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1978-79 New York Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 51-15-14 - 116 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Al Arbour (51-15-14)
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 in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team paced the circuit with 358 goals. The team surrendered 214 goals. Mike Bossy scored 69 goals for the team, while Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier, Bob Bourne and Denis Potvin 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 2.5 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Al Arbour coached the team. The 1978-79 New York Islanders lost in the in 3rd 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 | 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 |
Billy Smith | G | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glenn Resch | G | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Hordy | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Hector Marini | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Steve Tambellini | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Alex McKendry | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1441 | 358 | 616 | 974 | 1073 | 588 | 81 | 7 | 51 | 14 | 2300 | 15.6 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Resch | 43 | 2539 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 2.50 | |||
Billy Smith | 40 | 2261 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 2.87 | |||
Totals | 83 | 4800 | 51 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 214 | 2.68 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bryan Trottier | C | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mike Bossy | R | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Denis Potvin | D | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Clark Gillies | L | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stefan Persson | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Bourne | C | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Tonelli | L | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Harris | R | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Wayne Merrick | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Nystrom | R | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mike Kaszycki | C | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lorne Henning | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Garry Howatt | L | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Lewis | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Lorimer | D | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Westfall | R | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gerry Hart | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Price | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Smith | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Glenn Resch | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hector Marini | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 182 | 27 | 46 | 73 | 144 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Resch | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2.20 | 153 | 142 | .928 |
Billy Smith | 5 | 315 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1.90 | 157 | 147 | .936 |
Totals | 10 | 615 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2.05 | 310 | 289 | .932 |