1977-78 New York Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 48-17-15 - 111 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Al Arbour (48-17-15)
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 in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The club scored 334 goals and allowed 210. Mike Bossy netted 53 goals for the squad, while Denis Potvin, Bob Nystrom, Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier and Bob Bourne each tallied 30 or more, too. Bryan Trottier accounted for 77 assists. Glenn Resch earned 28 wins in front of the net for the team, 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 in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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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 | |
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 |
Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Neil Nicholson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Billy Smith | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Goran Hogosta | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alex McKendry | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1519 | 334 | 569 | 903 | 938 | 483 | 71 | 7 | 48 | 14 | 2490 | 13.4 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Resch | 45 | 2637 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 112 | 2.55 | |||
Billy Smith | 38 | 2154 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 95 | 2.65 | |||
Goran Hogosta | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||
Totals | 84 | 4800 | 48 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 207 | 2.59 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bryan Trottier | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Denis Potvin | D | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Bossy | R | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Clark Gillies | L | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Bourne | C | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Harris | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Nystrom | R | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Stefan Persson | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Kaszycki | C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lorne Henning | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerry Hart | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Merrick | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Westfall | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jude Drouin | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Garry Howatt | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Lewis | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Price | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bert Marshall | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Glenn Resch | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Smith | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 125 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 175 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Resch | 7 | 388 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.32 | 193 | 178 | .922 |
Billy Smith | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.28 | 15 | 14 | .933 |
Totals | 8 | 435 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.21 | 208 | 192 | .923 |