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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 1984-85. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tim Bernhardt TOR · 37 GP, 0.878 Corrado Micalef DET · 36 GP, 0.862 Andy Moog EDM · 39 GP, 0.895 Mario Gosselin QUE · 35 GP, 0.874 Rick Wamsley STL · 40 GP, 0.885

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

1984-85 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
37 34 1814300 1099 966 133 3.83 0.879

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 1985 vs NJD T 5-5 (OT) T 34 29 5 0.853 64:33
Apr 2, 1985 vs PIT W 4-3 W 11 11 0 1.000 20:00
Mar 30, 1985 @ WSH L 3-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 59:27
Mar 28, 1985 @ QUE L 2-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 24, 1985 @ NYR W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Mar 21, 1985 vs QUE L 1-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Mar 17, 1985 @ PHI L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Mar 12, 1985 @ STL W 6-5 W 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Mar 9, 1985 vs TOR W 4-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Mar 7, 1985 @ NJD T 4-4 (OT) T 39 35 4 0.897 65:00
Mar 3, 1985 @ BUF W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 27, 1985 @ CGY L 1-3 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:30
Feb 23, 1985 vs BOS W 7-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 19, 1985 vs CGY W 8-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Feb 17, 1985 @ NYR L 3-9 7 5 2 0.714 20:35
Feb 16, 1985 vs HFD T 4-4 (OT) T 25 21 4 0.840 65:00
Jan 26, 1985 vs WSH L 1-5 6 6 0 1.000 20:00
Jan 22, 1985 vs DET L 4-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:18
Jan 15, 1985 @ VAN L 5-6 (OT) L 39 33 6 0.846 61:49
Jan 13, 1985 @ CHI W 6-5 W 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Jan 10, 1985 @ NJD W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 5, 1985 vs BUF L 3-7 L 15 10 5 0.667 26:08
Dec 31, 1984 @ MNS L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:31
Dec 27, 1984 vs WSH L 4-5 (OT) L 40 35 5 0.875 64:10
Dec 22, 1984 vs PIT W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Dec 18, 1984 vs WIN W 7-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Dec 11, 1984 vs NJD L 5-7 L 26 19 7 0.731 59:13
Dec 5, 1984 @ EDM L 4-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 60:00
Nov 30, 1984 @ WIN W 5-2 W 49 47 2 0.959 60:00
Nov 24, 1984 vs BUF W 6-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 20, 1984 vs WSH W 5-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Nov 17, 1984 vs NYR W 10-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Nov 15, 1984 vs MNS W 6-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Nov 10, 1984 vs PIT W 5-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 6, 1984 vs STL W 6-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Nov 3, 1984 @ QUE L 4-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:02
Nov 1, 1984 @ MTL L 5-6 (OT) L 34 28 6 0.824 62:21