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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 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pete Peeters WSH · 42 GP, 0.875 Rick Wamsley STL · 42 GP, 0.894 Grant Fuhr EDM · 40 GP, 0.890 Al Jensen WSH · 44 GP, 0.889 Bob Janecyk LAK · 38 GP, 0.855

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

1985-86 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
41 40 2014401 1202 1059 143 3.73 0.881

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 1986 @ NJD L 7-9 L 42 33 9 0.786 60:00
Apr 1, 1986 @ PHI L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:30
Mar 28, 1986 @ WSH W 4-3 5 4 1 0.800 19:44
Mar 22, 1986 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) T 41 38 3 0.927 65:00
Mar 18, 1986 vs NYR W 6-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Mar 15, 1986 vs NJD W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 8, 1986 vs WSH L 2-6 L 20 15 5 0.750 39:51
Mar 4, 1986 vs MTL W 6-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Feb 28, 1986 @ WIN W 6-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Feb 26, 1986 @ NJD L 2-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Feb 21, 1986 @ BUF L 1-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Feb 13, 1986 @ PHI L 3-6 L 30 25 5 0.833 58:58
Feb 11, 1986 vs VAN W 1-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 59:55
Feb 5, 1986 @ CHI L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:08
Feb 2, 1986 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) W 27 25 2 0.926 63:28
Jan 30, 1986 vs PHI W 8-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Jan 28, 1986 vs TOR W 9-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:56
Jan 24, 1986 @ WSH W 7-5 W 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Jan 21, 1986 vs PHI W 7-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 17, 1986 @ PHI W 4-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 59:56
Jan 7, 1986 vs MNS L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:18
Jan 2, 1986 vs BOS W 7-5 W 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Dec 29, 1985 @ BUF L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:46
Dec 28, 1985 @ PIT W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 26, 1985 vs HFD L 3-4 4 4 0 1.000 18:36
Dec 21, 1985 vs NYR L 4-5 21 17 4 0.810 29:09
Dec 17, 1985 vs BUF W 7-3 W 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Dec 11, 1985 @ PIT T 4-4 (OT) T 31 27 4 0.871 65:00
Dec 6, 1985 @ QUE L 3-7 L 27 21 6 0.778 40:00
Dec 3, 1985 vs WIN T 4-4 (OT) T 32 28 4 0.875 65:00
Nov 29, 1985 @ WIN W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 24, 1985 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) W 32 29 3 0.906 61:57
Nov 21, 1985 @ BOS T 4-4 (OT) T 33 29 4 0.879 65:00
Nov 17, 1985 @ PHI L 4-5 (OT) L 31 26 5 0.839 63:51
Nov 12, 1985 vs MTL L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:05
Nov 6, 1985 @ TOR W 5-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Nov 2, 1985 vs WSH W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Oct 29, 1985 vs LAK L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:10
Oct 24, 1985 vs QUE W 6-5 W 21 16 5 0.762 30:17
Oct 19, 1985 vs NYR W 5-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 59:51
Oct 14, 1985 @ VAN L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:21