycki	C	7	1	3	4	4	0	0
Lorne Henning	C	7	0	0	0	4	0	0
Gerry Hart	D	7	0	0	0	16	0	0
Wayne Merrick	C	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Westfall	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jude Drouin	C	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
Garry Howatt	L	7	0	1	1	62	0	0
Dave Lewis	D	7	0	1	1	11	0	0
Pat Price	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bert Marshall	D	7	0	2	2	9	0	0
Glenn Resch	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	1	0	0	0	9	0	0
Totals		125	13	21	34	175	3	3

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Glenn Resch	7	388	3	4	15	2.32	0
Billy Smith	1	47	0	0	1	1.28	0
Totals	8	435	3	4	16	2.21		0