1978-79 New York Islanders Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 51-15-14 - 116 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 6-4
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Chicago Black Hawks 4-0
Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-2
Coach: Al Arbour (51-15-14)
Location: New York, New York

1978-79 New York Islanders Roster
1978-79 New York Islanders Results

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 51 wins and 15 losses and 14 ties for 116 points, finishing first in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-4.

The Islanders paced the circuit with 358 goals. New York surrendered 214 goals. Mike Bossy scored 69 goals for the team, while Bob Bourne, Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin and Bryan Trottier each tallied 30 or more as well. Bryan Trottier accounted for 87 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 2.50 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Al Arbour coached the team. The 1978-79 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%
Bryan Trottier	C	76	47	87	134	50	76	15	0	8	2	187	25.1
Mike Bossy	R	80	69	57	126	25	63	27	0	9	2	279	24.7
Denis Potvin	D	73	31	70	101	58	71	12	3	2	1	237	13.1
Clark Gillies	L	75	35	56	91	68	57	11	0	5	1	210	16.7
Stefan Persson	D	78	10	56	66	57	38	6	0	1	0	113	8.8
Bob Bourne	C	80	30	31	61	48	34	4	1	2	1	148	20.3
John Tonelli	L	73	17	39	56	44	29	1	0	4	0	113	15.0
Billy Harris	R	80	15	39	54	18	26	0	0	5	1	128	11.7
Wayne Merrick	C	75	20	21	41	24	13	2	0	0	0	128	15.6
Bob Nystrom	R	78	19	20	39	113	19	1	0	5	1	161	11.8
Mike Kaszycki	C	71	16	18	34	37	7	2	0	4	1	89	18.0
Lorne Henning	C	73	13	20	33	14	17	0	2	2	1	70	18.6
Garry Howatt	L	75	16	12	28	205	6	0	0	2	1	81	19.8
Dave Lewis	D	79	5	18	23	43	43	0	0	0	1	95	5.3
Bob Lorimer	D	67	3	18	21	42	27	0	0	0	0	64	4.7
Ed Westfall	R	55	5	11	16	4	0	0	1	1	0	51	9.8
Gerry Hart	D	50	2	14	16	78	30	0	0	1	1	56	3.6
Pat Price	D	55	3	11	14	50	18	0	0	0	0	48	6.3
Bert Marshall	D	45	1	8	9	29	9	0	0	0	0	26	3.8
Richie Hansen	C	12	1	6	7	4	9	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
Glenn Resch	G	43	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	40	0	2	2	54	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hector Marini	R	1	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alex McKendry	L	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hordy	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Tambellini	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Totals		1441	358	616	974	1073	588	81	7	51	14	2300	15.6

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Glenn Resch	43	2539	26	7	10	2	106	2.50	0
Billy Smith	40	2261	25	8	4	1	108	2.87	0
Totals	83	4800	51	15	14	3	214	2.68		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bryan Trottier	C	10	2	4	6	13	0	0	1
Mike Bossy	R	10	6	2	8	2	2	0	1
Denis Potvin	D	10	4	7	11	8	0	0	1
Clark Gillies	L	10	1	2	3	11	0	0	0
Stefan Persson	D	10	0	4	4	8	0	0	0
Bob Bourne	C	10	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
John Tonelli	L	10	1	6	7	0	0	0	0
Billy Harris	R	10	2	1	3	10	1	0	1
Wayne Merrick	C	10	2	3	5	2	0	0	0
Bob Nystrom	R	10	3	2	5	4	0	0	1
Mike Kaszycki	C	10	1	3	4	4	0	0	0
Lorne Henning	C	10	2	0	2	0	0	1	0
Garry Howatt	L	9	0	1	1	18	0	0	0
Dave Lewis	D	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Bob Lorimer	D	10	1	3	4	15	0	0	0
Ed Westfall	R	6	1	2	3	0	0	0	1
Gerry Hart	D	9	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
Pat Price	D	7	0	1	1	25	0	0	0
Glenn Resch	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Hector Marini	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		182	27	46	73	144	3	1	6

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Glenn Resch	5	300	2	3	1	11	2.20	0
Billy Smith	5	315	4	1	1	10	1.90	0
Totals	10	615	6	4	2	21	2.05		0