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New York Islanders, 1978-79

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

1978-79 record

League rank	GP	Record	Points	Points %	Goals for	Goals against	Diff	Home	Away
1	80	51-15-14	116	0.725	358	214	+144	31-3-6	20-12-8

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
Quarterfinals	Chicago Blackhawks	Won 4-0
Semifinals	New York Rangers	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
Bryan Trottier	C	76	47	87	134	76	50	187
Mike Bossy	R	80	69	57	126	63	25	279
Denis Potvin	D	73	31	70	101	71	58	237
Clark Gillies	L	75	35	56	91	57	68	210
Stefan Persson	D	78	10	56	66	38	57	113
Bob Bourne	C	80	30	31	61	34	48	148
John Tonelli	L	73	17	39	56	29	44	114
Billy Harris	R	80	15	39	54	26	18	128
Wayne Merrick	C	75	20	21	41	13	24	128
Bobby Nystrom	R	78	19	20	39	19	113	161
Mike Kaszycki	C	71	16	18	34	7	37	89
Lorne Henning	C	73	13	20	33	17	14	70
Garry Howatt	L	75	16	12	28	6	205	81
Dave Lewis	D	79	5	18	23	44	45	95
Bob Lorimer	D	68	3	18	21	28	42	64
Ed Westfall	R	55	5	11	16	0	4	51
Gerry Hart	D	50	2	14	16	29	78	56
Pat Price	D	55	3	11	14	16	50	48
Bert Marshall	D	45	1	8	9	9	29	26
Richie Hansen	C	13	1	6	7	9	4	10
Alex McKendry	L	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Hector Marini	R	1	0	0	0	-2	2	1
Mike Hordy	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Steve Tambellini	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0	3

Goalie	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
Glenn Resch	43	26	7	10	0	2	1235	1129	106	2.50	0.914
Billy Smith	39	25	8	4	0	1	1074	966	108	2.87	0.899

Results

Date	Opponent	Result	Shots for	Shots against
Apr 8, 1979	@ NYR	W 5-2	15	25
Apr 7, 1979	vs PHI	W 9-2	34	32
Apr 5, 1979	@ PHI	W 3-1	26	34
Apr 3, 1979	vs AFM	W 3-2	31	25
Apr 1, 1979	@ WSH	L 4-6	36	34
Mar 31, 1979	vs BUF	W 2-0	30	32
Mar 29, 1979	@ CHI	L 1-6	32	28
Mar 25, 1979	@ PIT	T 2-2	27	32
Mar 24, 1979	vs PIT	T 3-3	24	27
Mar 22, 1979	@ MTL	W 5-3	30	33
Mar 18, 1979	@ MNS	W 5-3	31	43
Mar 17, 1979	vs NYR	W 5-2	23	41
Mar 15, 1979	vs TOR	W 6-2	23	33
Mar 13, 1979	vs BOS	W 7-2	25	30
Mar 11, 1979	@ BOS	T 4-4	16	34
Mar 10, 1979	vs CHI	W 7-1	33	36
Mar 7, 1979	@ STL	T 5-5	25	22
Mar 6, 1979	vs BUF	L 2-3	34	33
Mar 3, 1979	vs AFM	W 4-2	45	24
Mar 2, 1979	@ AFM	L 2-3	17	35
Feb 27, 1979	vs MTL	W 7-3	35	41
Feb 25, 1979	@ NYR	L 2-3	16	34
Feb 24, 1979	vs DET	W 3-1	22	28
Feb 22, 1979	vs STL	W 6-1	33	21
Feb 19, 1979	@ LAK	W 8-3	31	16
Feb 17, 1979	@ VAN	W 5-3	29	32
Feb 14, 1979	@ BUF	L 1-2	26	29
Feb 13, 1979	vs CLR	W 6-1	28	27
Feb 4, 1979	@ CHI	L 4-5	31	37
Feb 3, 1979	vs BOS	T 4-4	22	33
Feb 1, 1979	@ PHI	W 4-1	18	24
Jan 30, 1979	vs MNS	L 4-5	26	24
Jan 27, 1979	vs NYR	L 2-7	25	33
Jan 25, 1979	@ BOS	W 4-2	17	30
Jan 22, 1979	@ CHI	W 2-1	31	19
Jan 20, 1979	vs CHI	W 4-2	39	27
Jan 17, 1979	@ NYR	L 3-5	25	39
Jan 16, 1979	vs WSH	W 6-2	26	31
Jan 14, 1979	@ PHI	T 1-1	30	29
Jan 12, 1979	@ AFM	W 4-1	24	28
Jan 10, 1979	@ DET	T 5-5	28	34
Jan 9, 1979	vs LAK	W 7-1	42	30
Jan 6, 1979	vs PHI	W 5-1	25	20
Jan 4, 1979	@ PHI	L 2-3	32	31
Jan 2, 1979	vs VAN	W 9-0	35	23
Dec 30, 1978	vs AFM	W 4-2	33	30
Dec 28, 1978	@ AFM	W 10-4	30	28
Dec 26, 1978	vs TOR	W 5-1	51	20
Dec 23, 1978	vs NYR	W 9-4	36	31
Dec 21, 1978	vs STL	W 5-1	24	22
Dec 17, 1978	@ DET	W 3-0	27	21
Dec 16, 1978	@ STL	T 2-2	24	26
Dec 14, 1978	vs DET	W 4-1	32	37
Dec 12, 1978	vs LAK	T 5-5	32	25
Dec 10, 1978	@ MTL	L 3-4	21	34
Dec 9, 1978	@ TOR	W 3-2	31	29
Dec 7, 1978	vs STL	W 7-1	34	15
Dec 5, 1978	vs PIT	T 3-3	45	28
Dec 2, 1978	@ CLR	W 5-2	26	25
Nov 29, 1978	@ LAK	T 5-5	38	32
Nov 25, 1978	@ VAN	W 5-2	43	27
Nov 22, 1978	@ MNS	W 4-1	28	32
Nov 21, 1978	@ CLR	W 7-1	38	24
Nov 18, 1978	vs PHI	W 8-2	24	32
Nov 17, 1978	@ WSH	W 4-2	31	28
Nov 14, 1978	vs CLR	T 2-2	27	27
Nov 12, 1978	@ NYR	W 5-3	21	34
Nov 11, 1978	vs AFM	W 4-2	33	22
Nov 7, 1978	vs MNS	W 5-2	25	29
Nov 4, 1978	vs WSH	W 4-1	45	17
Nov 2, 1978	@ BOS	L 1-4	15	26
Oct 31, 1978	vs CLR	W 8-5	26	21
Oct 28, 1978	vs VAN	W 5-2	22	29
Oct 27, 1978	@ AFM	L 5-8	38	30
Oct 24, 1978	vs PHI	T 4-4	19	19
Oct 21, 1978	vs NYR	W 5-3	25	25
Oct 18, 1978	@ PIT	W 5-3	33	38
Oct 17, 1978	vs MTL	W 3-1	24	25
Oct 14, 1978	@ TOR	L 7-10	27	34
Oct 12, 1978	@ BUF	T 2-2	20	34