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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

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 11, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 Buffalo Sabres L 2 5 0 2 0 L 2
3 Tue, Oct 16, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 5 1 1 2 0 W 1
4 Thu, Oct 18, 1979 @ Boston Bruins L 2 3 1 3 0 L 1
5 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 Hartford Whalers W 6 1 2 3 0 W 1
6 Tue, Oct 23, 1979 Edmonton Oilers T 3 3 2 3 1 T 1
7 Fri, Oct 26, 1979 @ Hartford Whalers W 2 1 3 3 1 W 1
8 Sat, Oct 27, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 4 4 3 1 W 2
9 Wed, Oct 31, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks T 2 2 4 3 2 T 1
10 Fri, Nov 2, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers L 5 7 4 4 2 L 1
11 Sun, Nov 4, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets T 4 4 4 4 3 T 1
12 Tue, Nov 6, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 4 1 5 4 3 W 1
13 Fri, Nov 9, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames L 2 5 5 5 3 L 1
14 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 5 6 3 L 2
15 Tue, Nov 13, 1979 New York Rangers W 10 5 6 6 3 W 1
16 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 Detroit Red Wings L 4 5 6 7 3 L 1
17 Tue, Nov 20, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues L 3 6 6 8 3 L 2
18 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars L 1 3 6 9 3 L 3
19 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings T 4 4 6 9 4 T 1
20 Wed, Nov 28, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies L 4 7 6 10 4 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Fri, Nov 30, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 5 6 11 4 L 2
22 Sun, Dec 2, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets W 4 0 7 11 4 W 1
23 Tue, Dec 4, 1979 Vancouver Canucks L 1 5 7 12 4 L 1
24 Thu, Dec 6, 1979 Boston Bruins W 4 3 8 12 4 W 1
25 Fri, Dec 7, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 1 9 12 4 W 2
26 Sun, Dec 9, 1979 @ New York Rangers L 4 5 9 13 4 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 11, 1979 Montreal Canadiens W 4 1 10 13 4 W 1
28 Wed, Dec 12, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 10 13 5 T 1
29 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 10 13 6 T 2
30 Tue, Dec 18, 1979 Colorado Rockies W 3 2 11 13 6 W 1
31 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 Washington Capitals W 2 1 12 13 6 W 2
32 Sun, Dec 23, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 0 8 12 14 6 L 1
33 Thu, Dec 27, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens W 7 3 13 14 6 W 1
34 Sun, Dec 30, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 13 15 6 L 1
35 Wed, Jan 2, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 1 14 15 6 W 1
36 Thu, Jan 3, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 4 14 16 6 L 1
37 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 St. Louis Blues W 3 1 15 16 6 W 1
38 Tue, Jan 8, 1980 Vancouver Canucks W 3 0 16 16 6 W 2
39 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 3 16 17 6 L 1
40 Sat, Jan 12, 1980 Washington Capitals W 5 2 17 17 6 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 15, 1980 Winnipeg Jets W 5 2 18 17 6 W 2
42 Thu, Jan 17, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs W 9 6 19 17 6 W 3
43 Sat, Jan 19, 1980 Quebec Nordiques W 3 1 20 17 6 W 4
44 Tue, Jan 22, 1980 Montreal Canadiens W 2 1 21 17 6 W 5
45 Wed, Jan 23, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings W 5 3 22 17 6 W 6
46 Sat, Jan 26, 1980 Hartford Whalers W 3 2 23 17 6 W 7
47 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 @ Washington Capitals L 1 7 23 18 6 L 1
48 Tue, Jan 29, 1980 Minnesota North Stars T 2 2 23 18 7 T 1
49 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 @ Boston Bruins L 2 4 23 19 7 L 1
50 Sat, Feb 2, 1980 Buffalo Sabres W 3 2 24 19 7 W 1
51 Sun, Feb 3, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers L 3 5 24 20 7 L 1
52 Thu, Feb 7, 1980 Los Angeles Kings W 4 1 25 20 7 W 1
53 Sat, Feb 9, 1980 Quebec Nordiques W 5 0 26 20 7 W 2
54 Tue, Feb 12, 1980 Winnipeg Jets T 0 0 26 20 8 T 1
55 Thu, Feb 14, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies W 5 3 27 20 8 W 1
56 Sat, Feb 16, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings L 2 3 27 21 8 L 1
57 Sun, Feb 17, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks L 2 4 27 22 8 L 2
58 Tue, Feb 19, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs L 4 6 27 23 8 L 3
59 Thu, Feb 21, 1980 Minnesota North Stars L 2 5 27 24 8 L 4
60 Sat, Feb 23, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues W 3 2 28 24 8 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 24, 1980 @ New York Rangers L 2 8 28 25 8 L 1
62 Wed, Feb 27, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques W 5 3 29 25 8 W 1
63 Sat, Mar 1, 1980 Detroit Red Wings L 3 4 29 26 8 L 1
64 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 0 0 29 26 9 T 1
65 Tue, Mar 4, 1980 Edmonton Oilers W 6 4 30 26 9 W 1
66 Thu, Mar 6, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 5 2 31 26 9 W 2
67 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 Boston Bruins L 3 5 31 27 9 L 1
68 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 @ Washington Capitals L 1 3 31 28 9 L 2
69 Tue, Mar 11, 1980 Colorado Rockies W 4 1 32 28 9 W 1
70 Sat, Mar 15, 1980 St. Louis Blues W 6 2 33 28 9 W 2
71 Sun, Mar 16, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 6 1 34 28 9 W 3
72 Tue, Mar 18, 1980 Atlanta Flames W 6 3 35 28 9 W 4
73 Sat, Mar 22, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks T 4 4 35 28 10 T 1
74 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres T 1 1 35 28 11 T 2
75 Tue, Mar 25, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers W 5 2 36 28 11 W 1
76 Fri, Mar 28, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens T 2 2 36 28 12 T 1
77 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques W 9 6 37 28 12 W 1
78 Tue, Apr 1, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars T 1 1 37 28 13 T 1
79 Fri, Apr 4, 1980 @ Atlanta Flames W 7 3 38 28 13 W 1
80 Sat, Apr 5, 1980 New York Rangers W 2 1 39 28 13 W 2

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 8, 1980 Los Angeles Kings W 8 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 9, 1980 Los Angeles Kings L 3 6 1 1 0 L 1
3 Fri, Apr 11, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings W OT 4 3 2 1 0 W 1
4 Sat, Apr 12, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings W 6 0 3 1 0 W 2
5 Wed, Apr 16, 1980 @ Boston Bruins W OT 2 1 4 1 0 W 3
6 Thu, Apr 17, 1980 @ Boston Bruins W OT 5 4 5 1 0 W 4
7 Sat, Apr 19, 1980 Boston Bruins W 5 3 6 1 0 W 5
8 Mon, Apr 21, 1980 Boston Bruins L OT 3 4 6 2 0 L 1
9 Tue, Apr 22, 1980 @ Boston Bruins W 4 2 7 2 0 W 1
10 Tue, Apr 29, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres W 4 1 8 2 0 W 2
11 Thu, May 1, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres W OT 2 1 9 2 0 W 3
12 Sat, May 3, 1980 Buffalo Sabres W 7 4 10 2 0 W 4
13 Tue, May 6, 1980 Buffalo Sabres L 4 7 10 3 0 L 1
14 Thu, May 8, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres L 0 2 10 4 0 L 2
15 Sat, May 10, 1980 Buffalo Sabres W 5 2 11 4 0 W 1
16 Tue, May 13, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers W OT 4 3 12 4 0 W 2
17 Thu, May 15, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 3 8 12 5 0 L 1
18 Sat, May 17, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers W 6 2 13 5 0 W 1
19 Mon, May 19, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers W 5 2 14 5 0 W 2
20 Thu, May 22, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 3 6 14 6 0 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, May 24, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers W OT 5 4 15 6 0 W 1