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1980-81 New York Islanders

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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) over Minnesota North Stars
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) over New York Rangers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Edmonton Oilers
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) over Toronto Maple Leafs

1980-81 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 11, 1980 Boston Bruins W 5 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sun, Oct 12, 1980 @ Washington Capitals W 2 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Tue, Oct 14, 1980 St. Louis Blues T 5 5 2 0 1 T 1
4 Thu, Oct 16, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings W 6 4 3 0 1 W 1
5 Sat, Oct 18, 1980 Edmonton Oilers T 5 5 3 0 2 T 1
6 Sun, Oct 19, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers T 3 3 3 0 3 T 2
7 Tue, Oct 21, 1980 Vancouver Canucks L 3 6 3 1 3 L 1
8 Thu, Oct 23, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 4 3 2 3 L 2
9 Sat, Oct 25, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 3 3 3 L 3
10 Sun, Oct 26, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 5 3 4 3 L 4
11 Tue, Oct 28, 1980 Montreal Canadiens W 6 4 4 4 3 W 1
12 Sat, Nov 1, 1980 Los Angeles Kings L 3 7 4 5 3 L 1
13 Tue, Nov 4, 1980 Detroit Red Wings W 6 4 5 5 3 W 1
14 Thu, Nov 6, 1980 @ Boston Bruins W 4 2 6 5 3 W 2
15 Sat, Nov 8, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks W 7 3 7 5 3 W 3
16 Tue, Nov 11, 1980 Minnesota North Stars T 6 6 7 5 4 T 1
17 Wed, Nov 12, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 8 5 4 W 1
18 Sat, Nov 15, 1980 Buffalo Sabres W 4 1 9 5 4 W 2
19 Mon, Nov 17, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars W 2 1 10 5 4 W 3
20 Tue, Nov 18, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues W 7 2 11 5 4 W 4
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Thu, Nov 20, 1980 Hartford Whalers W 5 0 12 5 4 W 5
22 Sat, Nov 22, 1980 New York Rangers W 6 4 13 5 4 W 6
23 Tue, Nov 25, 1980 Winnipeg Jets T 4 4 13 5 5 T 1
24 Thu, Nov 27, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens W 4 3 14 5 5 W 1
25 Sat, Nov 29, 1980 Detroit Red Wings W 5 1 15 5 5 W 2
26 Sun, Nov 30, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques W 7 3 16 5 5 W 3
27 Tue, Dec 2, 1980 Colorado Rockies W 5 1 17 5 5 W 4
28 Thu, Dec 4, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies L 3 4 17 6 5 L 1
29 Sat, Dec 6, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings L 3 5 17 7 5 L 2
30 Sun, Dec 7, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 3 18 7 5 W 1
31 Wed, Dec 10, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers W 3 2 19 7 5 W 2
32 Sat, Dec 13, 1980 @ Calgary Flames T 4 4 19 7 6 T 1
33 Sun, Dec 14, 1980 @ Winnipeg Jets W 5 4 20 7 6 W 1
34 Tue, Dec 16, 1980 Winnipeg Jets W 6 2 21 7 6 W 2
35 Sat, Dec 20, 1980 Quebec Nordiques W 5 2 22 7 6 W 3
36 Sun, Dec 21, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 9 0 23 7 6 W 4
37 Tue, Dec 23, 1980 Calgary Flames T 2 2 23 7 7 T 1
38 Sat, Dec 27, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers T 5 5 23 7 8 T 2
39 Tue, Dec 30, 1980 Colorado Rockies W 9 3 24 7 8 W 1
40 Fri, Jan 2, 1981 @ New York Rangers L 1 3 24 8 8 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 3, 1981 Hartford Whalers W 8 1 25 8 8 W 1
42 Tue, Jan 6, 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 3 26 8 8 W 2
43 Wed, Jan 7, 1981 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 7 26 9 8 L 1
44 Sat, Jan 10, 1981 Boston Bruins L 2 3 26 10 8 L 2
45 Sun, Jan 11, 1981 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4 2 27 10 8 W 1
46 Tue, Jan 13, 1981 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 3 28 10 8 W 2
47 Sat, Jan 17, 1981 Washington Capitals W 6 4 29 10 8 W 3
48 Tue, Jan 20, 1981 Calgary Flames W 5 0 30 10 8 W 4
49 Thu, Jan 22, 1981 @ Detroit Red Wings W 3 0 31 10 8 W 5
50 Sat, Jan 24, 1981 Quebec Nordiques W 7 4 32 10 8 W 6
51 Mon, Jan 26, 1981 Buffalo Sabres L 3 5 32 11 8 L 1
52 Wed, Jan 28, 1981 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 4 33 11 8 W 1
53 Sat, Jan 31, 1981 @ Quebec Nordiques L 1 5 33 12 8 L 1
54 Sun, Feb 1, 1981 @ Boston Bruins L 3 6 33 13 8 L 2
55 Tue, Feb 3, 1981 Los Angeles Kings W 8 1 34 13 8 W 1
56 Wed, Feb 4, 1981 @ New York Rangers L 3 9 34 14 8 L 1
57 Sat, Feb 7, 1981 Minnesota North Stars T 5 5 34 14 9 T 1
58 Thu, Feb 12, 1981 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 34 15 9 L 1
59 Sat, Feb 14, 1981 St. Louis Blues T 1 1 34 15 10 T 1
60 Tue, Feb 17, 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs L 5 8 34 16 10 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 21, 1981 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 3 35 16 10 W 1
62 Mon, Feb 23, 1981 @ Minnesota North Stars W 4 1 36 16 10 W 2
63 Wed, Feb 25, 1981 @ Calgary Flames L 4 11 36 17 10 L 1
64 Fri, Feb 27, 1981 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 1 37 17 10 W 1
65 Sat, Feb 28, 1981 @ Los Angeles Kings W 2 1 38 17 10 W 2
66 Tue, Mar 3, 1981 Edmonton Oilers T 8 8 38 17 11 T 1
67 Sat, Mar 7, 1981 Vancouver Canucks W 3 1 39 17 11 W 1
68 Wed, Mar 11, 1981 @ Winnipeg Jets W 6 3 40 17 11 W 2
69 Thu, Mar 12, 1981 @ Edmonton Oilers W 5 0 41 17 11 W 3
70 Sat, Mar 14, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers T 3 3 41 17 12 T 1
71 Tue, Mar 17, 1981 Montreal Canadiens T 3 3 41 17 13 T 2
72 Fri, Mar 20, 1981 @ Colorado Rockies W 5 3 42 17 13 W 1
73 Sun, Mar 22, 1981 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 6 2 43 17 13 W 2
74 Tue, Mar 24, 1981 @ St. Louis Blues W 5 3 44 17 13 W 3
75 Sat, Mar 28, 1981 Pittsburgh Penguins T 4 4 44 17 14 T 1
76 Sun, Mar 29, 1981 @ Washington Capitals W 5 4 45 17 14 W 1
77 Tue, Mar 31, 1981 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 3 45 18 14 L 1
78 Thu, Apr 2, 1981 New York Rangers W 2 1 46 18 14 W 1
79 Sat, Apr 4, 1981 Washington Capitals W 4 1 47 18 14 W 2
80 Sun, Apr 5, 1981 @ Buffalo Sabres W 7 3 48 18 14 W 3

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 8, 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs W 9 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 9, 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 11, 1981 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 1 3 0 0 W 3
4 Thu, Apr 16, 1981 Edmonton Oilers W 8 2 4 0 0 W 4
5 Fri, Apr 17, 1981 Edmonton Oilers W 6 3 5 0 0 W 5
6 Sun, Apr 19, 1981 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 5 5 1 0 L 1
7 Mon, Apr 20, 1981 @ Edmonton Oilers W OT 5 4 6 1 0 W 1
8 Wed, Apr 22, 1981 Edmonton Oilers L 3 4 6 2 0 L 1
9 Fri, Apr 24, 1981 @ Edmonton Oilers W 5 2 7 2 0 W 1
10 Tue, Apr 28, 1981 New York Rangers W 5 2 8 2 0 W 2
11 Thu, Apr 30, 1981 New York Rangers W 7 3 9 2 0 W 3
12 Sat, May 2, 1981 @ New York Rangers W 5 1 10 2 0 W 4
13 Tue, May 5, 1981 @ New York Rangers W 5 2 11 2 0 W 5
14 Tue, May 12, 1981 Minnesota North Stars W 6 3 12 2 0 W 6
15 Thu, May 14, 1981 Minnesota North Stars W 6 3 13 2 0 W 7
16 Sun, May 17, 1981 @ Minnesota North Stars W 7 5 14 2 0 W 8
17 Tue, May 19, 1981 @ Minnesota North Stars L 2 4 14 3 0 L 1
18 Thu, May 21, 1981 Minnesota North Stars W 5 1 15 3 0 W 1