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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 1974-75. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jim Rutherford DET · 59 GP, 0.877 Gary Inness PIT · 57 GP, 0.905 Ken Dryden MTL · 56 GP, 0.906 Rogie Vachon LAK · 54 GP, 0.927 Gilles Gilbert BOS · 53 GP, 0.893

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

1974-75 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
58 57 21181703 1637 1481 156 2.78 0.905

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1975 vs PHI L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Apr 1, 1975 vs AFM T 2-2 T 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Mar 30, 1975 @ AFM T 2-2 T 15 13 2 0.867 60:00
Mar 25, 1975 vs MTL T 3-3 T 33 30 3 0.909 59:53
Mar 23, 1975 @ MNS T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Mar 22, 1975 vs CHI W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 19, 1975 @ KCS W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 12, 1975 @ NYR L 3-5 5 2 3 0.400 06:52
Mar 11, 1975 vs DET L 2-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:51
Mar 8, 1975 @ VAN W 7-5 W 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Mar 6, 1975 @ LAK T 2-2 T 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Feb 22, 1975 @ MTL W 7-6 W 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Feb 21, 1975 vs VAN L 1-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:24
Feb 18, 1975 vs BUF L 2-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 59:32
Feb 16, 1975 @ PIT L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:54
Feb 15, 1975 vs PHI T 1-1 T 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Feb 12, 1975 @ MNS W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 11, 1975 vs PIT W 2-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Feb 9, 1975 @ BOS L 1-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Feb 6, 1975 vs BUF T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 2, 1975 @ CHI T 1-1 T 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Feb 1, 1975 @ DET W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 29, 1975 @ MNS W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Jan 28, 1975 vs MNS W 6-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 23, 1975 @ CHI L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 12, 1975 @ TOR L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Jan 11, 1975 vs AFM T 2-2 T 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Jan 9, 1975 @ PHI W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 7, 1975 vs TOR W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 2, 1975 vs WSH W 5-2 W 15 13 2 0.867 60:00
Dec 28, 1974 @ TOR L 1-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Dec 26, 1974 @ AFM L 1-2 L 32 30 2 0.938 59:28
Dec 22, 1974 @ KCS W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 17, 1974 @ STL L 4-8 L 37 29 8 0.784 60:00
Dec 15, 1974 @ BOS L 2-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Dec 5, 1974 vs TOR T 3-3 T 21 18 3 0.857 59:18
Nov 30, 1974 @ VAN L 0-3 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:38
Nov 29, 1974 @ CGS T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Nov 27, 1974 @ LAK T 3-3 T 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 23, 1974 vs VAN T 3-3 T 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Nov 22, 1974 vs TOR W 6-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 20, 1974 @ CHI T 4-4 T 43 39 4 0.907 60:00
Nov 19, 1974 vs PIT W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Nov 16, 1974 @ DET L 3-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Nov 13, 1974 @ PIT L 2-8 6 4 2 0.667 12:22
Nov 9, 1974 @ STL L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Nov 6, 1974 @ AFM L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 59:40
Nov 5, 1974 vs PHI T 4-4 T 36 32 4 0.889 59:21
Nov 3, 1974 @ PHI L 1-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 2, 1974 vs BOS W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Oct 30, 1974 @ NYR T 1-1 T 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 28, 1974 vs CGS W 10-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 49:05
Oct 26, 1974 vs MNS W 4-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 22, 1974 vs AFM W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Oct 20, 1974 @ WSH W 5-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 19, 1974 vs NYR L 2-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Oct 15, 1974 vs MTL W 6-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Oct 9, 1974 @ MTL T 5-5 T 25 20 5 0.800 60:00