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New York Islanders, 1979-80

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1979-80 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
5 80 39-28-13 91 0.569 281 247 +34 26-9-5 13-19-8

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Los Angeles Kings Won 3-1
Quarterfinals Boston Bruins Won 4-1
Semifinals Buffalo Sabres Won 4-2
Stanley Cup Final Philadelphia Flyers Won 4-2

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 79 42 62 104 31 68 186 0
Mike Bossy R 75 51 41 92 28 12 244 0
Clark Gillies L 73 19 35 54 29 49 175 0
Anders Kallur C 76 22 30 52 12 16 138 0
John Tonelli L 77 14 30 44 8 49 103 0
Denis Potvin D 31 8 33 41 13 44 98 0
Bob Bourne C 73 15 25 40 5 52 155 0
Bobby Nystrom R 67 21 18 39 4 94 146 0
Stefan Persson D 73 4 35 39 13 76 91 0
Wayne Merrick C 70 13 22 35 12 16 111 0
Billy Harris R 67 15 15 30 1 37 91 0
Duane Sutter R 56 15 9 24 5 55 75 0
Dave Lewis D 62 5 16 21 10 54 66 0
Bob Lorimer D 74 3 16 19 30 53 98 0
Garry Howatt L 77 8 11 19 -3 219 62 0
Dave Langevin D 76 3 13 16 11 109 82 0
Gord Lane D 55 2 14 16 10 152 60 0
Jean Potvin D 33 2 13 15 -11 26 48 0
Steve Tambellini C 45 5 8 13 0 4 63 0
Butch Goring C 12 6 5 11 7 2 20 0
Lorne Henning C 39 3 6 9 -10 6 45 0
Mike Kaszycki C 16 1 4 5 3 15 13 0
Yvon Vautour R 17 3 1 4 -6 24 16 0
Ken Morrow D 18 0 3 3 4 4 19 0
Alex McKendry L 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Garth MacGuigan C 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Mike Hordy D 9 0 0 0 -1 7 8 0
Randy Johnston D 6 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Glenn Resch 45 2314603 1334 1202 132 3.05 0.901
Billy Smith 38 1514702 1022 918 104 2.96 0.898
Richard Brodeur 2 10000 35 29 6 4.50 0.829

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1980 vs NYR W 2-1 23 29
Apr 4, 1980 @ AFM W 7-3 31 28
Apr 1, 1980 @ MNS T 1-1 22 31
Mar 30, 1980 @ QUE W 9-6 50 29
Mar 28, 1980 @ MTL T 2-2 19 27
Mar 25, 1980 vs PHI W 5-2 27 38
Mar 23, 1980 @ BUF T 1-1 22 27
Mar 22, 1980 vs CHI T 4-4 31 33
Mar 18, 1980 vs AFM W 6-3 20 21
Mar 16, 1980 @ CHI W 6-1 39 35
Mar 15, 1980 vs STL W 6-2 23 28
Mar 11, 1980 vs CLR W 4-1 21 25
Mar 9, 1980 @ WSH L 1-3 19 27
Mar 8, 1980 vs BOS L 3-5 31 24
Mar 6, 1980 @ PHI W 5-2 26 32
Mar 4, 1980 vs EDM W 6-4 34 27
Mar 2, 1980 @ PIT T 0-0 24 22
Mar 1, 1980 vs DET L 3-4 32 22
Feb 27, 1980 @ QUE W 5-3 26 24
Feb 24, 1980 @ NYR L 2-8 26 36
Feb 23, 1980 @ STL W 3-2 27 28
Feb 21, 1980 vs MNS L 2-5 28 29
Feb 19, 1980 vs TOR L 4-6 43 28
Feb 17, 1980 @ VAN L 2-4 32 38
Feb 16, 1980 @ LAK L 2-3 15 29
Feb 14, 1980 @ CLR W 5-3 27 20
Feb 12, 1980 vs WIN T 0-0 20 27
Feb 9, 1980 vs QUE W 5-0 35 28
Feb 7, 1980 vs LAK W 4-1 36 26
Feb 3, 1980 @ HFD L 3-5 30 40
Feb 2, 1980 vs BUF W 3-2 20 28
Jan 31, 1980 @ BOS L 2-4 21 18
Jan 29, 1980 vs MNS T 2-2 34 28
Jan 27, 1980 @ WSH L 1-7 26 34
Jan 26, 1980 vs HFD W 3-2 28 31
Jan 23, 1980 @ DET W 5-3 23 36
Jan 22, 1980 vs MTL W 2-1 24 25
Jan 19, 1980 vs QUE W 3-1 50 25
Jan 17, 1980 vs TOR W 9-6 38 47
Jan 15, 1980 vs WIN W 5-2 26 36
Jan 12, 1980 vs WSH W 5-2 31 38
Jan 9, 1980 @ BUF L 2-3 22 29
Jan 8, 1980 vs VAN W 3-0 34 32
Jan 5, 1980 vs STL W 3-1 32 23
Jan 3, 1980 vs PIT L 3-4 26 31
Jan 2, 1980 @ TOR W 3-1 30 34
Dec 30, 1979 @ DET L 2-4 32 27
Dec 27, 1979 @ MTL W 7-3 24 46
Dec 23, 1979 @ CHI L 0-8 24 41
Dec 22, 1979 vs WSH W 2-1 23 31
Dec 18, 1979 vs CLR W 3-2 21 29
Dec 15, 1979 vs PIT T 3-3 25 27
Dec 12, 1979 @ PIT T 3-3 16 39
Dec 11, 1979 vs MTL W 4-1 32 31
Dec 9, 1979 @ NYR L 4-5 27 32
Dec 8, 1979 @ TOR W 6-1 25 35
Dec 6, 1979 vs BOS W 4-3 25 34
Dec 4, 1979 vs VAN L 1-5 26 31
Dec 2, 1979 @ WIN W 4-0 36 33
Nov 30, 1979 @ EDM L 3-5 32 33
Nov 28, 1979 @ CLR L 4-7 26 29
Nov 24, 1979 @ LAK T 4-4 25 39
Nov 21, 1979 @ MNS L 1-3 24 44
Nov 20, 1979 @ STL L 3-6 24 27
Nov 17, 1979 vs DET L 4-5 35 27
Nov 13, 1979 vs NYR W 10-5 29 21
Nov 10, 1979 vs PHI L 2-5 18 25
Nov 9, 1979 @ AFM L 2-5 26 30
Nov 6, 1979 vs LAK W 4-1 33 28
Nov 4, 1979 @ WIN T 4-4 32 30
Nov 2, 1979 @ EDM L 5-7 30 26
Oct 31, 1979 @ VAN T 2-2 24 25
Oct 27, 1979 vs CHI W 6-4 28 26
Oct 26, 1979 @ HFD W 2-1 28 27
Oct 23, 1979 vs EDM T 3-3 25 26
Oct 20, 1979 vs HFD W 6-1 32 24
Oct 18, 1979 @ BOS L 2-3 19 38
Oct 16, 1979 vs AFM W 5-1 29 20
Oct 13, 1979 vs BUF L 2-5 24 31
Oct 11, 1979 @ PHI L 2-5 34 31