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1979-80 New York Islanders Statistics

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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

1979-80 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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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
20 Billy Smith G 5-10 185 29 20 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0
Team Total 21 88 132 220 550 56 25 7 15

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 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