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39-28-13 (91 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
1979-80 Stanley Cup Champions
Scored 281 goals, Allowed 247 goals, SRS: 0.41 (6th of 21)
Coached by Al Arbour (39-28-13)
Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia Flyers
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Buffalo Sabres
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Boston Bruins
Won Preliminary Round (3-1) versus Los Angeles Kings
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1979-80 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 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 91 | .569 | 281 | 247 | 0.41 | 6.60 | 63 | 265 | 23.77 | 71 | 317 | 77.60 | 7 | 4 |
| League Average | 80 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 80 | .500 | 281 | 281 | 0.00 | 7.03 | 61 | 280 | 21.86 | 61 | 280 | 78.14 | 6 | 6 |
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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 | 23 | 78 | 42 | 62 | 104 | 31 | 68 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 186 | 22.6 | 139 | 46 | 74 | 12 | ||
| 2 | Mike Bossy | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | 75 | 51 | 41 | 92 | 28 | 12 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 244 | 20.9 | 126 | 47 | 51 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Clark Gillies | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | 73 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 29 | 49 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 175 | 10.9 | 101 | 33 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Anders Kallur | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | 76 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 138 | 15.9 | 85 | 31 | 70 | 28 | ||
| 5 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | 77 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 13.6 | 68 | 10 | 52 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Denis Potvin | D | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | 31 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 13 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 8.2 | 72 | 26 | 48 | 15 | ||
| 7 | Bob Bourne | C | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | 73 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 9.7 | 67 | 22 | 75 | 35 | ||
| 8 | Bob Nystrom | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | 67 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 14.4 | 52 | 6 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Stefan Persson | D | 6-1 | 189 | 25 | 73 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 13 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 4.4 | 100 | 47 | 49 | 9 | ||
| 10 | Wayne Merrick | C | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | 70 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 111 | 11.7 | 49 | 5 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Billy Harris | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | 67 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 16.5 | 45 | 6 | 57 | 18 | ||
| 12 | Duane Sutter | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 19 | 56 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 55 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 20.0 | 32 | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Dave Lewis | D | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | 62 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 7.6 | 65 | 2 | 90 | 37 | ||
| 14 | Garry Howatt | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | 77 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 219 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 12.9 | 32 | 1 | 47 | 13 | ||
| 15 | Bob Lorimer | D | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | 74 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 32 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 3.1 | 91 | 3 | 92 | 36 | ||
| 16 | Dave Langevin | D | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | 76 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 3.7 | 74 | 1 | 77 | 15 | ||
| 17 | Gord Lane | D | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | 55 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 3.3 | 56 | 1 | 57 | 12 | ||
| 18 | Jean Potvin | D | 5-11 | 188 | 30 | 32 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -12 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4.1 | 36 | 10 | 49 | 11 | ||
| 19 | Steve Tambellini | C | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 7.9 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Butch Goring | C | 5-9 | 170 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 30.0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 21 | Lorne Henning | C | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 23 | ||
| 22 | Mike Kaszycki | C | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Yvon Vautour | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 18.8 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 24 | Ken Morrow | D | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 6 | ||
| 25 | Glenn Resch | G | 5-9 | 165 | 31 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 26 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 27 | Richard Brodeur | G | 5-7 | 160 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 28 | Mike Hordy | D | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 29 | Randy Johnston | D | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Garth MacGuigan | C | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Alex McKendry | W | 6-4 | 200 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 281 | 468 | 749 | 203 | 1292 | 211 | 63 | 7 | 39 | 2217 | 12.7 | 1387 | 306 | 1155 | 277 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenn Resch | G | 5-9 | 165 | 31 | 45 | 2606 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 132 | 3.04 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | 38 | 2114 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 104 | 2.95 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Richard Brodeur | G | 5-7 | 160 | 27 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.50 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 242 | 3.02 | 5 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan Trottier | C | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | Mike Bossy | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Bob Bourne | C | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Butch Goring | C | 5-9 | 170 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | Denis Potvin | D | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Bob Nystrom | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 7 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | Clark Gillies | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | Stefan Persson | D | 6-1 | 189 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | Duane Sutter | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Lorne Henning | C | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 12 | Wayne Merrick | C | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 13 | Garry Howatt | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | Alex McKendry | W | 6-4 | 200 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Gord Lane | D | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Bob Lorimer | D | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | Ken Morrow | D | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | Dave Langevin | D | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | Glenn Resch | G | 5-9 | 165 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 21 | 88 | 132 | 220 | 0 | 550 | 56 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | 20 | 1198 | 15 | 4 | 56 | 2.80 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Glenn Resch | G | 5-9 | 165 | 31 | 4 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 21 | 1318 | 15 | 6 | 65 | 2.96 | 1 |