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1977-78 New York Islanders

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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

1977-78 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 13, 1977 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 3 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 15, 1977 Boston Bruins W 3 1 1 1 0 W 1
3 Sun, Oct 16, 1977 @ New York Rangers L 2 4 1 2 0 L 1
4 Tue, Oct 18, 1977 Los Angeles Kings T 0 0 1 2 1 T 1
5 Fri, Oct 21, 1977 @ Atlanta Flames T 3 3 1 2 2 T 2
6 Sat, Oct 22, 1977 New York Rangers W 7 2 2 2 2 W 1
7 Wed, Oct 26, 1977 @ Los Angeles Kings T 2 2 2 2 3 T 1
8 Thu, Oct 27, 1977 @ Vancouver Canucks W 3 2 3 2 3 W 1
9 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 Buffalo Sabres W 4 2 4 2 3 W 2
10 Tue, Nov 1, 1977 Atlanta Flames W 9 0 5 2 3 W 3
11 Wed, Nov 2, 1977 @ Minnesota North Stars L 2 3 5 3 3 L 1
12 Sat, Nov 5, 1977 Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 3 6 3 3 W 1
13 Sun, Nov 6, 1977 @ Boston Bruins L 3 5 6 4 3 L 1
14 Thu, Nov 10, 1977 Montreal Canadiens L 1 5 6 5 3 L 2
15 Sat, Nov 12, 1977 Philadelphia Flyers T 2 2 6 5 4 T 1
16 Sun, Nov 13, 1977 @ Washington Capitals W 6 0 7 5 4 W 1
17 Tue, Nov 15, 1977 Chicago Black Hawks T 1 1 7 5 5 T 1
18 Thu, Nov 17, 1977 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 4 4 7 5 6 T 2
19 Sat, Nov 19, 1977 Vancouver Canucks W 9 2 8 5 6 W 1
20 Tue, Nov 22, 1977 Colorado Rockies W 4 2 9 5 6 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 23, 1977 @ Minnesota North Stars W 9 2 10 5 6 W 3
22 Sat, Nov 26, 1977 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 2 5 10 6 6 L 1
23 Sun, Nov 27, 1977 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 1 11 6 6 W 1
24 Wed, Nov 30, 1977 @ Colorado Rockies T 3 3 11 6 7 T 1
25 Sat, Dec 3, 1977 @ St. Louis Blues W 7 2 12 6 7 W 1
26 Tue, Dec 6, 1977 Minnesota North Stars W 4 2 13 6 7 W 2
27 Wed, Dec 7, 1977 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 4 0 14 6 7 W 3
28 Sat, Dec 10, 1977 Detroit Red Wings W 7 4 15 6 7 W 4
29 Tue, Dec 13, 1977 Chicago Black Hawks T 2 2 15 6 8 T 1
30 Wed, Dec 14, 1977 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 3 15 7 8 L 1
31 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 Boston Bruins W 4 1 16 7 8 W 1
32 Tue, Dec 20, 1977 Colorado Rockies W 9 1 17 7 8 W 2
33 Thu, Dec 22, 1977 St. Louis Blues W 6 3 18 7 8 W 3
34 Fri, Dec 23, 1977 @ Montreal Canadiens L 5 7 18 8 8 L 1
35 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 @ Vancouver Canucks W 4 2 19 8 8 W 1
36 Wed, Dec 28, 1977 @ Los Angeles Kings W 4 3 20 8 8 W 2
37 Sat, Dec 31, 1977 Montreal Canadiens L 2 4 20 9 8 L 1
38 Tue, Jan 3, 1978 Vancouver Canucks W 4 1 21 9 8 W 1
39 Sat, Jan 7, 1978 Cleveland Barons W 5 3 22 9 8 W 2
40 Tue, Jan 10, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 7 4 23 9 8 W 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 11, 1978 @ Cleveland Barons L 3 5 23 10 8 L 1
42 Sat, Jan 14, 1978 @ Washington Capitals W 4 0 24 10 8 W 1
43 Wed, Jan 18, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 2 25 10 8 W 2
44 Thu, Jan 19, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues W 3 0 26 10 8 W 3
45 Sat, Jan 21, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers W 6 1 27 10 8 W 4
46 Thu, Jan 26, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 28 10 8 W 5
47 Sat, Jan 28, 1978 New York Rangers W 6 2 29 10 8 W 6
48 Mon, Jan 30, 1978 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 3 29 11 8 L 1
49 Wed, Feb 1, 1978 @ New York Rangers W 7 6 30 11 8 W 1
50 Thu, Feb 2, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames W 5 2 31 11 8 W 2
51 Sat, Feb 4, 1978 Washington Capitals W 6 1 32 11 8 W 3
52 Wed, Feb 8, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 4 5 32 12 8 L 1
53 Sat, Feb 11, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 8 5 33 12 8 W 1
54 Sun, Feb 12, 1978 @ Cleveland Barons T 2 2 33 12 9 T 1
55 Tue, Feb 14, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 3 2 34 12 9 W 1
56 Thu, Feb 16, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies W 5 4 35 12 9 W 2
57 Sat, Feb 18, 1978 Atlanta Flames T 3 3 35 12 10 T 1
58 Sun, Feb 19, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4 1 36 12 10 W 1
59 Wed, Feb 22, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames T 3 3 36 12 11 T 1
60 Sat, Feb 25, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks W 7 1 37 12 11 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 26, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 2 37 13 11 L 1
62 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 3 38 13 11 W 1
63 Thu, Mar 2, 1978 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 6 38 14 11 L 1
64 Sat, Mar 4, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 3 39 14 11 W 1
65 Sun, Mar 5, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 39 14 12 T 1
66 Tue, Mar 7, 1978 Vancouver Canucks W 5 2 40 14 12 W 1
67 Thu, Mar 9, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues W 6 3 41 14 12 W 2
68 Sat, Mar 11, 1978 Buffalo Sabres W 4 2 42 14 12 W 3
69 Tue, Mar 14, 1978 St. Louis Blues T 3 3 42 14 13 T 1
70 Sat, Mar 18, 1978 Atlanta Flames L 2 5 42 15 13 L 1
71 Mon, Mar 20, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 4 42 16 13 L 2
72 Wed, Mar 22, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 2 43 16 13 W 1
73 Sat, Mar 25, 1978 Cleveland Barons T 4 4 43 16 14 T 1
74 Sun, Mar 26, 1978 Minnesota North Stars W 6 3 44 16 14 W 1
75 Wed, Mar 29, 1978 @ New York Rangers L 1 5 44 17 14 L 1
76 Sat, Apr 1, 1978 Washington Capitals W 3 2 45 17 14 W 1
77 Sun, Apr 2, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 5 2 46 17 14 W 2
78 Tue, Apr 4, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers T 3 3 46 17 15 T 1
79 Sat, Apr 8, 1978 New York Rangers W 7 2 47 17 15 W 1
80 Sun, Apr 9, 1978 @ Boston Bruins W 5 2 48 17 15 W 2

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Mon, Apr 17, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 19, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W OT 3 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Fri, Apr 21, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 0 2 2 1 0 L 1
4 Sun, Apr 23, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 3 2 2 0 L 2
5 Tue, Apr 25, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W OT 2 1 3 2 0 W 1
6 Thu, Apr 27, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 5 3 3 0 L 1
7 Sat, Apr 29, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs L OT 1 2 3 4 0 L 2