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New York Islanders, 1976-77

Be the GM of the New York Islanders Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Patrick Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Made the playoffs

1976-77 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
4 80 47-21-12 106 0.663 288 193 +95 24-11-5 23-10-7

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Chicago Blackhawks Won 2-0
Quarterfinals Buffalo Sabres Won 4-0
Semifinals Montréal Canadiens Lost 2-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Denis Potvin D 80 25 55 80 42 103 238 0
Bryan Trottier C 76 30 42 72 28 34 175 0
Billy Harris R 80 24 43 67 18 44 160 0
Bobby Nystrom R 80 29 27 56 22 91 207 0
J.P. Parise L 80 25 31 56 26 46 147 0
Clark Gillies L 70 33 22 55 18 93 215 0
Jude Drouin C 78 24 29 53 18 27 135 0
Ed Westfall R 79 14 33 47 21 8 118 0
Jean Potvin D 79 10 36 46 14 26 128 0
Bob Bourne C 75 16 19 35 27 30 137 0
Lorne Henning C 80 13 18 31 21 10 103 0
Dave Lewis D 79 4 24 28 29 44 102 0
Garry Howatt L 70 13 15 28 14 182 91 0
Bert Marshall D 73 4 21 25 48 61 61 0
Pat Price D 74 3 22 25 25 25 82 0
Andre St. Laurent C 72 10 13 23 8 55 96 0
Gerry Hart D 80 4 18 22 30 98 118 0
Billy MacMillan R 43 6 8 14 4 13 34 0
Bob Lorimer D 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Richie Hansen C 4 1 0 1 -1 0 9 0
Walt Ledingham L 4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Glenn Resch 46 2613604 1241 1138 103 2.28 0.917
Billy Smith 36 218602 1032 945 87 2.50 0.916

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 3, 1977 @ NYR W 5-2 32 41
Apr 2, 1977 vs BOS L 3-5 28 24
Mar 29, 1977 @ PHI L 1-3 21 35
Mar 27, 1977 @ CLE W 6-3 19 34
Mar 26, 1977 vs STL W 5-2 39 26
Mar 23, 1977 @ TOR T 1-1 33 29
Mar 22, 1977 vs CLR W 9-2 38 30
Mar 19, 1977 vs CHI T 2-2 31 28
Mar 16, 1977 @ CHI W 5-0 24 28
Mar 13, 1977 @ MNS T 5-5 28 31
Mar 12, 1977 vs CLE W 8-3 45 22
Mar 9, 1977 @ AFM W 6-2 21 35
Mar 8, 1977 vs MNS L 1-3 33 18
Mar 6, 1977 @ CLR W 5-0 35 27
Mar 5, 1977 @ STL L 1-2 23 30
Mar 3, 1977 @ DET W 4-2 28 11
Mar 1, 1977 vs MTL L 4-5 40 28
Feb 26, 1977 vs AFM W 8-2 30 42
Feb 25, 1977 @ CLE W 2-1 24 37
Feb 22, 1977 vs CLR W 2-1 51 13
Feb 20, 1977 @ WSH T 2-2 25 26
Feb 19, 1977 vs NYR W 5-2 36 21
Feb 15, 1977 @ LAK L 0-3 23 31
Feb 14, 1977 @ VAN W 2-1 19 26
Feb 12, 1977 vs PHI W 2-1 25 28
Feb 8, 1977 vs LAK W 4-1 31 26
Feb 6, 1977 @ NYR L 0-4 36 30
Feb 5, 1977 vs WSH T 3-3 41 21
Feb 3, 1977 vs NYR W 6-3 31 33
Feb 1, 1977 vs BUF W 6-3 32 35
Jan 30, 1977 @ MTL L 1-2 19 36
Jan 29, 1977 vs LAK L 0-4 25 35
Jan 27, 1977 vs TOR L 1-2 41 24
Jan 23, 1977 @ CLR W 7-1 29 32
Jan 22, 1977 @ PIT L 2-3 26 30
Jan 20, 1977 @ BOS W 4-3 24 19
Jan 18, 1977 vs MNS W 7-2 45 23
Jan 16, 1977 @ WSH T 2-2 27 20
Jan 15, 1977 vs WSH W 2-1 34 27
Jan 12, 1977 @ CHI L 1-2 37 26
Jan 10, 1977 vs PHI W 8-3 31 27
Jan 8, 1977 vs AFM W 6-3 24 21
Jan 7, 1977 @ AFM W 5-4 28 27
Jan 2, 1977 @ BUF T 3-3 16 27
Jan 1, 1977 vs VAN L 1-5 28 34
Dec 28, 1976 @ STL T 4-4 26 28
Dec 26, 1976 @ NYR W 2-1 33 43
Dec 21, 1976 vs BOS W 3-0 22 30
Dec 18, 1976 vs BUF L 2-4 26 34
Dec 17, 1976 @ AFM W 4-2 24 35
Dec 14, 1976 vs NYR T 4-4 24 36
Dec 12, 1976 @ CHI W 6-2 53 27
Dec 11, 1976 vs PIT W 6-3 33 31
Dec 7, 1976 vs STL W 4-2 31 32
Dec 4, 1976 vs BUF W 3-0 30 33
Dec 2, 1976 vs PIT L 2-4 39 28
Nov 30, 1976 vs TOR L 2-4 31 26
Nov 28, 1976 @ PHI L 3-5 24 21
Nov 27, 1976 @ PIT W 3-1 25 36
Nov 25, 1976 vs DET L 1-3 23 23
Nov 23, 1976 vs MTL L 1-5 29 32
Nov 19, 1976 @ VAN W 6-4 19 36
Nov 18, 1976 @ LAK W 3-1 22 24
Nov 13, 1976 @ MNS W 3-2 30 32
Nov 11, 1976 @ BOS T 2-2 24 22
Nov 9, 1976 vs DET W 8-1 47 24
Nov 6, 1976 vs MNS W 5-2 39 22
Nov 2, 1976 @ CLR W 5-1 31 26
Nov 1, 1976 @ VAN W 3-2 19 34
Oct 30, 1976 vs PHI T 3-3 27 25
Oct 28, 1976 vs STL W 5-2 34 32
Oct 25, 1976 @ MTL L 1-4 20 36
Oct 23, 1976 @ TOR W 5-2 32 40
Oct 22, 1976 @ DET L 0-5 18 21
Oct 19, 1976 vs VAN W 6-1 32 31
Oct 16, 1976 vs CLE T 4-4 41 20
Oct 13, 1976 @ BUF W 4-3 14 30
Oct 12, 1976 vs AFM W 7-0 28 21
Oct 9, 1976 vs CHI W 2-1 27 26
Oct 7, 1976 @ PHI W 3-0 28 25