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1979-80 New York Islanders

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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) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) over Buffalo Sabres
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Boston Bruins
Won Preliminary Round (3-1) over Los Angeles Kings

1979-80 Statistics / Games

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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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Bryan Trottier C 5-11 195 23 78 42 62 104 1.33 40 0.51 139 46 74 12 31 68 27 15 0 6 186 2.38 22.6
2 Mike Bossy RW 6-0 186 23 75 51 41 92 1.23 38 0.50 126 47 51 0 28 12 35 16 0 8 244 3.25 20.9
3 Clark Gillies LW 6-3 215 25 73 19 35 54 0.74 20 0.27 101 33 39 0 29 49 12 7 0 5 175 2.40 10.9
4 Anders Kallur RW 5-11 185 27 76 22 30 52 0.68 20 0.26 85 31 70 28 12 16 13 5 4 2 138 1.82 15.9
5 John Tonelli LW 6-1 200 22 77 14 30 44 0.57 16 0.21 68 10 52 2 8 49 11 3 0 2 103 1.34 13.6
6 Denis Potvin D 6-0 205 26 31 8 33 41 1.32 14 0.45 72 26 48 15 13 44 4 4 0 0 98 3.16 8.2
7 Bob Bourne C 6-3 200 25 73 15 25 40 0.55 15 0.21 67 22 75 35 5 52 12 3 0 1 155 2.12 9.7
8 Stefan Persson D 6-1 189 25 73 4 35 39 0.53 13 0.17 100 47 49 9 13 76 2 2 0 0 91 1.25 4.4
9 Bob Nystrom RW 6-1 200 27 67 21 18 39 0.58 16 0.24 52 6 42 0 4 94 19 2 0 4 146 2.18 14.4
10 Wayne Merrick C 6-1 195 27 70 13 22 35 0.50 13 0.19 49 5 32 0 12 16 11 2 0 4 111 1.59 11.7
11 Billy Harris RW 6-2 195 28 67 15 15 30 0.45 12 0.18 45 6 57 18 0 37 12 2 1 2 91 1.36 16.5
12 Duane Sutter RW 6-1 185 19 56 15 9 24 0.43 10 0.18 32 2 25 0 5 55 15 0 0 1 75 1.34 20.0
13 Dave Lewis D 6-2 205 26 62 5 16 21 0.34 7 0.12 65 2 90 37 10 54 5 0 0 0 66 1.06 7.6
14 Bob Lorimer D 6-1 200 26 74 3 16 19 0.26 6 0.09 91 3 92 36 32 53 3 0 0 1 98 1.32 3.1
15 Garry Howatt LW 5-9 175 27 77 8 11 19 0.25 7 0.09 32 1 47 13 -3 219 8 0 0 1 62 0.81 12.9
16 Gord Lane D 6-1 190 26 55 2 14 16 0.29 5 0.09 56 1 57 12 10 152 2 0 0 1 60 1.09 3.3
17 Dave Langevin D 6-2 200 25 76 3 13 16 0.21 5 0.07 74 1 77 15 11 109 2 0 1 0 82 1.08 3.7
18 Jean Potvin D 5-11 188 30 32 2 13 15 0.47 5 0.15 36 10 49 11 -12 26 0 2 0 0 49 1.53 4.1
19 Steve Tambellini C 6-0 190 21 45 5 8 13 0.29 5 0.11 21 1 21 0 -1 4 5 0 0 0 63 1.40 7.9
20 Butch Goring C 5-9 170 30 12 6 5 11 0.92 5 0.38 16 3 9 3 7 2 5 0 1 0 20 1.67 30.0
21 Lorne Henning C 5-11 185 27 39 3 6 9 0.23 3 0.08 11 0 44 23 -10 6 3 0 0 0 45 1.15 6.7
22 Mike Kaszycki C 5-9 190 23 16 1 4 5 0.31 2 0.11 13 3 7 0 3 15 1 0 0 0 13 0.81 7.7
23 Yvon Vautour RW 6-0 200 23 17 3 1 4 0.24 2 0.11 5 0 12 1 -6 24 3 0 0 1 16 0.94 18.8
24 Ken Morrow D 6-4 210 23 18 0 3 3 0.17 1 0.05 20 0 22 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 19 1.06 0.0
25 Mike Hordy D 5-10 180 23 9 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 8 0 9 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 0.89 0.0
26 Alex McKendry W 6-4 200 23 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
27 Garth MacGuigan C 6-0 190 23 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
28 Randy Johnston D 6-0 190 21 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 4 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0.50 0.0
Team Total 80 281 468 749 9.36 281 3.51 281 63 247 71 42 1292 211 63 7 39 2217 27.71 12.7

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Glenn Resch G 5-9 165 31 45 2606 23 14 6 52 .605 3 132 3.04 0 3 3 4
2 Billy Smith G 5-10 185 29 38 2114 15 14 7 37 .514 2 104 2.95 1 0 1 39
3 Richard Brodeur G 5-7 160 27 2 80 1 0 0 2 1.000 0 6 4.50 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 4800 39 28 13 5 242 3.02

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Bryan Trottier C 5-11 195 23 21 12 17 29 1.38 16 6 4 2 2
2 Mike Bossy RW 6-0 186 23 16 10 13 23 1.44 8 4 6 0 1
3 Bob Bourne C 6-3 200 25 21 10 10 20 0.95 10 3 5 2 1
4 Denis Potvin D 6-0 205 26 21 6 13 19 0.90 24 2 4 0 1
5 Butch Goring C 5-9 170 30 21 7 12 19 0.90 2 6 1 0 0
6 Bob Nystrom RW 6-1 200 27 20 9 9 18 0.90 50 9 0 0 3
7 Clark Gillies LW 6-3 215 25 21 6 10 16 0.76 63 5 1 0 2
8 John Tonelli LW 6-1 200 22 21 7 9 16 0.76 18 7 0 0 0
9 Stefan Persson D 6-1 189 25 21 5 10 15 0.71 16 1 4 0 0
10 Duane Sutter RW 6-1 185 19 21 3 7 10 0.48 74 3 0 0 0
11 Lorne Henning C 5-11 185 27 21 3 4 7 0.33 2 0 0 3 1
12 Wayne Merrick C 6-1 195 27 21 2 4 6 0.29 2 2 0 0 1
13 Alex McKendry W 6-4 200 23 6 2 2 4 0.67 0 2 0 0 0
14 Bob Lorimer D 6-1 200 26 21 1 3 4 0.19 41 1 0 0 1
15 Gord Lane D 6-1 190 26 21 1 3 4 0.19 85 1 0 0 0
16 Garry Howatt LW 5-9 175 27 21 3 1 4 0.19 84 3 0 0 1
17 Ken Morrow D 6-4 210 23 20 1 2 3 0.15 12 1 0 0 1
18 Dave Langevin D 6-2 200 25 21 0 3 3 0.14 32 0 0 0 0
Team Total 21 88 132 220 10.48 550 56 25 7 15

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Billy Smith G 5-10 185 29 20 1198 15 4 30 .789 1 56 2.80 0 0 0 11
2 Glenn Resch G 5-9 165 31 4 120 0 2 0 .000 0 9 4.50 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 1318 15 6 1 65 2.96