1980-81 New York Islanders Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 48-18-14 - 110 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Al Arbour (48-18-14)
1980-81 New York Islanders RosterTeam Record: 48-18-14 - 110 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Al Arbour (48-18-14)
The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 48 wins and 18 losses and 14 ties for 110 points in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team paced the league with 355 goals. The club allowed 260 goals. Mike Bossy scored 68 goals for the squad, while Bob Bourne, Bryan Trottier, Anders Kallur and Clark Gillies each tallied 30 or more as well. Bryan Trottier accounted for 72 assists. Billy Smith topped the team with 22 wins, plus Glenn Resch added 15 or more wins, too. Glenn Resch recorded a 3.07 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Al Arbour coached the team. The 1980-81 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bossy | R | 79 | 68 | 51 | 119 | 32 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 315 | 21.6 |
| Bryan Trottier | C | 73 | 31 | 72 | 103 | 74 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 156 | 19.9 |
| Clark Gillies | L | 80 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 99 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 188 | 17.6 |
| Bob Bourne | C | 78 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 62 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 195 | 17.9 |
| Denis Potvin | D | 74 | 20 | 56 | 76 | 104 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 206 | 9.7 |
| Anders Kallur | R | 78 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 163 | 22.1 |
| Stefan Persson | D | 80 | 9 | 52 | 61 | 82 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 7.5 |
| Butch Goring | C | 78 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 152 | 15.1 |
| John Tonelli | L | 70 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 114 | 17.5 |
| Bob Nystrom | R | 79 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 145 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 8.7 |
| Steve Tambellini | C | 61 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 17 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 112 | 17.0 |
| Wayne Merrick | C | 71 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 18.0 |
| Garry Howatt | L | 70 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 174 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Duane Sutter | R | 23 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 14.6 |
| Dave Langevin | D | 75 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 122 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1.5 |
| Ken Morrow | D | 80 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 |
| Bob Lorimer | D | 73 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1.5 |
| Gord Lane | D | 60 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 124 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 5.6 |
| Hector Marini | R | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 44.4 |
| Billy Carroll | C | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Jean Potvin | D | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Brent Sutter | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Lorne Henning | C | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Glenn Resch | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Smith | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Melanson | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1521 | 355 | 572 | 927 | 1442 | 370 | 93 | 19 | 48 | 14 | 2417 | 14.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Melanson | 11 | 620 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.10 | |||
| Billy Smith | 41 | 2363 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 129 | 3.28 | |||
| Glenn Resch | 32 | 1817 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 3.07 | |||
| Totals | 84 | 4800 | 48 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 254 | 3.18 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bossy | R | 18 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Trottier | C | 18 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clark Gillies | L | 18 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bourne | C | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Denis Potvin | D | 18 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anders Kallur | R | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stefan Persson | D | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Goring | C | 18 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Tonelli | L | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Nystrom | R | 18 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Merrick | C | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Garry Howatt | L | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Sutter | R | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Langevin | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Morrow | D | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lorimer | D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Lane | D | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Marini | R | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Carroll | C | 18 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lorne Henning | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McEwen | D | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Smith | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roland Melanson | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 326 | 97 | 155 | 252 | 310 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Melanson | 3 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.91 | 57 | 51 | .895 |
| Billy Smith | 17 | 994 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2.54 | 478 | 436 | .912 |
| Totals | 20 | 1086 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2.65 | 535 | 487 | .910 |
