1979-80 New York Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 39-28-13 - 91 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Al Arbour (39-28-13)
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 in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team scored 281 goals and conceded 247. Mike Bossy netted 51 goals for the team, 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 League Championship.
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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 |
Glenn Resch | G | 45 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Morrow | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
Billy Smith | G | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Garth MacGuigan | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
Alex McKendry | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Richard Brodeur | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Resch | 45 | 2606 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 132 | 3.04 | |||
Billy Smith | 38 | 2114 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 104 | 2.95 | |||
Richard Brodeur | 2 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.50 | |||
Totals | 85 | 4800 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 242 | 3.03 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bryan Trottier | C | 21 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Mike Bossy | R | 16 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Clark Gillies | L | 21 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
John Tonelli | L | 21 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Denis Potvin | D | 21 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Bourne | C | 21 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Nystrom | R | 20 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Stefan Persson | D | 21 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Merrick | C | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Duane Sutter | R | 21 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Garry Howatt | L | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Lorimer | D | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dave Langevin | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gord Lane | D | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Butch Goring | C | 21 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lorne Henning | C | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Glenn Resch | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Morrow | D | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Billy Smith | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alex McKendry | L | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 380 | 88 | 132 | 220 | 550 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Resch | 4 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | 52 | 43 | .827 |
Billy Smith | 20 | 1198 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 2.80 | 628 | 572 | .911 |
Totals | 24 | 1318 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 2.96 | 680 | 615 | .904 |