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48-18-14 (110 points), Finished 1st in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
1980-81 Stanley Cup Champions
Scored 355 goals, Allowed 260 goals, SRS: 1.13 (2nd of 21)
Coached by Al Arbour (48-18-14)
Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-1) versus Minnesota North Stars
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) versus New York Rangers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) versus Edmonton Oilers
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) versus Toronto Maple Leafs
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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 | 48 | 18 | 14 | 110 | .688 | 355 | 260 | 1.13 | 7.69 | 93 | 317 | 29.34 | 76 | 368 | 79.35 | 19 | 6 |
| League Average | 80 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 80 | .500 | 307 | 307 | 0.00 | 7.69 | 77 | 340 | 22.53 | 77 | 340 | 77.47 | 10 | 10 |
Click on the Player for career statistics and accomplishments.
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Bossy | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | 79 | 68 | 51 | 119 | 37 | 32 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 315 | 21.6 | 161 | 64 | 65 | 5 | ||
| 2 | Bryan Trottier | C | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | 73 | 31 | 72 | 103 | 49 | 74 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 156 | 19.9 | 151 | 53 | 73 | 24 | ||
| 3 | Clark Gillies | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | 80 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 26 | 99 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 188 | 17.6 | 129 | 47 | 56 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Bob Bourne | C | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | 78 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 34 | 62 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 195 | 17.9 | 105 | 28 | 77 | 34 | ||
| 5 | Denis Potvin | D | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | 74 | 20 | 56 | 76 | 38 | 104 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 206 | 9.7 | 190 | 85 | 108 | 41 | ||
| 6 | Anders Kallur | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | 78 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 25 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 163 | 22.1 | 88 | 21 | 79 | 37 | ||
| 7 | Stefan Persson | D | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | 80 | 9 | 52 | 61 | 24 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 7.5 | 166 | 86 | 75 | 19 | ||
| 8 | Butch Goring | C | 5-9 | 170 | 31 | 78 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 152 | 15.1 | 82 | 24 | 88 | 34 | ||
| 9 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 70 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 8 | 57 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 17.5 | 72 | 15 | 49 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Bob Nystrom | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | 79 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 6 | 145 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 8.7 | 73 | 9 | 58 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Steve Tambellini | C | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | 61 | 19 | 17 | 36 | -12 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 112 | 17.0 | 49 | 11 | 51 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Wayne Merrick | C | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | 71 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 18.0 | 43 | 5 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Garry Howatt | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 28 | 70 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 174 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 | 33 | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Duane Sutter | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 14.6 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Dave Langevin | D | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | 75 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 40 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1.5 | 87 | 3 | 66 | 22 | ||
| 16 | Ken Morrow | D | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | 80 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 | 89 | 1 | 98 | 29 | ||
| 17 | Bob Lorimer | D | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | 73 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1.5 | 98 | 1 | 81 | 29 | ||
| 18 | Gord Lane | D | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 60 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 5.6 | 48 | 1 | 63 | 10 | ||
| 19 | Hector Marini | RW | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 44.4 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Billy Carroll | C | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 16.0 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 8 | ||
| 21 | Jean Potvin | D | 5-11 | 188 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12.5 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 22 | Brent Sutter | C | 6-0 | 192 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Lorne Henning | C | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 24 | Mike McEwen | D | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Glenn Resch | G | 5-9 | 165 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 26 | Roland Melanson | G | 5-10 | 185 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 27 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 355 | 572 | 927 | 370 | 1418 | 243 | 93 | 19 | 48 | 2417 | 14.7 | 1750 | 468 | 1210 | 298 |
| 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 | 30 | 41 | 2363 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 129 | 3.28 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Glenn Resch | G | 5-9 | 165 | 32 | 32 | 1817 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 93 | 3.07 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Roland Melanson | G | 5-10 | 185 | 20 | 11 | 620 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 3.10 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 48 | 18 | 14 | 254 | 3.17 | 5 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Bossy | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Bryan Trottier | C | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Denis Potvin | D | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Butch Goring | C | 5-9 | 170 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Wayne Merrick | C | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Clark Gillies | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Mike McEwen | D | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | Bob Nystrom | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | Billy Carroll | C | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | Bob Bourne | C | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 12 | Hector Marini | RW | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Anders Kallur | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Ken Morrow | D | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | Gord Lane | D | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Bob Lorimer | D | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Stefan Persson | D | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Duane Sutter | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | Dave Langevin | D | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | Garry Howatt | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | Lorne Henning | C | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | Roland Melanson | G | 5-10 | 185 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 18 | 97 | 155 | 252 | 310 | 57 | 31 | 9 | 15 |
| 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 | 30 | 17 | 994 | 14 | 3 | 42 | 2.54 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Roland Melanson | G | 5-10 | 185 | 20 | 3 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.91 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 18 | 1086 | 15 | 3 | 48 | 2.65 | 0 |