1981-82 New York Islanders Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 54-16-10 - 118 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 15-4
Won Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2
Division Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Quebec Nordiques 4-0
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Vancouver Canucks 4-0
Coach: Al Arbour (54-16-10)
Location: New York, New York

1981-82 New York Islanders Roster
1981-82 New York Islanders Results

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 54 wins and 16 losses and 10 ties for 118 points, finishing first in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 15-4.

The Islanders scored 385 goals and allowed 250. Mike Bossy netted 64 goals for New York, while Clark Gillies, John Tonelli and Bryan Trottier each tallied 30 or more also. Mike Bossy contributed 83 assists. Billy Smith earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Roland Melanson added 15 or more victories also. Billy Smith recorded a 2.97 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Al Arbour coached the team. The 1981-82 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%
Mike Bossy	R	80	64	83	147	22	69	17	0	10	0	301	21.3
Bryan Trottier	C	80	50	79	129	88	70	18	2	10	2	217	23.0
John Tonelli	L	80	35	58	93	57	48	5	0	5	2	165	21.2
Clark Gillies	L	79	38	39	77	75	39	8	0	5	1	200	19.0
Denis Potvin	D	60	24	37	61	83	38	11	1	4	0	169	14.2
Bob Bourne	C	76	27	26	53	77	27	5	2	2	1	173	15.6
Duane Sutter	R	77	18	35	53	100	23	4	0	0	0	140	12.9
Mike McEwen	D	73	10	39	49	50	30	1	0	1	0	161	6.2
Bob Nystrom	R	74	22	25	47	103	13	0	0	4	0	136	16.2
Brent Sutter	C	43	21	22	43	114	28	3	0	1	0	93	22.6
Stefan Persson	D	70	6	37	43	99	35	3	0	2	1	107	5.6
Anders Kallur	R	58	18	22	40	18	5	2	3	3	2	74	24.3
Wayne Merrick	C	68	12	27	39	20	4	1	0	3	0	112	10.7
Tomas Jonsson	D	70	9	25	34	51	26	0	0	1	1	89	10.1
Butch Goring	C	67	15	17	32	10	-3	1	5	1	0	63	23.8
Billy Carroll	C	72	9	20	29	32	12	0	3	1	0	42	21.4
Dave Langevin	D	73	1	20	21	82	34	0	0	0	0	73	1.4
Ken Morrow	D	75	1	18	19	56	53	0	0	0	0	91	1.1
Hector Marini	R	30	4	9	13	53	3	1	0	1	0	14	28.6
Gord Lane	D	51	0	13	13	98	26	0	0	0	0	46	0.0
Greg Gilbert	L	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Billy Smith	G	46	0	1	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neil Hawryliw	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Boutilier	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roland Melanson	G	36	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1441	385	652	1037	1326	580	80	16	54	10	2468	15.6

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Billy Smith	46	2685	32	9	4	0	133	2.97	0
Roland Melanson	36	2115	22	7	6	3	114	3.23	0
Totals	82	4800	54	16	10	3	247	3.09		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Bossy	R	19	17	10	27	0	6	0	3
Bryan Trottier	C	19	6	23	29	40	2	0	2
John Tonelli	L	19	6	10	16	18	1	0	1
Clark Gillies	L	19	8	6	14	34	4	0	3
Denis Potvin	D	19	5	16	21	30	3	0	0
Bob Bourne	C	19	9	7	16	36	3	1	0
Duane Sutter	R	19	5	5	10	57	0	0	2
Mike McEwen	D	15	3	7	10	18	2	0	0
Bob Nystrom	R	15	5	5	10	32	0	0	0
Brent Sutter	C	19	2	6	8	36	0	0	0
Stefan Persson	D	13	1	14	15	9	1	0	0
Anders Kallur	R	19	1	6	7	8	0	1	0
Wayne Merrick	C	19	6	6	12	6	0	0	1
Tomas Jonsson	D	10	0	2	2	21	0	0	0
Butch Goring	C	19	6	5	11	12	1	0	2
Billy Carroll	C	19	2	2	4	8	0	2	0
Dave Langevin	D	19	2	4	6	16	0	0	1
Ken Morrow	D	19	0	4	4	8	0	0	0
Gord Lane	D	19	0	4	4	61	0	0	0
Greg Gilbert	L	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	18	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Roland Melanson	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		363	85	143	228	458	23	4	15

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Billy Smith	18	1120	15	3	1	47	2.52	0
Roland Melanson	3	64	0	1	0	5	4.69	0
Totals	21	1184	15	4	1	52	2.64		0