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1978-79 New York Islanders

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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) to New York Rangers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Chicago Black Hawks

1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 12, 1978 @ Buffalo Sabres T 2 2 0 0 1 T 1
2 Sat, Oct 14, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 7 10 0 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Oct 17, 1978 Montreal Canadiens W 3 1 1 1 1 W 1
4 Wed, Oct 18, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 3 2 1 1 W 2
5 Sat, Oct 21, 1978 New York Rangers W 5 3 3 1 1 W 3
6 Tue, Oct 24, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers T 4 4 3 1 2 T 1
7 Fri, Oct 27, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames L 5 8 3 2 2 L 1
8 Sat, Oct 28, 1978 Vancouver Canucks W 5 2 4 2 2 W 1
9 Tue, Oct 31, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 8 5 5 2 2 W 2
10 Thu, Nov 2, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L 1 4 5 3 2 L 1
11 Sat, Nov 4, 1978 Washington Capitals W 4 1 6 3 2 W 1
12 Tue, Nov 7, 1978 Minnesota North Stars W 5 2 7 3 2 W 2
13 Sat, Nov 11, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 4 2 8 3 2 W 3
14 Sun, Nov 12, 1978 @ New York Rangers W 5 3 9 3 2 W 4
15 Tue, Nov 14, 1978 Colorado Rockies T 2 2 9 3 3 T 1
16 Fri, Nov 17, 1978 @ Washington Capitals W 4 2 10 3 3 W 1
17 Sat, Nov 18, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers W 8 2 11 3 3 W 2
18 Tue, Nov 21, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies W 7 1 12 3 3 W 3
19 Wed, Nov 22, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars W 4 1 13 3 3 W 4
20 Sat, Nov 25, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 2 14 3 3 W 5
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 29, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings T 5 5 14 3 4 T 1
22 Sat, Dec 2, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies W 5 2 15 3 4 W 1
23 Tue, Dec 5, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 15 3 5 T 1
24 Thu, Dec 7, 1978 St. Louis Blues W 7 1 16 3 5 W 1
25 Sat, Dec 9, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 2 17 3 5 W 2
26 Sun, Dec 10, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 4 17 4 5 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 12, 1978 Los Angeles Kings T 5 5 17 4 6 T 1
28 Thu, Dec 14, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 4 1 18 4 6 W 1
29 Sat, Dec 16, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues T 2 2 18 4 7 T 1
30 Sun, Dec 17, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 3 0 19 4 7 W 1
31 Thu, Dec 21, 1978 St. Louis Blues W 5 1 20 4 7 W 2
32 Sat, Dec 23, 1978 New York Rangers W 9 4 21 4 7 W 3
33 Tue, Dec 26, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 1 22 4 7 W 4
34 Thu, Dec 28, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames W 10 4 23 4 7 W 5
35 Sat, Dec 30, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 4 2 24 4 7 W 6
36 Tue, Jan 2, 1979 Vancouver Canucks W 9 0 25 4 7 W 7
37 Thu, Jan 4, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 3 25 5 7 L 1
38 Sat, Jan 6, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers W 5 1 26 5 7 W 1
39 Tue, Jan 9, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 7 1 27 5 7 W 2
40 Wed, Jan 10, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings T 5 5 27 5 8 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 12, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames W 4 1 28 5 8 W 1
42 Sun, Jan 14, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 1 1 28 5 9 T 1
43 Tue, Jan 16, 1979 Washington Capitals W 6 2 29 5 9 W 1
44 Wed, Jan 17, 1979 @ New York Rangers L 3 5 29 6 9 L 1
45 Sat, Jan 20, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks W 4 2 30 6 9 W 1
46 Mon, Jan 22, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 2 1 31 6 9 W 2
47 Thu, Jan 25, 1979 @ Boston Bruins W 4 2 32 6 9 W 3
48 Sat, Jan 27, 1979 New York Rangers L 2 7 32 7 9 L 1
49 Tue, Jan 30, 1979 Minnesota North Stars L 4 5 32 8 9 L 2
50 Thu, Feb 1, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4 1 33 8 9 W 1
51 Sat, Feb 3, 1979 Boston Bruins T 4 4 33 8 10 T 1
52 Sun, Feb 4, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 4 5 33 9 10 L 1
53 Tue, Feb 13, 1979 Colorado Rockies W 6 1 34 9 10 W 1
54 Wed, Feb 14, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres L 1 2 34 10 10 L 1
55 Sat, Feb 17, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 3 35 10 10 W 1
56 Mon, Feb 19, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings W 8 3 36 10 10 W 2
57 Thu, Feb 22, 1979 St. Louis Blues W 6 1 37 10 10 W 3
58 Sat, Feb 24, 1979 Detroit Red Wings W 3 1 38 10 10 W 4
59 Sun, Feb 25, 1979 @ New York Rangers L 2 3 38 11 10 L 1
60 Tue, Feb 27, 1979 Montreal Canadiens W 7 3 39 11 10 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Fri, Mar 2, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames L 2 3 39 12 10 L 1
62 Sat, Mar 3, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 4 2 40 12 10 W 1
63 Tue, Mar 6, 1979 Buffalo Sabres L 2 3 40 13 10 L 1
64 Wed, Mar 7, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues T 5 5 40 13 11 T 1
65 Sat, Mar 10, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks W 7 1 41 13 11 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 11, 1979 @ Boston Bruins T 4 4 41 13 12 T 1
67 Tue, Mar 13, 1979 Boston Bruins W 7 2 42 13 12 W 1
68 Thu, Mar 15, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 2 43 13 12 W 2
69 Sat, Mar 17, 1979 New York Rangers W 5 2 44 13 12 W 3
70 Sun, Mar 18, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 3 45 13 12 W 4
71 Thu, Mar 22, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens W 5 3 46 13 12 W 5
72 Sat, Mar 24, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 46 13 13 T 1
73 Sun, Mar 25, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 2 2 46 13 14 T 2
74 Thu, Mar 29, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 1 6 46 14 14 L 1
75 Sat, Mar 31, 1979 Buffalo Sabres W 2 0 47 14 14 W 1
76 Sun, Apr 1, 1979 @ Washington Capitals L 4 6 47 15 14 L 1
77 Tue, Apr 3, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 3 2 48 15 14 W 1
78 Thu, Apr 5, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 3 1 49 15 14 W 2
79 Sat, Apr 7, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers W 9 2 50 15 14 W 3
80 Sun, Apr 8, 1979 @ New York Rangers W 5 2 51 15 14 W 4

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Mon, Apr 16, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 18, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks W OT 1 0 2 0 0 W 2
3 Fri, Apr 20, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 4 0 3 0 0 W 3
4 Sun, Apr 22, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 3 1 4 0 0 W 4
5 Thu, Apr 26, 1979 New York Rangers L 1 4 4 1 0 L 1
6 Sat, Apr 28, 1979 New York Rangers W OT 4 3 5 1 0 W 1
7 Tue, May 1, 1979 @ New York Rangers L 1 3 5 2 0 L 1
8 Thu, May 3, 1979 @ New York Rangers W OT 3 2 6 2 0 W 1
9 Sat, May 5, 1979 New York Rangers L 3 4 6 3 0 L 1
10 Tue, May 8, 1979 @ New York Rangers L 1 2 6 4 0 L 2