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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 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dave Dryden BUF · 37 GP, 0.908 Jacques Plante BOS · 40 GP, 0.911 Dan Bouchard AFM · 34 GP, 0.907 Gilles Villemure NYR · 34 GP, 0.909 Ron Low TOR · 42 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

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
37 33 724300 1207 1060 147 4.16 0.878

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 31, 1973 @ PHI L 2-10 16 14 2 0.875 28:12
Mar 27, 1973 vs BUF L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:12
Mar 24, 1973 vs PHI W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Mar 13, 1973 vs BOS L 0-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Mar 10, 1973 @ STL L 4-5 L 47 42 5 0.894 59:43
Mar 3, 1973 vs VAN W 9-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Feb 27, 1973 vs CHI L 3-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Feb 24, 1973 vs DET W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 46:18
Feb 20, 1973 vs PIT L 0-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Feb 13, 1973 @ PHI L 2-8 L 44 36 8 0.818 60:00
Feb 10, 1973 vs NYR L 0-6 27 25 2 0.926 48:20
Feb 6, 1973 vs TOR W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Feb 4, 1973 @ BUF L 1-5 L 49 44 5 0.898 60:00
Feb 3, 1973 vs BUF T 1-1 T 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Feb 1, 1973 vs CHI L 3-5 4 4 0 1.000 20:00
Jan 31, 1973 @ TOR L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Jan 18, 1973 @ BOS W 9-7 W 38 31 7 0.816 60:00
Jan 16, 1973 vs MNS L 0-1 L 16 15 1 0.938 59:23
Jan 14, 1973 vs STL L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:53
Jan 13, 1973 @ MNS L 1-8 L 49 41 8 0.837 60:00
Jan 2, 1973 vs AFM L 1-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Dec 30, 1972 @ VAN L 2-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Dec 29, 1972 @ CGS L 2-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Dec 23, 1972 vs MNS W 4-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Dec 20, 1972 @ MTL L 2-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Dec 16, 1972 vs PHI L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 12, 1972 vs STL T 4-4 T 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Dec 9, 1972 vs NYR L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Dec 3, 1972 @ BOS L 1-5 L 43 38 5 0.884 60:00
Nov 28, 1972 vs BUF L 2-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Nov 25, 1972 @ PIT T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 22, 1972 @ PHI L 3-5 L 60 55 5 0.917 60:00
Nov 16, 1972 @ AFM L 0-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Nov 4, 1972 @ LAK L 2-9 L 37 28 9 0.757 60:00
Oct 29, 1972 @ BOS L 1-9 L 39 30 9 0.769 60:00
Oct 21, 1972 vs NYR L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Oct 12, 1972 vs LAK W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00