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New York Islanders, 1981-82

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Patrick Division, Prince of Wales Conference Stanley Cup champions Best record in the Prince of Wales Conference Won the Patrick Division Made the playoffs

1981-82 record

League rank	GP	Record	Points	Points %	Goals for	Goals against	Diff	Home	Away
1	80	54-16-10	118	0.738	385	250	+135	33-3-4	21-13-6

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
Division Semifinals	Pittsburgh Penguins	Won 3-2
Division Finals	New York Rangers	Won 4-2
Conference Finals	Quebec Nordiques	Won 4-0
Stanley Cup Final	Vancouver Canucks	Won 4-0

Roster

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

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots
Mike Bossy	R	80	64	83	147	69	22	301
Bryan Trottier	C	80	50	79	129	70	88	217
John Tonelli	L	80	35	58	93	48	57	165
Clark Gillies	L	79	38	39	77	39	75	200
Denis Potvin	D	60	24	37	61	39	83	169
Bob Bourne	C	76	27	26	53	26	77	173
Duane Sutter	R	77	18	35	53	23	100	140
Mike McEwen	D	73	10	39	49	30	50	162
Bobby Nystrom	R	74	22	25	47	14	103	136
Brent Sutter	C	43	21	22	43	27	114	93
Stefan Persson	D	70	6	37	43	34	99	107
Anders Kallur	C	58	18	22	40	6	18	74
Wayne Merrick	C	68	12	27	39	4	20	112
Tomas Jonsson	D	70	9	25	34	26	51	89
Butch Goring	C	67	15	17	32	-3	10	63
Billy Carroll	C	72	9	20	29	12	32	42
Dave Langevin	D	73	1	20	21	32	82	73
Ken Morrow	D	75	1	18	19	53	56	91
Gord Lane	D	51	0	13	13	27	98	46
Hector Marini	R	30	4	9	13	3	53	14
Greg Gilbert	L	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
Neil Hawrylin	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Boutilier	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalie	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
Billy Smith	46	32	9	4	0	0	1303	1170	133	2.97	0.898
Roland Melanson	36	22	7	6	0	0	1100	986	114	3.24	0.896

Results

Date	Opponent	Result	Shots for	Shots against
Apr 4, 1982	@ PIT	L 2-7	28	42
Apr 3, 1982	vs PHI	W 6-3	40	40
Apr 1, 1982	@ PHI	T 3-3	25	33
Mar 29, 1982	@ NYR	W 7-3	30	23
Mar 27, 1982	vs HFD	W 5-4	38	28
Mar 25, 1982	vs MTL	W 3-1	22	27
Mar 23, 1982	vs WSH	W 8-1	26	20
Mar 21, 1982	@ WSH	W 3-2	28	25
Mar 20, 1982	vs STL	T 3-3	28	36
Mar 17, 1982	@ CLR	W 5-2	32	27
Mar 13, 1982	@ LAK	L 0-3	23	24
Mar 10, 1982	@ MNS	T 4-4	35	40
Mar 9, 1982	@ STL	W 6-4	35	44
Mar 6, 1982	vs NYR	W 6-4	28	24
Mar 4, 1982	vs TOR	W 10-1	32	32
Mar 2, 1982	vs CGY	W 6-3	32	35
Mar 1, 1982	@ TOR	W 9-5	37	22
Feb 27, 1982	vs QUE	T 5-5	28	33
Feb 25, 1982	vs PIT	W 4-2	27	28
Feb 23, 1982	vs CHI	W 5-1	37	20
Feb 21, 1982	@ PIT	L 3-4	38	28
Feb 20, 1982	vs CLR	W 3-2	30	19
Feb 18, 1982	@ PHI	W 7-4	39	28
Feb 16, 1982	vs PIT	W 6-2	28	31
Feb 14, 1982	@ HFD	W 9-1	51	40
Feb 13, 1982	vs PHI	W 8-2	37	23
Feb 11, 1982	@ CHI	W 8-2	36	32
Feb 7, 1982	@ BUF	W 7-3	32	26
Feb 6, 1982	vs DET	W 6-2	31	30
Feb 4, 1982	@ WSH	W 5-2	31	36
Feb 2, 1982	vs WSH	W 7-6	34	29
Jan 30, 1982	vs MNS	W 4-2	34	31
Jan 27, 1982	@ PIT	W 6-3	32	37
Jan 26, 1982	vs PIT	W 9-2	29	35
Jan 23, 1982	vs NYR	W 6-1	32	22
Jan 21, 1982	vs PIT	W 6-1	35	24
Jan 20, 1982	@ NYR	L 2-3	26	26
Jan 17, 1982	@ WSH	T 2-2	36	30
Jan 14, 1982	@ BOS	L 4-5	22	32
Jan 9, 1982	vs PHI	W 3-1	24	28
Jan 7, 1982	@ PHI	W 5-4	28	34
Jan 4, 1982	vs VAN	W 4-1	37	34
Jan 2, 1982	vs CHI	W 5-3	32	26
Dec 30, 1981	@ NYR	L 4-6	28	31
Dec 29, 1981	vs MTL	L 4-5	22	30
Dec 26, 1981	vs PHI	W 4-2	27	29
Dec 22, 1981	vs WIN	W 5-2	36	30
Dec 20, 1981	@ DET	W 5-3	26	29
Dec 19, 1981	vs DET	W 5-1	33	39
Dec 17, 1981	vs WSH	W 4-1	35	31
Dec 15, 1981	vs QUE	W 10-7	37	29
Dec 13, 1981	@ EDM	L 3-4	30	30
Dec 12, 1981	@ CGY	T 3-3	22	24
Dec 9, 1981	@ VAN	L 3-4	33	28
Dec 6, 1981	@ WIN	L 2-5	30	24
Dec 5, 1981	@ MNS	W 8-5	31	38
Nov 29, 1981	@ BUF	L 2-5	28	30
Nov 28, 1981	@ BOS	L 4-5	22	32
Nov 26, 1981	vs STL	W 9-2	31	32
Nov 24, 1981	vs BOS	W 3-1	24	19
Nov 22, 1981	@ NYR	W 7-2	39	31
Nov 21, 1981	vs NYR	W 4-3	27	23
Nov 17, 1981	@ QUE	L 2-7	19	27
Nov 15, 1981	@ PHI	L 4-5	26	25
Nov 14, 1981	vs EDM	T 5-5	40	33
Nov 11, 1981	@ TOR	W 4-3	42	23
Nov 10, 1981	@ WIN	W 5-3	29	37
Nov 7, 1981	vs BUF	L 2-6	22	25
Nov 3, 1981	vs CGY	T 2-2	24	25
Oct 31, 1981	@ MTL	W 2-1	25	35
Oct 29, 1981	@ HFD	T 6-6	35	33
Oct 27, 1981	vs EDM	W 4-3	34	28
Oct 24, 1981	vs WSH	W 6-4	25	36
Oct 23, 1981	@ WSH	W 4-2	28	26
Oct 20, 1981	vs LAK	L 6-9	27	43
Oct 17, 1981	vs NYR	W 5-4	34	29
Oct 15, 1981	vs VAN	W 4-1	36	41
Oct 14, 1981	@ PIT	W 4-1	39	36
Oct 10, 1981	@ CLR	T 2-2	33	29
Oct 7, 1981	@ LAK	W 4-1	25	32