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New York Islanders, 1977-78

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Patrick Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Best record in the Clarence Campbell Conference Won the Patrick Division Made the playoffs

1977-78 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
3 80 48-17-15 111 0.694 334 210 +124 29-3-8 19-14-7

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Quarterfinals Toronto Maple Leafs Lost 3-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Bryan Trottier C 77 46 77 123 52 46 193 0
Denis Potvin D 80 30 64 94 57 81 287 0
Mike Bossy R 73 53 38 91 31 6 235 0
Clark Gillies L 80 35 50 85 49 76 277 0
Bob Bourne C 80 30 33 63 15 31 178 0
Billy Harris R 80 22 38 60 27 40 148 0
Bobby Nystrom R 80 30 29 59 18 94 178 0
Stefan Persson D 66 6 50 56 19 54 77 0
Mike Kaszycki C 58 13 29 42 15 24 85 0
J.P. Parise L 39 12 16 28 19 12 68 0
Lorne Henning C 79 12 15 27 10 6 79 0
Gerry Hart D 79 2 23 25 44 94 126 0
Ed Westfall R 71 5 19 24 7 14 72 0
Wayne Merrick C 37 10 14 24 2 8 60 0
Jude Drouin C 56 5 17 22 14 12 78 0
Garry Howatt L 61 7 12 19 7 146 60 0
Michel Bergeron R 26 9 6 15 16 2 40 0
Dave Lewis D 77 3 11 14 33 58 111 0
Pat Price D 54 2 10 12 25 27 50 0
Jean Potvin D 34 1 10 11 11 8 36 0
Bert Marshall D 58 0 7 7 10 44 32 0
Bob Lorimer D 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
Alex McKendry L 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Andre St. Laurent C 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Neil Nicholson D 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Richie Hansen C 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Glenn Resch 45 289703 1212 1100 112 2.55 0.908
Billy Smith 38 208802 1039 944 95 2.65 0.909
Goran Hogosta 1 00000 4 4 0 0.00 1.000

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 9, 1978 @ BOS W 5-2 22 26
Apr 8, 1978 vs NYR W 7-2 43 28
Apr 4, 1978 vs PHI T 3-3 35 27
Apr 2, 1978 @ DET W 5-2 28 33
Apr 1, 1978 vs WSH W 3-2 44 18
Mar 29, 1978 @ NYR L 1-5 30 27
Mar 26, 1978 vs MNS W 6-3 33 26
Mar 25, 1978 vs CLE T 4-4 23 31
Mar 22, 1978 @ TOR W 6-2 27 26
Mar 20, 1978 @ PHI L 2-4 28 38
Mar 18, 1978 vs AFM L 2-5 23 28
Mar 14, 1978 vs STL T 3-3 26 28
Mar 11, 1978 vs BUF W 4-2 32 27
Mar 9, 1978 @ STL W 6-3 36 32
Mar 7, 1978 vs VAN W 5-2 31 29
Mar 5, 1978 @ PIT T 3-3 30 30
Mar 4, 1978 vs PIT W 6-3 38 26
Mar 2, 1978 @ BUF L 3-6 22 28
Feb 28, 1978 vs TOR W 4-3 26 28
Feb 26, 1978 @ MTL L 1-2 15 24
Feb 25, 1978 vs CHI W 7-1 33 22
Feb 22, 1978 @ AFM T 3-3 25 23
Feb 19, 1978 @ PHI W 4-1 26 30
Feb 18, 1978 vs AFM T 3-3 28 27
Feb 16, 1978 @ CLR W 5-4 31 25
Feb 14, 1978 vs LAK W 3-2 23 27
Feb 12, 1978 @ CLE T 2-2 21 24
Feb 11, 1978 vs DET W 8-5 31 31
Feb 8, 1978 @ CHI L 4-5 27 40
Feb 4, 1978 vs WSH W 6-1 38 23
Feb 2, 1978 @ AFM W 5-2 34 25
Feb 1, 1978 @ NYR W 7-6 36 31
Jan 30, 1978 @ BUF L 2-3 26 24
Jan 28, 1978 vs NYR W 6-2 43 32
Jan 26, 1978 vs TOR W 4-2 21 35
Jan 21, 1978 vs PHI W 6-1 35 25
Jan 19, 1978 @ STL W 3-0 40 23
Jan 18, 1978 @ MNS W 5-2 32 34
Jan 14, 1978 @ WSH W 4-0 28 19
Jan 11, 1978 @ CLE L 3-5 30 24
Jan 10, 1978 vs CLR W 7-4 27 33
Jan 7, 1978 vs CLE W 5-3 36 16
Jan 3, 1978 vs VAN W 4-1 36 19
Dec 31, 1977 vs MTL L 2-4 29 19
Dec 28, 1977 @ LAK W 4-3 32 32
Dec 27, 1977 @ VAN W 4-2 36 29
Dec 23, 1977 @ MTL L 5-7 27 35
Dec 22, 1977 vs STL W 6-3 32 29
Dec 20, 1977 vs CLR W 9-1 35 33
Dec 17, 1977 vs BOS W 4-1 18 25
Dec 14, 1977 @ TOR L 2-3 34 29
Dec 13, 1977 vs CHI T 2-2 34 34
Dec 10, 1977 vs DET W 7-4 35 31
Dec 7, 1977 @ CHI W 4-0 34 35
Dec 6, 1977 vs MNS W 4-2 31 19
Dec 3, 1977 @ STL W 7-2 30 29
Nov 30, 1977 @ CLR T 3-3 30 25
Nov 27, 1977 @ DET W 4-1 30 22
Nov 26, 1977 @ PIT L 2-5 40 22
Nov 23, 1977 @ MNS W 9-2 38 27
Nov 22, 1977 vs CLR W 4-2 35 17
Nov 19, 1977 vs VAN W 9-2 47 24
Nov 17, 1977 @ PHI T 4-4 22 41
Nov 15, 1977 vs CHI T 1-1 31 31
Nov 13, 1977 @ WSH W 6-0 34 26
Nov 12, 1977 vs PHI T 2-2 31 27
Nov 10, 1977 vs MTL L 1-5 22 36
Nov 6, 1977 @ BOS L 3-5 26 32
Nov 5, 1977 vs PIT W 4-3 33 29
Nov 2, 1977 @ MNS L 2-3 28 32
Nov 1, 1977 vs AFM W 9-0 37 21
Oct 29, 1977 vs BUF W 4-2 26 29
Oct 27, 1977 @ VAN W 3-2 28 39
Oct 26, 1977 @ LAK T 2-2 36 34
Oct 22, 1977 vs NYR W 7-2 44 32
Oct 21, 1977 @ AFM T 3-3 36 34
Oct 18, 1977 vs LAK T 0-0 41 28
Oct 16, 1977 @ NYR L 2-4 28 34
Oct 15, 1977 vs BOS W 3-1 34 37
Oct 13, 1977 @ BUF L 2-3 27 30