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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 1973-74. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dan Bouchard AFM · 46 GP, 0.909 Gilles Meloche CGS · 47 GP, 0.878 Wayne Thomas MTL · 42 GP, 0.905 Jim Rutherford DET · 51 GP, 0.885 Cesare Maniago MNS · 40 GP, 0.898

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

1973-74 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
46 43 9231200 1300 1166 134 3.08 0.897

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 1974 vs MNS W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Apr 4, 1974 @ PHI L 0-4 L 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Mar 30, 1974 @ VAN L 2-4 L 20 17 3 0.850 59:19
Mar 28, 1974 @ LAK L 1-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Mar 23, 1974 vs BUF T 1-1 T 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 20, 1974 @ PIT T 1-1 T 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Mar 19, 1974 vs STL W 5-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 10, 1974 @ NYR L 2-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Mar 9, 1974 vs DET L 1-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 5, 1974 vs PIT L 1-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 59:36
Mar 3, 1974 @ BUF L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:28
Feb 26, 1974 vs VAN T 1-1 T 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Feb 24, 1974 @ DET L 3-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:09
Feb 14, 1974 @ STL T 2-2 T 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Feb 12, 1974 vs AFM L 1-4 L 11 8 3 0.727 23:28
Feb 6, 1974 @ NYR L 0-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Jan 31, 1974 @ LAK W 4-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Jan 27, 1974 @ CHI W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 15, 1974 vs AFM W 4-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 33:20
Jan 10, 1974 @ MTL L 3-8 19 15 4 0.789 36:08
Jan 5, 1974 vs BOS L 2-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 60:00
Jan 2, 1974 @ CHI L 1-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Dec 29, 1973 @ VAN W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 18, 1973 vs VAN T 2-2 T 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Dec 15, 1973 vs CHI T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Dec 8, 1973 @ MTL L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Dec 6, 1973 vs MTL L 2-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:54
Dec 4, 1973 vs STL L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Dec 1, 1973 vs PHI L 1-2 L 31 29 2 0.935 59:18
Nov 27, 1973 vs AFM W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Nov 20, 1973 vs TOR L 2-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:25
Nov 17, 1973 @ STL L 0-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Nov 14, 1973 @ DET L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 51:28
Nov 11, 1973 @ NYR L 2-5 L 51 46 5 0.902 51:38
Nov 10, 1973 @ TOR T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Nov 7, 1973 @ PIT T 1-1 T 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 3, 1973 vs BOS W 6-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Nov 1, 1973 vs TOR T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 28, 1973 @ BUF L 2-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:38
Oct 27, 1973 vs NYR W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Oct 25, 1973 vs MNS T 1-1 T 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Oct 21, 1973 @ CHI T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Oct 20, 1973 vs BUF L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 16, 1973 vs LAK T 4-4 T 18 14 4 0.778 60:00
Oct 14, 1973 @ BOS L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 13, 1973 vs PHI L 0-6 6 5 1 0.833 20:00