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New York Islanders, 1980-81

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

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1980-81 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
1 80 48-18-14 110 0.688 355 260 +95 23-6-11 25-12-3

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Toronto Maple Leafs Won 3-0
Quarterfinals Edmonton Oilers Won 4-2
Semifinals New York Rangers Won 4-0
Stanley Cup Final Minnesota North Stars Won 4-1

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats in those games.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Mike Bossy R 79 68 51 119 38 32 315 0
Bryan Trottier C 73 31 72 103 50 74 156 0
Clark Gillies L 80 33 45 78 27 99 188 0
Bob Bourne C 78 35 41 76 34 62 195 0
Denis Potvin D 74 20 56 76 39 104 206 0
Anders Kallur C 78 36 28 64 24 32 163 0
Stefan Persson D 80 9 52 61 25 82 120 0
Butch Goring C 78 23 37 60 4 0 152 0
John Tonelli L 70 20 32 52 7 57 114 0
Bobby Nystrom R 79 14 30 44 6 145 161 0
Steve Tambellini C 61 19 17 36 -11 17 112 0
Wayne Merrick C 71 16 15 31 12 30 89 0
Garry Howatt L 70 4 15 19 12 174 48 0
Duane Sutter R 23 7 11 18 -7 26 48 0
Dave Langevin D 75 1 16 17 40 122 68 0
Bob Lorimer D 73 1 12 13 45 77 65 0
Ken Morrow D 80 2 11 13 19 20 69 0
Gord Lane D 61 3 9 12 -6 124 54 0
Hector Marini R 14 4 7 11 9 39 9 0
Billy Carroll C 18 4 4 8 3 6 25 0
Jean Potvin D 19 2 3 5 -4 25 16 0
Brent Sutter C 3 2 2 4 2 0 2 0
Lorne Henning C 9 1 2 3 4 24 15 0
Mike McEwen D 13 0 3 3 3 10 27 0
Goalie GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
Billy Smith 41 1229 1100 129 0.895
Glenn Resch 32 879 786 93 0.894
Roland Melanson 11 304 272 32 0.895

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1981 @ BUF W 7-3 26 24
Apr 4, 1981 vs WSH W 4-1 28 25
Apr 2, 1981 vs NYR W 2-1 22 24
Mar 31, 1981 @ MTL L 1-3 25 29
Mar 29, 1981 @ WSH W 5-4 37 25
Mar 28, 1981 vs PIT T 4-4 26 35
Mar 24, 1981 @ STL W 5-3 39 35
Mar 22, 1981 @ CHI W 6-2 32 26
Mar 20, 1981 @ CLR W 5-3 42 28
Mar 17, 1981 vs MTL T 3-3 31 30
Mar 14, 1981 vs PHI T 3-3 23 26
Mar 12, 1981 @ EDM W 5-0 24 36
Mar 11, 1981 @ WIN W 6-3 43 32
Mar 7, 1981 vs VAN W 3-1 34 21
Mar 3, 1981 vs EDM T 8-8 24 41
Feb 28, 1981 @ LAK W 2-1 16 28
Feb 27, 1981 @ VAN W 5-1 22 28
Feb 25, 1981 @ CGY L 4-11 26 37
Feb 23, 1981 @ MNS W 4-1 27 33
Feb 21, 1981 vs CHI W 6-3 31 29
Feb 17, 1981 vs TOR L 5-8 32 40
Feb 14, 1981 vs STL T 1-1 31 19
Feb 12, 1981 @ PIT L 3-5 25 34
Feb 7, 1981 vs MNS T 5-5 28 34
Feb 4, 1981 @ NYR L 3-9 26 32
Feb 3, 1981 vs LAK W 8-1 34 30
Feb 1, 1981 @ BOS L 3-6 32 36
Jan 31, 1981 @ QUE L 1-5 22 31
Jan 28, 1981 @ TOR W 6-4 33 32
Jan 26, 1981 vs BUF L 3-5 25 33
Jan 24, 1981 vs QUE W 7-4 35 31
Jan 22, 1981 @ DET W 3-0 21 34
Jan 20, 1981 vs CGY W 5-0 36 21
Jan 17, 1981 vs WSH W 6-4 44 39
Jan 13, 1981 vs PIT W 6-3 38 33
Jan 11, 1981 @ PHI W 4-2 26 41
Jan 10, 1981 vs BOS L 2-3 27 33
Jan 7, 1981 @ PIT L 3-7 15 50
Jan 6, 1981 vs TOR W 6-3 36 31
Jan 3, 1981 vs HFD W 8-1 44 32
Jan 2, 1981 @ NYR L 1-3 17 23
Dec 30, 1980 vs CLR W 9-3 47 32
Dec 27, 1980 @ HFD T 5-5 36 28
Dec 23, 1980 vs CGY T 2-2 27 22
Dec 21, 1980 @ CHI W 9-0 33 26
Dec 20, 1980 vs QUE W 5-2 34 38
Dec 16, 1980 vs WIN W 6-2 36 36
Dec 14, 1980 @ WIN W 5-4 35 37
Dec 13, 1980 @ CGY T 4-4 39 23
Dec 10, 1980 @ EDM W 3-2 28 22
Dec 7, 1980 @ VAN W 5-3 35 33
Dec 6, 1980 @ LAK L 3-5 30 30
Dec 4, 1980 @ CLR L 3-4 35 25
Dec 2, 1980 vs CLR W 5-1 29 29
Nov 30, 1980 @ QUE W 7-3 32 28
Nov 29, 1980 vs DET W 5-1 28 24
Nov 27, 1980 @ MTL W 4-3 29 36
Nov 24, 1980 vs WIN T 4-4 41 31
Nov 22, 1980 vs NYR W 6-4 28 35
Nov 20, 1980 vs HFD W 5-0 29 24
Nov 18, 1980 @ STL W 7-2 27 21
Nov 17, 1980 @ MNS W 2-1 27 35
Nov 15, 1980 vs BUF W 4-1 26 29
Nov 12, 1980 @ TOR W 4-2 28 39
Nov 11, 1980 vs MNS T 6-6 18 25
Nov 8, 1980 vs CHI W 7-3 36 30
Nov 6, 1980 @ BOS W 4-2 22 30
Nov 4, 1980 vs DET W 6-4 33 33
Nov 1, 1980 vs LAK L 3-7 38 34
Oct 28, 1980 vs MTL W 6-4 31 33
Oct 26, 1980 @ BUF L 2-5 29 32
Oct 25, 1980 vs PHI L 1-3 21 22
Oct 23, 1980 @ PHI L 2-4 25 23
Oct 21, 1980 vs VAN L 3-6 37 29
Oct 19, 1980 @ HFD T 3-3 41 27
Oct 18, 1980 vs EDM T 5-5 30 20
Oct 16, 1980 @ DET W 6-4 28 31
Oct 14, 1980 vs STL T 5-5 36 37
Oct 12, 1980 @ WSH W 2-1 24 27
Oct 11, 1980 vs BOS W 5-2 24 21