1984-85 New York Islanders Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-34-6 - 86 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 4-6
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Washington Capitals 3-2
Division Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
Coach: Al Arbour (40-34-6)
Location: New York, New York
1984-85 New York Islanders RosterTeam Record: 40-34-6 - 86 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 4-6
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Washington Capitals 3-2
Division Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
Coach: Al Arbour (40-34-6)
Location: New York, New York
1984-85 New York Islanders Results
The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1984-85 season with a record of 40 wins and 34 losses and 6 ties for 86 points, finishing third in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.
The Islanders scored 345 goals and allowed 312. Mike Bossy netted 58 goals for New York, while John Tonelli and Brent Sutter tallied 30 or more as well. Brent Sutter contributed 60 assists. Kelly Hrudey topped the squad with 19 wins, plus Billy Smith added 15 or more wins, too. Kelly Hrudey recorded a 3.62 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Al Arbour coached the team. The 1984-85 New York Islanders lost in the NHL division finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bossy | R | 76 | 58 | 59 | 117 | 38 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 285 | 20.4 |
| Brent Sutter | C | 72 | 42 | 60 | 102 | 51 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 194 | 21.6 |
| John Tonelli | L | 80 | 42 | 58 | 100 | 95 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 197 | 21.3 |
| Denis Potvin | D | 77 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 96 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 8.6 |
| Bryan Trottier | C | 68 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 159 | 17.6 |
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 67 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 11.0 |
| Pat Flatley | R | 78 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 106 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 135 | 14.8 |
| Tomas Jonsson | D | 69 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 58 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 128 | 12.5 |
| Duane Sutter | R | 78 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 174 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 13.6 |
| Greg Gilbert | L | 58 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 36 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 15.9 |
| Paul Boutilier | D | 78 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 137 | 8.8 |
| Clark Gillies | L | 54 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 73 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 12.0 |
| Stefan Persson | D | 54 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 5.4 |
| Bob Bourne | C | 44 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 51 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 14.3 |
| Anders Kallur | R | 51 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Gord Dineen | D | 48 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 89 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2.2 |
| Dave Langevin | D | 56 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 35 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Roger Kortko | C | 27 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 65 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Gord Lane | D | 57 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 83 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Ken Morrow | D | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Bob Nystrom | R | 36 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Butch Goring | C | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Mats Hallin | L | 38 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 50 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.7 |
| Scott Howson | C | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.7 |
| Alan Kerr | R | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 |
| Dale Henry | L | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Ron Handy | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Ken Leiter | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Melanson | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Smith | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vern Smith | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Hamway | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1522 | 345 | 562 | 907 | 1512 | 148 | 71 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 2414 | 14.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 41 | 2335 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 141 | 3.62 | 1234 | 1093 | .886 |
| Billy Smith | 37 | 2090 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 3.82 | 1100 | 967 | .879 |
| Roland Melanson | 8 | 425 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4.94 | 257 | 222 | .864 |
| Totals | 86 | 4850 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 309 | 3.82 | 2900 | 2591 | .893 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bossy | R | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 | |
| Brent Sutter | C | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 20.0 | |
| John Tonelli | L | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | |
| Denis Potvin | D | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13.6 | |
| Bryan Trottier | C | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 16.0 | |
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Pat Flatley | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Tomas Jonsson | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Duane Sutter | R | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 47 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Paul Boutilier | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Clark Gillies | L | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Stefan Persson | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Bourne | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Anders Kallur | R | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | |
| Gord Dineen | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Langevin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Roger Kortko | C | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Gord Lane | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Morrow | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Nystrom | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Mats Hallin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Kerr | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Smith | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 191 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 253 | -20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 266 | 9.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 5 | 281 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.71 | 149 | 141 | .946 |
| Billy Smith | 6 | 342 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.33 | 182 | 163 | .896 |
| Totals | 11 | 623 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2.60 | 358 | 331 | .925 |
