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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 1975-76. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bernie Wolfe WSH · 40 GP, 0.886 Gary Simmons CGS · 40 GP, 0.889 Eddie Johnston STL · 38 GP, 0.873 Gilles Meloche CGS · 41 GP, 0.888 Phil Myre AFM · 37 GP, 0.887

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

1975-76 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
39 39 1910903 1067 969 98 2.62 0.908

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1976 vs NYR W 10-2 W 8 7 1 0.875 20:00
Apr 1, 1976 vs AFM T 1-1 T 21 20 1 0.952 59:34
Mar 16, 1976 vs MNS L 1-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:50
Mar 14, 1976 @ CHI W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 59:55
Mar 7, 1976 @ PIT W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Mar 6, 1976 vs WSH W 6-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 59:55
Feb 26, 1976 vs KCS T 2-2 T 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Feb 21, 1976 vs BOS L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:29
Feb 18, 1976 @ DET W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Feb 17, 1976 vs NYR L 1-3 L 27 25 2 0.926 59:13
Feb 15, 1976 @ BUF W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 14, 1976 vs PIT T 4-4 T 35 31 4 0.886 59:55
Feb 12, 1976 @ KCS T 2-2 T 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Feb 6, 1976 @ DET L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 42:21
Feb 4, 1976 @ NYR W 6-5 W 42 37 5 0.881 60:00
Jan 27, 1976 vs MNS W 4-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 59:55
Jan 24, 1976 vs LAK W 5-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 22, 1976 vs DET W 8-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Jan 21, 1976 @ WSH W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Jan 8, 1976 vs TOR L 3-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 59:56
Jan 6, 1976 vs KCS W 8-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Dec 21, 1975 @ CHI L 2-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:29
Dec 18, 1975 vs TOR W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Dec 17, 1975 @ NYR W 3-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 6, 1975 vs BUF L 2-4 L 37 34 3 0.919 59:25
Dec 4, 1975 vs PIT W 6-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Nov 27, 1975 vs MTL L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 59:12
Nov 26, 1975 @ MNS W 9-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Nov 22, 1975 vs KCS W 5-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Nov 20, 1975 @ BOS T 2-2 T 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Nov 15, 1975 @ VAN L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:10
Nov 13, 1975 @ LAK L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:14
Nov 5, 1975 @ PIT L 6-7 21 15 6 0.714 31:47
Nov 1, 1975 vs WSH W 7-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Oct 27, 1975 @ MTL T 4-4 T 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Oct 21, 1975 vs VAN T 5-5 T 32 27 5 0.844 59:55
Oct 17, 1975 @ AFM W 2-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 12, 1975 @ BOS T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Oct 8, 1975 @ KCS T 1-1 T 20 19 1 0.950 60:00