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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 1981-82. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Staniowski WIN · 45 GP, 0.876 Grant Fuhr EDM · 48 GP, 0.898 Marco Baron BOS · 44 GP, 0.865 Pete Peeters PHI · 44 GP, 0.871 Steve Weeks NYR · 49 GP, 0.868

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

1981-82 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
46 44 329400 1303 1170 133 2.97 0.898

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 1982 @ PIT L 2-7 L 42 35 7 0.833 60:00
Apr 1, 1982 @ PHI T 3-3 T 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Mar 25, 1982 vs MTL W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Mar 21, 1982 @ WSH W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 17, 1982 @ CLR W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 10, 1982 @ MNS T 4-4 T 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Mar 6, 1982 vs NYR W 6-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Mar 4, 1982 vs TOR W 10-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 2, 1982 vs CGY W 6-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Feb 27, 1982 vs QUE T 5-5 T 33 28 5 0.848 59:48
Feb 25, 1982 vs PIT W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 20, 1982 vs CLR W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 59:55
Feb 16, 1982 vs PIT W 6-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Feb 13, 1982 vs PHI W 8-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Feb 7, 1982 @ BUF W 7-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Feb 4, 1982 @ WSH W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 2, 1982 vs WSH W 7-6 W 18 16 2 0.889 36:57
Jan 30, 1982 vs MNS W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Jan 26, 1982 vs PIT W 9-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Jan 23, 1982 vs NYR W 6-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Jan 20, 1982 @ NYR L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:05
Jan 14, 1982 @ BOS L 4-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:36
Jan 9, 1982 vs PHI W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 2, 1982 vs CHI W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 29, 1981 vs MTL L 4-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Dec 26, 1981 vs PHI W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 20, 1981 @ DET W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 15, 1981 vs QUE W 10-7 W 29 22 7 0.759 60:00
Dec 13, 1981 @ EDM L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Dec 9, 1981 @ VAN L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:39
Dec 5, 1981 @ MNS W 8-5 W 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Nov 29, 1981 @ BUF L 2-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Nov 24, 1981 vs BOS W 3-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Nov 22, 1981 @ NYR W 7-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 21, 1981 vs NYR W 4-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Nov 17, 1981 @ QUE L 2-7 4 4 0 1.000 09:28
Nov 15, 1981 @ PHI L 4-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 59:17
Nov 11, 1981 @ TOR W 4-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Nov 7, 1981 vs BUF L 2-6 L 25 19 6 0.760 60:00
Nov 3, 1981 vs CGY T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 31, 1981 @ MTL W 2-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 27, 1981 vs EDM W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Oct 23, 1981 @ WSH W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Oct 17, 1981 vs NYR W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Oct 14, 1981 @ PIT W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Oct 7, 1981 @ LAK W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00