1977-78 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics

Record: 48-17-15 (111 points), Finished 1st in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Al Arbour (48-17-15)

Primary Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Goals For: 334 (2nd of 18), Goals Against: 210 (3rd of 18)
SRS: 1.47 (2nd of 18), SOS: -0.08 (17th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-3) to Toronto Maple Leafs

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New York Islanders	80	48	17	15	111	.694	334	210	1.47	-0.08	4.18	2.63	71	227	31.28	45	272	83.46	7	6	2490	13.4	2256	.907		6
League Average	80	33	33	15	80	.500	264	264					54	255	21.12	54	255	78.88	6	6	2343	11.3	2343	.887		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
New York Islanders
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
16	Michel Bergeron	ca CA	RW	23	5-10	170	R/-	3	November 11, 1954
22	Mike Bossy	ca CA	RW	21	6-0	186	R/-	R	January 22, 1957
14	Bob Bourne	ca CA	C	23	6-3	200	L/-	3	June 21, 1954
17	Jude Drouin	ca CA	C	29	5-10	160	R/-	9	October 28, 1948
9	Clark Gillies (C)	ca CA	LW	23	6-3	215	L/-	3	April 7, 1954
12	Richie Hansen	us US	C	22	5-10	185	L/-	1	October 30, 1955
15	Billy Harris	ca CA	RW	26	6-2	195	L/-	5	January 29, 1952
2	Gerry Hart	ca CA	D	30	5-9	190	L/-	9	January 1, 1948
10	Lorne Henning	ca CA	C	25	5-11	185	L/-	5	February 22, 1952
30	Göran Högosta	se SE	G	23	6-1	179	-/L	R	April 15, 1954
8	Garry Howatt	ca CA	LW	25	5-9	175	L/-	5	September 26, 1952
21	Mike Kaszycki	ca CA	C	21	5-9	190	L/-	R	February 27, 1956
25	Dave Lewis	ca CA	D	24	6-2	205	L/-	4	July 3, 1953
4	Bob Lorimer	ca CA	D	24	6-1	200	R/-	1	August 25, 1953
6	Bert Marshall	ca CA	D	34	6-3	205	L/-	12	November 22, 1943
20	Alex McKendry	ca CA	LW	21	6-4	200	L/-	R	November 21, 1956
11	Wayne Merrick	ca CA	C	25	6-1	195	L/-	5	April 23, 1952
20	Neil Nicholson	ca CA	D	28	5-11	180	R/-	2	September 12, 1949
23	Bob Nystrom	se SE	RW	25	6-1	200	R/-	5	October 10, 1952
12	J.P. Parisé	ca CA	LW	36	5-9	175	L/-	12	December 11, 1941
7	Stefan Persson	se SE	D	23	6-1	189	L/-	R	December 22, 1954
5	Denis Potvin	ca CA	D	24	6-0	205	L/-	4	October 29, 1953
4	Jean Potvin	ca CA	D	28	5-11	188	R/-	7	March 25, 1949
3	Pat Price	ca CA	D	22	6-2	200	L/-	2	March 24, 1955
1	Glenn Resch	ca CA	G	29	5-9	165	-/L	4	July 10, 1948
31	Billy Smith	ca CA	G	27	5-10	185	-/L	6	December 12, 1950
21	André St. Laurent	ca CA	C	24	5-10	180	R/-	4	February 16, 1953
19	Bryan Trottier	ca CA	C	21	5-11	195	L/-	2	July 17, 1956
18	Ed Westfall	ca CA	RW	37	6-1	197	R/-	16	September 19, 1940

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Bryan Trottier*	21	C	77	46	77	123	52	46	31	13	2	6	57	20	0	193	23.8			10.7	2.2	12.9
2	Denis Potvin*	24	D	80	30	64	94	57	81	21	9	0	6	29	33	2	287	10.5			8.4	7.0	15.4
3	Mike Bossy*	21	RW	73	53	38	91	31	6	28	25	0	4	23	15	0	235	22.6			8.8	1.6	10.3
4	Clark Gillies*	23	LW	80	35	50	85	49	76	26	9	0	2	33	17	0	277	12.6			6.5	2.2	8.7
5	Bob Bourne	23	C	80	30	33	63	15	31	28	2	0	8	28	5	0	178	16.9			4.3	1.1	5.4
6	Billy Harris	26	RW	80	22	38	60	27	40	20	1	1	1	32	4	2	148	14.9			3.4	1.5	4.9
7	Bob Nystrom	25	RW	80	30	29	59	18	94	27	3	0	6	27	2	0	178	16.9			4.0	1.2	5.2
8	Stefan Persson	23	D	66	6	50	56	19	54	3	3	0	0	18	32	0	77	7.8			3.7	4.1	7.7
9	Mike Kaszycki	21	C	58	13	29	42	15	24	10	3	0	2	26	3	0	85	15.3			2.1	0.9	3.0
10	J.P. Parisé	36	LW	39	12	16	28	19	12	11	1	0	0	16	0	0	68	17.6			1.7	0.9	2.6
11	Lorne Henning	25	C	79	12	15	27	10	6	10	0	2	4	13	0	2	79	15.2			-0.1	1.0	0.9
12	Gerry Hart	30	D	78	2	23	25	44	94	2	0	0	1	23	0	0	126	1.6			0.5	6.1	6.7
13	Wayne Merrick	25	C	37	10	14	24	2	8	8	2	0	3	12	2	0	60	16.7			1.3	0.4	1.6
14	Ed Westfall	37	RW	71	5	19	24	7	14	4	0	1	1	17	1	1	72	6.9			-0.6	0.8	0.2
15	Jude Drouin	29	C	56	5	17	22	14	12	5	0	0	0	17	0	0	78	6.4			-0.1	0.9	0.8
16	Garry Howatt	25	LW	61	7	12	19	7	146	7	0	0	0	12	0	0	60	11.7			-0.4	0.7	0.3
17	Michel Bergeron	23	RW	25	9	6	15	16	2	9	0	0	2	6	0	0	40	22.5			0.9	0.7	1.6
18	Dave Lewis	24	D	77	3	11	14	33	58	2	0	1	1	10	0	1	111	2.7			-0.3	5.4	5.1
19	Pat Price	22	D	52	2	10	12	25	27	2	0	0	1	8	2	0	50	4.0			0.0	3.8	3.8
20	Jean Potvin	28	D	34	1	10	11	11	8	1	0	0	0	9	0	1	36	2.8			0.3	2.2	2.4
21	Bert Marshall	34	D	58	0	7	7	10	44	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	32	0.0			-0.7	3.1	2.5
22	Bob Lorimer	24	D	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0			0.1	0.2	0.3
23	Glenn Resch	29	G	45	0	1	1	0	12				0	1			0		2634	58:32	0.0	0.0	9.9
24	Richie Hansen	22	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
25	Göran Högosta	23	G	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		9	8:35	0.0	0.0	0.1
26	Alex McKendry	21	LW	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.1
27	Neil Nicholson	28	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.2	0.1
28	Billy Smith*	27	G	38	0	0	0	0	35				0	0			0		2150	56:35	0.0	0.0	7.8
29	André St. Laurent	24	C	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	334	569	903	483	934	256	71	7	48	424	136	9	2490	13.4			54.1	48.2	120.0

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Glenn Resch	29	45		28	9	7	112	1212	1100	.908	2.55	3	2634				83	22.7	2.35	9.9
2	Billy Smith*	27	38		20	8	8	95	1039	944	.909	2.65	2	2150				82	20.5	2.43	7.8
3	Göran Högosta	23	1		0	0	0	0	4	4	1.000	0.00	0	9						0.00	0.1
	Team Total				48	17	15	207	2255	2048	.908	2.59	5	4793				83	43.6	2.38	17.7