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40-34-6 (86 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 345 goals, Allowed 312 goals, SRS: 0.37 (8th of 21)
Coached by Al Arbour (40-34-6)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia Flyers
Won Division Semi-Finals (3-2) versus Washington Capitals
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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 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 86 | .538 | 345 | 312 | 0.37 | 8.21 | 71 | 277 | 25.63 | 68 | 386 | 82.38 | 14 | 7 |
| League Average | 80 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 80 | .500 | 311 | 311 | 0.00 | 7.77 | 71 | 321 | 22.20 | 71 | 321 | 77.80 | 11 | 11 |
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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 | Mike Bossy | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 28 | 76 | 58 | 59 | 117 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 285 | 20.4 | 151 | 49 | 74 | 9 | ||
| 2 | Brent Sutter | C | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | 72 | 42 | 60 | 102 | 42 | 51 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 194 | 21.6 | 145 | 40 | 85 | 22 | ||
| 3 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | 80 | 42 | 58 | 100 | 50 | 95 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 197 | 21.3 | 158 | 42 | 77 | 11 | ||
| 4 | Denis Potvin | D | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | 77 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 36 | 96 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 8.6 | 161 | 45 | 117 | 37 | ||
| 5 | Bryan Trottier | C | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | 68 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 5 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 159 | 17.6 | 95 | 21 | 88 | 19 | ||
| 6 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 5-10 | 182 | 19 | 67 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 9 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 11.0 | 82 | 14 | 60 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Pat Flatley | RW | 6-2 | 197 | 21 | 78 | 20 | 31 | 51 | -8 | 106 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 135 | 14.8 | 70 | 10 | 72 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Tomas Jonsson | D | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | 69 | 16 | 34 | 50 | -1 | 58 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 12.5 | 125 | 47 | 97 | 18 | ||
| 9 | Duane Sutter | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | 78 | 17 | 24 | 41 | -12 | 174 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 13.6 | 58 | 8 | 62 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Greg Gilbert | LW | 6-1 | 191 | 23 | 58 | 13 | 25 | 38 | -4 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 15.9 | 54 | 8 | 65 | 15 | ||
| 11 | Paul Boutilier | D | 6-0 | 200 | 21 | 78 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 0 | 90 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 137 | 8.8 | 109 | 20 | 111 | 22 | ||
| 12 | Clark Gillies | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 30 | 54 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 73 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 12.0 | 54 | 14 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Stefan Persson | D | 6-1 | 189 | 30 | 54 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 5.4 | 83 | 22 | 68 | 15 | ||
| 14 | Bob Bourne | C | 6-3 | 200 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 14.3 | 31 | 2 | 53 | 16 | ||
| 15 | Anders Kallur | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 32 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 13.9 | 25 | 2 | 44 | 12 | ||
| 16 | Gord Dineen | D | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2.2 | 48 | 2 | 45 | 9 | ||
| 17 | Dave Langevin | D | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | 56 | 0 | 13 | 13 | -6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 | 46 | 1 | 69 | 18 | ||
| 18 | Roger Kortko | C | 5-11 | 195 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 7 | ||
| 19 | Gerald Diduck | D | 6-1 | 216 | 19 | 65 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 | 58 | 2 | 62 | 8 | ||
| 20 | Gord Lane | D | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | 57 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 45 | 0 | 44 | 9 | ||
| 21 | Ken Morrow | D | 6-4 | 210 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 7 | ||
| 22 | Butch Goring | C | 5-9 | 170 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 14 | ||
| 23 | Bob Nystrom | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 32 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Mats Hallin | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.7 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Scott Howson | C | 5-11 | 160 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Alan Kerr | RW | 5-11 | 195 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Dale Henry | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22.2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Ron Handy | LW | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Ken Leiter | D | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 30 | Kelly Hrudey | G | 5-10 | 189 | 24 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 31 | Mark Hamway | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Roland Melanson | G | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 33 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 34 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 34 | Vern Smith | D | 6-1 | 190 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 345 | 562 | 907 | 148 | 1512 | 260 | 71 | 14 | 40 | 2414 | 14.3 | 1700 | 355 | 1471 | 274 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Hrudey | G | 5-10 | 189 | 24 | 41 | 2335 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 141 | 3.62 | 1234 | 1093 | .886 | 2 |
| 2 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 34 | 37 | 2090 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 133 | 3.82 | 1100 | 967 | .879 | 0 |
| 3 | Roland Melanson | G | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | 8 | 425 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 4.94 | 257 | 222 | .864 | 0 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4850 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 309 | 3.82 | 2591 | 2282 | .881 | 2 |
| 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 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 | ||
| 2 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | ||
| 3 | Bryan Trottier | C | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 16.0 | ||
| 4 | Brent Sutter | C | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 20.0 | ||
| 5 | Denis Potvin | D | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13.6 | ||
| 6 | Bob Nystrom | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | ||
| 7 | Stefan Persson | D | 6-1 | 189 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Tomas Jonsson | D | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | ||
| 9 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 5-10 | 182 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | ||
| 10 | Roger Kortko | C | 5-11 | 195 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Anders Kallur | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | ||
| 12 | Bob Bourne | C | 6-3 | 200 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Paul Boutilier | D | 6-0 | 200 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Duane Sutter | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Pat Flatley | RW | 6-2 | 197 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | ||
| 16 | Clark Gillies | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | ||
| 17 | Alan Kerr | RW | 5-11 | 195 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | ||
| 18 | Gord Dineen | D | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Mats Hallin | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Kelly Hrudey | G | 5-10 | 189 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Gord Lane | D | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Dave Langevin | D | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Ken Morrow | D | 6-4 | 210 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Billy Smith | G | 5-10 | 185 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 10 | 25 | 40 | 65 | -20 | 253 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 266 | 9.4 |
| 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 | 34 | 6 | 342 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 3.33 | 182 | 163 | .896 | 0 | |
| 2 | Kelly Hrudey | G | 5-10 | 189 | 24 | 5 | 281 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1.71 | 149 | 141 | .946 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 10 | 623 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 2.60 | 331 | 304 | .918 | 0 |