1979-80 New York Islanders Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-28-13 - 91 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 15-6
Won Stanley Cup
Preliminary - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 3-1
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-1
Semi-Finals - Defeated Buffalo Sabres 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4-2
Coach: Al Arbour (39-28-13)
Location: New York, New York

1979-80 New York Islanders Roster
1979-80 New York Islanders Results

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 39 wins and 28 losses and 13 ties for 91 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 15-6.

The Islanders scored 281 goals and conceded 247. Mike Bossy netted 51 goals for New York, while Bryan Trottier tallied 30 or more also. Bryan Trottier accounted for 62 assists. Glenn Resch earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Billy Smith added 15 or more wins, too. Billy Smith recorded a 2.95 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.

Al Arbour coached the team. The 1979-80 New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Bryan Trottier	C	78	42	62	104	68	31	15	0	6	1	186	22.6
Mike Bossy	R	75	51	41	92	12	28	16	0	8	2	244	20.9
Clark Gillies	L	73	19	35	54	49	29	7	0	5	0	175	10.9
Anders Kallur	R	76	22	30	52	16	12	5	4	2	1	138	15.9
John Tonelli	L	77	14	30	44	49	8	3	0	2	1	103	13.6
Denis Potvin	D	31	8	33	41	44	13	4	0	0	0	98	8.2
Bob Bourne	C	73	15	25	40	52	5	3	0	1	1	155	9.7
Bob Nystrom	R	67	21	18	39	94	4	2	0	4	1	146	14.4
Stefan Persson	D	73	4	35	39	76	13	2	0	0	0	91	4.4
Wayne Merrick	C	70	13	22	35	16	12	2	0	4	0	111	11.7
Billy Harris	R	67	15	15	30	37	0	2	1	2	1	91	16.5
Duane Sutter	R	56	15	9	24	55	5	0	0	1	0	75	20.0
Dave Lewis	D	62	5	16	21	54	10	0	0	0	0	66	7.6
Garry Howatt	L	77	8	11	19	219	-3	0	0	1	0	62	12.9
Bob Lorimer	D	74	3	16	19	53	32	0	0	1	0	98	3.1
Dave Langevin	D	76	3	13	16	109	11	0	1	0	0	82	3.7
Gord Lane	D	55	2	14	16	152	10	0	0	1	0	60	3.3
Jean Potvin	D	32	2	13	15	26	-12	2	0	0	0	49	4.1
Steve Tambellini	C	45	5	8	13	4	-1	0	0	0	2	63	7.9
Butch Goring	C	12	6	5	11	2	7	0	1	0	1	20	30.0
Lorne Henning	C	39	3	6	9	6	-10	0	0	0	0	45	6.7
Mike Kaszycki	C	16	1	4	5	15	3	0	0	0	0	13	7.7
Yvon Vautour	R	17	3	1	4	24	-6	0	0	1	0	16	18.8
Ken Morrow	D	18	0	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	19	0.0
Glenn Resch	G	45	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	38	1	0	1	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex McKendry	L	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hordy	D	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Randy Johnston	D	4	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Richard Brodeur	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garth MacGuigan	C	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1441	281	468	749	1292	203	63	7	39	11	2217	12.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Glenn Resch	45	2606	23	14	6	1	3	132	3.04	0
Billy Smith	38	2114	15	14	7	4	2	104	2.95	0
Richard Brodeur	2	80	1	0	0	0	0	6	4.50	0
Totals	85	4800	39	28	13	5	5	242	3.03		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bryan Trottier	C	21	12	17	29	16	4	2	2
Mike Bossy	R	16	10	13	23	8	6	0	1
Clark Gillies	L	21	6	10	16	63	1	0	2
John Tonelli	L	21	7	9	16	18	0	0	0
Denis Potvin	D	21	6	13	19	24	4	0	1
Bob Bourne	C	21	10	10	20	10	5	2	1
Bob Nystrom	R	20	9	9	18	50	0	0	3
Stefan Persson	D	21	5	10	15	16	4	0	0
Wayne Merrick	C	21	2	4	6	2	0	0	1
Duane Sutter	R	21	3	7	10	74	0	0	0
Garry Howatt	L	21	3	1	4	84	0	0	1
Bob Lorimer	D	21	1	3	4	41	0	0	1
Dave Langevin	D	21	0	3	3	32	0	0	0
Gord Lane	D	21	1	3	4	85	0	0	0
Butch Goring	C	21	7	12	19	2	1	0	0
Lorne Henning	C	21	3	4	7	2	0	3	1
Ken Morrow	D	20	1	2	3	12	0	0	1
Glenn Resch	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	20	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Alex McKendry	L	6	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Totals		380	88	132	220	550	25	7	15

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Glenn Resch	4	120	0	2	1	0	9	4.50	0
Billy Smith	20	1198	15	4	0	1	56	2.80	0
Totals	24	1318	15	6	1	1	65	2.96		0