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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pat Riggin CGY · 42 GP, 0.883 Glenn Resch CLR · 40 GP, 0.891 Pete Peeters PHI · 40 GP, 0.897 Dan Bouchard QUE · 43 GP, 0.892 Eddie Mio EDM · 43 GP, 0.867

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

1980-81 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
41 39 2210802 1229 1100 129 3.28 0.895

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1981 @ BUF W 7-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Apr 2, 1981 vs NYR W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Mar 28, 1981 vs PIT T 4-4 T 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Mar 24, 1981 @ STL W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Mar 17, 1981 vs MTL T 3-3 T 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 14, 1981 vs PHI T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Mar 12, 1981 @ EDM W 5-0 W, SO 36 36 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 11, 1981 @ WIN W 6-3 W 18 17 1 0.944 40:00
Mar 3, 1981 vs EDM T 8-8 T 41 33 8 0.805 60:00
Feb 28, 1981 @ LAK W 2-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Feb 27, 1981 @ VAN W 5-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Feb 17, 1981 vs TOR L 5-8 24 19 5 0.792 32:54
Feb 12, 1981 @ PIT L 3-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:08
Feb 4, 1981 @ NYR L 3-9 L 28 21 7 0.750 41:37
Jan 31, 1981 @ QUE L 1-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Jan 28, 1981 @ TOR W 6-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Jan 22, 1981 @ DET W 3-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 17, 1981 vs WSH W 6-4 W 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Jan 10, 1981 vs BOS L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 58:58
Jan 7, 1981 @ PIT L 3-7 L 50 43 7 0.860 60:00
Jan 3, 1981 vs HFD W 8-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Dec 30, 1980 vs CLR W 9-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 23, 1980 vs CGY T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Dec 20, 1980 vs QUE W 5-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Dec 14, 1980 @ WIN W 5-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Dec 10, 1980 @ EDM W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Dec 6, 1980 @ LAK L 3-5 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:21
Dec 2, 1980 vs CLR W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 29, 1980 vs DET W 5-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 24, 1980 vs WIN T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Nov 22, 1980 vs NYR W 6-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Nov 17, 1980 @ MNS W 2-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Nov 15, 1980 vs BUF W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 1, 1980 vs LAK L 3-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 60:00
Oct 28, 1980 vs MTL W 6-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Oct 26, 1980 @ BUF L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Oct 25, 1980 vs PHI L 1-3 L 6 5 1 0.833 27:20
Oct 23, 1980 @ PHI L 2-4 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:35
Oct 18, 1980 vs EDM T 5-5 T 20 15 5 0.750 60:00
Oct 14, 1980 vs STL T 5-5 T 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Oct 11, 1980 vs BOS W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00