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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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Staniowski STL · 39 GP, 0.875 John Davidson NYR · 39 GP, 0.873 Phil Myre STL · 39 GP, 0.864 Bill Oleschuk CLR · 40 GP, 0.874 Wayne Stephenson PHI · 40 GP, 0.871

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

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
39 39 258401 1074 966 108 2.87 0.899

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 1979 vs PHI W 9-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Apr 3, 1979 vs AFM W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ WSH L 4-6 8 5 3 0.625 09:42
Mar 29, 1979 @ CHI L 1-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 60:00
Mar 24, 1979 vs PIT T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 59:53
Mar 18, 1979 @ MNS W 5-3 W 43 40 3 0.930 60:00
Mar 15, 1979 vs TOR W 6-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Mar 11, 1979 @ BOS T 4-4 T 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Mar 7, 1979 @ STL T 5-5 T 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs AFM W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Feb 27, 1979 vs MTL W 7-3 W 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs DET W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Feb 19, 1979 @ LAK W 8-3 W 16 13 3 0.813 60:00
Feb 14, 1979 @ BUF L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:47
Feb 4, 1979 @ CHI L 4-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Feb 1, 1979 @ PHI W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Jan 27, 1979 vs NYR L 2-7 L 33 26 7 0.788 60:00
Jan 22, 1979 @ CHI W 2-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Jan 20, 1979 vs CHI W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 16, 1979 vs WSH W 6-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Jan 12, 1979 @ AFM W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 9, 1979 vs LAK W 7-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 4, 1979 @ PHI L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:18
Dec 28, 1978 @ AFM W 10-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs NYR W 9-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 17, 1978 @ DET W 3-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 14, 1978 vs DET W 4-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Dec 10, 1978 @ MTL L 3-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:10
Dec 7, 1978 vs STL W 7-1 W 15 14 1 0.933 60:00
Dec 2, 1978 @ CLR W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ VAN W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 21, 1978 @ CLR W 7-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 17, 1978 @ WSH W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:45
Nov 12, 1978 @ NYR W 5-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Nov 4, 1978 vs WSH W 4-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Nov 2, 1978 @ BOS L 1-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Oct 27, 1978 @ AFM L 5-8 L 30 22 8 0.733 60:00
Oct 14, 1978 @ TOR L 7-10 13 8 5 0.615 28:38
Oct 12, 1978 @ BUF T 2-2 T 34 32 2 0.941 60:00