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1978-79 New York Islanders Statistics

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51-15-14 (116 points), Finished 1st in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 358 goals, Allowed 214 goals, SRS: 1.76 (1st of 17)
Coached by Al Arbour (51-15-14)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-2) versus New York Rangers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) versus Chicago Black Hawks

1978-79 New York Islanders:

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
New York Islanders 80 51 15 14 116 .725 358 214 1.76 7.15 81 260 31.15 57 287 80.14 7 4
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Player Statistics

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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Bryan Trottier C 5-11 195 22 76 47 87 134 76 50 32 15 0 8 187 25.1 189 66 51 4
2 Mike Bossy RW 6-0 186 22 80 69 57 126 63 25 42 27 0 9 279 24.7 174 70 41 0
3 Denis Potvin D 6-0 205 25 73 31 70 101 71 58 16 12 3 2 237 13.1 203 75 91 34
4 Clark Gillies LW 6-3 215 24 75 35 56 91 57 68 24 11 0 5 210 16.7 148 57 34 0
5 Stefan Persson D 6-1 189 24 78 10 56 66 38 57 4 6 0 1 113 8.8 162 78 62 16
6 Bob Bourne C 6-3 200 24 80 30 31 61 34 48 25 4 1 2 148 20.3 88 16 64 26
7 John Tonelli LW 6-1 200 21 73 17 39 56 29 44 16 1 0 4 113 15.0 88 12 47 0
8 Billy Harris RW 6-2 195 27 80 15 39 54 26 18 15 0 0 5 128 11.7 72 5 46 5
9 Wayne Merrick C 6-1 195 26 75 20 21 41 13 24 18 2 0 0 128 15.6 58 4 41 0
10 Bob Nystrom RW 6-1 200 26 78 19 20 39 19 113 18 1 0 5 161 11.8 68 4 46 1
11 Mike Kaszycki C 5-9 190 22 71 16 18 34 7 37 14 2 0 4 89 18.0 46 6 34 1
12 Lorne Henning C 5-11 185 26 73 13 20 33 17 14 11 0 2 2 70 18.6 41 1 70 47
13 Garry Howatt LW 5-9 175 26 75 16 12 28 6 205 16 0 0 2 81 19.8 49 1 43 1
14 Dave Lewis D 6-2 205 25 79 5 18 23 43 43 5 0 0 0 95 5.3 98 0 83 28
15 Bob Lorimer D 6-1 200 25 67 3 18 21 27 42 3 0 0 0 64 4.7 78 1 68 18
16 Ed Westfall D/RW 6-1 197 38 55 5 11 16 0 4 4 0 1 1 51 9.8 25 0 50 25
17 Gerry Hart D 5-9 190 31 50 2 14 16 30 78 2 0 0 1 56 3.6 65 0 45 10
18 Pat Price D 6-2 200 23 55 3 11 14 18 50 3 0 0 0 48 6.3 60 4 38 0
19 Bert Marshall D 6-3 205 35 45 1 8 9 9 29 1 0 0 0 26 3.8 43 0 42 8
20 Richie Hansen C 5-10 185 23 12 1 6 7 9 4 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 12 1 2 0
21 Glenn Resch G 5-9 165 30 43 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
22 Billy Smith G 5-10 185 28 40 0 2 2 0 54 0 0 0 0 0
23 Mike Hordy D 5-10 180 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 2 0 2 0
24 Hector Marini RW 6-1 204 22 1 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 2 0
25 Alex McKendry W 6-4 200 22 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 Steve Tambellini C 6-0 190 20 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 1 0
Team Total 80 358 616 974 588 1073 270 81 7 51 2300 15.6 1769 401 1004 224

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Glenn Resch G 5-9 165 30 43 2539 26 7 10 106 2.50 2
2 Billy Smith G 5-10 185 28 40 2261 25 8 4 108 2.87 1
Team Total 80 4800 51 15 14 214 2.67 3

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Denis Potvin D 6-0 205 25 10 4 7 11 8 4 0 0 1
2 Mike Bossy RW 6-0 186 22 10 6 2 8 2 4 2 0 1
3 John Tonelli LW 6-1 200 21 10 1 6 7 0 1 0 0 0
4 Bryan Trottier C 5-11 195 22 10 2 4 6 13 2 0 0 1
5 Bob Nystrom RW 6-1 200 26 10 3 2 5 4 3 0 0 1
6 Wayne Merrick C 6-1 195 26 10 2 3 5 2 2 0 0 0
7 Bob Bourne C 6-3 200 24 10 1 3 4 6 1 0 0 0
8 Mike Kaszycki C 5-9 190 22 10 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 0
9 Bob Lorimer D 6-1 200 25 10 1 3 4 15 1 0 0 0
10 Stefan Persson D 6-1 189 24 10 0 4 4 8 0 0 0 0
11 Billy Harris RW 6-2 195 27 10 2 1 3 10 1 1 0 1
12 Clark Gillies LW 6-3 215 24 10 1 2 3 11 1 0 0 0
13 Ed Westfall D/RW 6-1 197 38 6 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
14 Lorne Henning C 5-11 185 26 10 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
15 Gerry Hart D 5-9 190 31 9 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0
16 Garry Howatt LW 5-9 175 26 9 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 0
17 Pat Price D 6-2 200 23 7 0 1 1 25 0 0 0 0
18 Dave Lewis D 6-2 205 25 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
19 Hector Marini RW 6-1 204 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Glenn Resch G 5-9 165 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Billy Smith G 5-10 185 28 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Team Total 10 27 46 73 144 23 3 1 5

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Billy Smith G 5-10 185 28 5 315 4 1 10 1.90 1
2 Glenn Resch G 5-9 165 30 5 300 2 3 11 2.20 1
Team Total 10 615 6 4 21 2.05 2