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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 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Palmateer TOR · 38 GP, 0.873 Michel Larocque MTL · 39 GP, 0.880 Pete Peeters PHI · 40 GP, 0.898 John Davidson NYR · 41 GP, 0.885 Phil Myre PHI · 41 GP, 0.875

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

1979-80 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
38 36 1514702 1022 918 104 2.96 0.898

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1980 vs NYR W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Apr 1, 1980 @ MNS T 1-1 T 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 28, 1980 @ MTL T 2-2 T 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 23, 1980 @ BUF T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Mar 8, 1980 vs BOS L 3-5 5 2 3 0.400 08:47
Feb 24, 1980 @ NYR L 2-8 11 9 2 0.818 20:00
Feb 21, 1980 vs MNS L 2-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Feb 16, 1980 @ LAK L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:00
Feb 14, 1980 @ CLR W 5-3 W 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Feb 9, 1980 vs QUE W 5-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 7, 1980 vs LAK W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 31, 1980 @ BOS L 2-4 L 17 14 3 0.824 58:49
Jan 27, 1980 @ WSH L 1-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 60:00
Jan 23, 1980 @ DET W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Jan 19, 1980 vs QUE W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 15, 1980 vs WIN W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 9, 1980 @ BUF L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:13
Jan 5, 1980 vs STL W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Jan 3, 1980 vs PIT L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:40
Dec 23, 1979 @ CHI L 0-8 L 17 13 4 0.765 25:25
Dec 18, 1979 vs CLR W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 12, 1979 @ PIT T 3-3 T 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Dec 11, 1979 vs MTL W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 4, 1979 vs VAN L 1-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Dec 2, 1979 @ WIN W 4-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 30, 1979 @ EDM L 3-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:42
Nov 28, 1979 @ CLR L 4-7 L 6 5 1 0.833 19:59
Nov 24, 1979 @ LAK T 4-4 T 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Nov 17, 1979 vs DET L 4-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Nov 13, 1979 vs NYR W 10-5 W 21 16 5 0.762 59:54
Nov 9, 1979 @ AFM L 2-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Nov 6, 1979 vs LAK W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Oct 31, 1979 @ VAN T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 27, 1979 vs CHI W 6-4 W 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Oct 23, 1979 vs EDM T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 18, 1979 @ BOS L 2-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 59:39
Oct 16, 1979 vs AFM W 5-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Oct 11, 1979 @ PHI L 2-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00