Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season
48-17-15 (111 points), Finished 1st in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 334 goals, Allowed 210 goals, SRS: 1.47 (2nd of 18)
Coached by Al Arbour (48-17-15)
Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-3) to Toronto Maple Leafs
Sponsor this page for $15 per year and help Hockey-Reference.com provide this service.
1977-78 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Islanders | 80 | 48 | 17 | 15 | 111 | .694 | 334 | 210 | 1.47 | 6.80 | 71 | 227 | 31.28 | 45 | 272 | 83.46 | 7 | 6 |
| League Average | 80 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 80 | .500 | 264 | 264 | 0.00 | 6.59 | 54 | 255 | 21.15 | 54 | 255 | 78.85 | 6 | 6 |
Click on the Player for career statistics and accomplishments.
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan Trottier | C | 5-11 | 195 | 21 | 77 | 46 | 77 | 123 | 1.60 | 46 | 0.59 | 156 | 55 | 55 | 6 | 52 | 46 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 193 | 2.51 | 23.8 | ||
| 2 | Denis Potvin | D | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | 80 | 30 | 64 | 94 | 1.18 | 34 | 0.42 | 204 | 70 | 107 | 30 | 57 | 81 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 288 | 3.60 | 10.4 | ||
| 3 | Mike Bossy | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 21 | 73 | 53 | 38 | 91 | 1.25 | 38 | 0.52 | 130 | 57 | 42 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 235 | 3.22 | 22.6 | ||
| 4 | Clark Gillies | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | 80 | 35 | 50 | 85 | 1.06 | 32 | 0.40 | 146 | 54 | 43 | 0 | 49 | 76 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 277 | 3.46 | 12.6 | ||
| 5 | Bob Bourne | C | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | 80 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 0.79 | 25 | 0.31 | 81 | 10 | 56 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 178 | 2.23 | 16.9 | ||
| 6 | Billy Harris | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | 80 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 0.75 | 22 | 0.28 | 77 | 7 | 53 | 10 | 27 | 40 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 1.85 | 14.9 | ||
| 7 | Bob Nystrom | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | 80 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 0.74 | 24 | 0.29 | 85 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 19 | 94 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 178 | 2.23 | 16.9 | ||
| 8 | Stefan Persson | D | 6-1 | 189 | 23 | 66 | 6 | 50 | 56 | 0.85 | 18 | 0.27 | 128 | 66 | 52 | 9 | 19 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 1.17 | 7.8 | ||
| 9 | Mike Kaszycki | C | 5-9 | 190 | 21 | 58 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 0.72 | 15 | 0.26 | 59 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 1.47 | 15.3 | ||
| 10 | J.P. Parise | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 0.72 | 11 | 0.27 | 44 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1.74 | 17.6 | ||
| 11 | Lorne Henning | C | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 79 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 0.34 | 10 | 0.13 | 34 | 0 | 65 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 79 | 1.00 | 15.2 | ||
| 12 | Gerry Hart | D | 5-9 | 190 | 30 | 78 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 0.32 | 8 | 0.10 | 101 | 0 | 76 | 19 | 44 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 1.62 | 1.6 | ||
| 13 | Wayne Merrick | C | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0.65 | 9 | 0.25 | 31 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 1.62 | 16.7 | ||
| 14 | Ed Westfall | D/RW | 6-1 | 197 | 37 | 71 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 0.34 | 8 | 0.11 | 35 | 1 | 58 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 1.01 | 6.9 | ||
| 15 | Jude Drouin | C | 5-10 | 160 | 29 | 56 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0.39 | 7 | 0.13 | 40 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1.39 | 6.4 | ||
| 16 | Garry Howatt | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | 61 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0.31 | 7 | 0.12 | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 146 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.98 | 11.7 | ||
| 17 | Michel Bergeron | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0.60 | 6 | 0.25 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 1.60 | 22.5 | ||
| 18 | Dave Lewis | D | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | 77 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.18 | 5 | 0.06 | 93 | 0 | 82 | 21 | 32 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 1.44 | 2.7 | ||
| 19 | Pat Price | D | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 52 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0.23 | 4 | 0.08 | 60 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 0.96 | 4.0 | ||
| 20 | Jean Potvin | D | 5-11 | 188 | 28 | 34 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.32 | 3 | 0.10 | 33 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1.06 | 2.8 | ||
| 21 | Bert Marshall | D | 6-3 | 205 | 34 | 58 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.12 | 2 | 0.04 | 43 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.55 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Bob Lorimer | D | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.60 | 33.3 | ||
| 23 | Andre St. Laurent | C | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Neil Nicholson | D | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Alex McKendry | W | 6-4 | 200 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Richie Hansen | C | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 334 | 569 | 903 | 11.29 | 334 | 4.17 | 334 | 71 | 210 | 45 | 98 | 934 | 256 | 71 | 7 | 48 | 2490 | 31.13 | 13.4 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenn Resch | G | 5-9 | 165 | 29 | 45 | 2637 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 63 | .716 | 3 | 112 | 2.55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | 38 | 2154 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 48 | .667 | 2 | 95 | 2.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||
| 3 | Goran Hogosta | G | 6-1 | 179 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 48 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 207 | 2.59 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Bourne | C | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.71 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Mike Kaszycki | C | 5-9 | 190 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Bob Nystrom | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.57 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | Denis Potvin | D | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.57 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Mike Bossy | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | Bryan Trottier | C | 5-11 | 195 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | Clark Gillies | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Stefan Persson | D | 6-1 | 189 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Bert Marshall | D | 6-3 | 205 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Pat Price | D | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Garry Howatt | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Wayne Merrick | C | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Dave Lewis | D | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Ed Westfall | D/RW | 6-1 | 197 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Lorne Henning | C | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | Gerry Hart | D | 5-9 | 190 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Billy Harris | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Jude Drouin | C | 5-10 | 160 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 7 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 4.86 | 166 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenn Resch | G | 5-9 | 165 | 29 | 7 | 388 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .429 | 0 | 15 | 2.32 | ||||||||
| 2 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.28 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 435 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2.21 |