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Billy Smith

#31 · Goalie · New York Islanders · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Dec 12, 1950 in Perth, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 185 lb · Catches left · Drafted 59th overall in 1970 by LAK (round 5)

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1982-83, 1981-82, 1980-81, 1979-80
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1982-83
William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 1982-83
Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1981-82

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1988-89. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Laforest PHI · 17 GP, 0.871 Bob Sauve NJD · 15 GP, 0.831 Frank Pietrangelo PIT · 15 GP, 0.890 Bob Essensa WIN · 20 GP, 0.881 Jeff Hackett NYI · 13 GP, 0.881

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

020401971-72: 5 games571-721972-73: 37 games371973-74: 46 games4673-741974-75: 58 games581975-76: 39 games3975-761976-77: 36 games361977-78: 38 games3877-781978-79: 39 games391979-80: 38 games3879-801980-81: 41 games411981-82: 46 games4681-821982-83: 41 games411983-84: 42 games4283-841984-85: 37 games371985-86: 41 games4185-861986-87: 40 games401987-88: 38 games3887-881988-89: 17 games17

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1971-72 LAK 5 13100 178 155 23 4.60 0.871
1972-73 NYI 37 724300 1207 1060 147 4.16 0.878
1973-74 NYI 46 9231200 1300 1166 134 3.08 0.897
1974-75 NYI 58 21181703 1637 1481 156 2.78 0.905
1975-76 NYI 39 1910903 1067 969 98 2.62 0.908
1976-77 NYI 36 218602 1032 945 87 2.50 0.916
1977-78 NYI 38 208802 1039 944 95 2.65 0.909
1978-79 NYI 39 258401 1074 966 108 2.87 0.899
1979-80 NYI 38 1514702 1022 918 104 2.96 0.898
1980-81 NYI 41 2210802 1229 1100 129 3.28 0.895
1981-82 NYI 46 329400 1303 1170 133 2.97 0.898
1982-83 NYI 41 1814701 1191 1079 112 2.87 0.906
1983-84 NYI 42 2313202 1253 1123 130 3.43 0.896
1984-85 NYI 37 1814300 1099 966 133 3.83 0.879
1985-86 NYI 41 2014401 1202 1059 143 3.73 0.881
1986-87 NYI 40 1418501 1004 872 132 3.53 0.869
1987-88 NYI 38 1714502 1061 948 113 3.22 0.893
1988-89 NYI 17 311000 362 308 54 4.44 0.851
18 seasons Career 679 305233105022 19260 17229 2031 3.18 0.895

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1974-75 NYI 6 1400 196 173 23 4.16 0.883
1975-76 NYI 8 4300 195 174 21 2.89 0.892
1976-77 NYI 10 7300 308 281 27 2.80 0.912
1977-78 NYI 1 0000 17 16 1 1.27 0.941
1978-79 NYI 5 4101 147 137 10 1.91 0.932
1979-80 NYI 20 15401 559 505 56 2.80 0.903
1980-81 NYI 17 14300 435 393 42 2.54 0.903
1981-82 NYI 18 15301 498 451 47 2.51 0.906
1982-83 NYI 17 13302 494 451 43 2.69 0.913
1983-84 NYI 21 12800 567 513 54 2.73 0.905
1984-85 NYI 6 3300 182 163 19 3.33 0.896
1985-86 NYI 1 0100 33 29 4 4.06 0.879
1986-87 NYI 2 0000 21 20 1 0.90 0.952
13 seasons Playoffs 132 883605 3652 3306 348 2.73 0.905

1988-89 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
17 13 31100 362 308 54 4.44 0.851

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Feb 2, 1989 vs TOR L 1-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:46
Jan 28, 1989 @ PHI L 4-7 13 12 1 0.923 38:59
Jan 14, 1989 vs CHI L 3-5 L 10 6 4 0.600 14:11
Jan 13, 1989 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0.000 00:03
Jan 8, 1989 @ CHI L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:19
Jan 5, 1989 @ BOS W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Dec 22, 1988 vs PHI L 2-4 L 16 13 3 0.813 30:00
Dec 17, 1988 vs NJD W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 14, 1988 @ NYR L 1-2 L 40 38 2 0.950 59:12
Dec 1, 1988 @ STL L 0-8 L 19 13 6 0.684 28:18
Nov 29, 1988 @ DET L 3-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:39
Nov 27, 1988 @ NYR L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Nov 23, 1988 @ WSH L 6-7 L 14 10 4 0.714 36:48
Nov 15, 1988 vs CGY L 1-5 14 13 1 0.929 20:00
Nov 1, 1988 vs WIN L 1-8 L 9 5 4 0.556 22:04
Oct 22, 1988 vs QUE W 7-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Oct 9, 1988 @ LAK L 5-6 (OT) L 34 28 6 0.824 61:43