1979-80 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics

Record: 39-28-13 (91 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Al Arbour (39-28-13)

Primary Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1979-80 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 281 (12th of 21), Goals Against: 247 (4th of 21)
SRS: 0.41 (6th of 21), SOS: -0.02 (16th of 21)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Final (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

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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	39	28	13	91	.569	281	247	0.41	-0.02	3.51	3.09	62	265	23.40	71	317	77.60	7	4	2217	12.7	2396	.897		5
League Average	80	33	33	14	80	.500	281	281					61	280	21.83	61	280	78.17	6	6	2352	12.0	2352	.880		3

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
22	Mike Bossy	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	186	R/-	2	January 22, 1957
14	Bob Bourne	ca CA	C	25	6-3	200	L/-	5	June 21, 1954
30	Richard Brodeur	ca CA	G	27	5-7	160	-/L	R	September 15, 1952
9	Clark Gillies	ca CA	LW	25	6-3	215	L/-	5	April 7, 1954
21	Butch Goring	ca CA	C	30	5-9	170	L/-	10	October 22, 1949
15	Billy Harris	ca CA	RW	28	6-2	195	L/-	7	January 29, 1952
10	Lorne Henning	ca CA	C	27	5-11	185	L/-	7	February 22, 1952
2	Mike Hordy	ca CA	D	23	5-10	180	R/-	1	October 10, 1956
8	Garry Howatt	ca CA	LW	27	5-9	175	L/-	7	September 26, 1952
6	Randy Johnston	ca CA	D	21	6-0	190	L/-	R	June 2, 1958
28	Anders Kallur	se SE	RW	27	5-11	185	L/-	R	July 6, 1952
21	Mike Kaszycki	ca CA	C	23	5-9	190	L/-	2	February 27, 1956
24	Gord Lane	ca CA	D	26	6-1	190	L/-	4	March 31, 1953
26	Dave Langevin	us US	D	25	6-2	200	L/-	R	May 15, 1954
25	Dave Lewis	ca CA	D	26	6-2	205	L/-	6	July 3, 1953
4	Bob Lorimer	ca CA	D	26	6-1	200	R/-	3	August 25, 1953
17	Garth MacGuigan	ca CA	C	23	6-0	190	L/-	R	February 16, 1956
18	Alex McKendry	ca CA	LW	23	6-4	200	L/-	2	November 21, 1956
11	Wayne Merrick	ca CA	C	27	6-1	195	L/-	7	April 23, 1952
6	Ken Morrow	us US	D	23	6-4	210	R/-	R	October 17, 1956
23	Bob Nystrom	se SE	RW	27	6-1	200	R/-	7	October 10, 1952
7	Stefan Persson	se SE	D	25	6-1	189	L/-	2	December 22, 1954
5	Denis Potvin (C)	ca CA	D	26	6-0	205	L/-	6	October 29, 1953
3	Jean Potvin	ca CA	D	30	5-11	188	R/-	9	March 25, 1949
1	Glenn Resch	ca CA	G	31	5-9	165	-/L	6	July 10, 1948
31	Billy Smith	ca CA	G	29	5-10	185	-/L	8	December 12, 1950
12	Duane Sutter	ca CA	RW	19	6-1	185	R/-	R	March 16, 1960
16	Steve Tambellini	ca CA	C	21	6-0	190	L/-	1	May 14, 1958
27	John Tonelli	ca CA	LW	22	6-1	200	L/-	1	March 23, 1957
19	Bryan Trottier	ca CA	C	23	5-11	195	L/-	4	July 17, 1956
20	Yvon Vautour	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	200	R/-	R	September 10, 1956

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*	23	C	78	42	62	104	31	68	27	15	0	7	47	15	0	186	22.6			8.1	1.8	10.0
2	Mike Bossy*	23	RW	75	51	41	92	28	12	36	15	0	8	25	16	0	246	20.7			8.0	1.7	9.7
3	Clark Gillies*	25	LW	73	19	35	54	29	49	12	7	0	5	23	12	0	175	10.9			2.7	1.7	4.4
4	Anders Kallur	27	RW	76	22	30	52	12	16	13	5	4	2	22	8	0	138	15.9			2.6	1.3	3.9
5	John Tonelli	22	LW	77	14	30	44	8	49	11	3	0	2	27	3	0	103	13.6			1.3	1.2	2.5
6	Denis Potvin*	26	D	31	8	33	41	13	44	4	4	0	0	21	10	2	98	8.2			3.2	2.4	5.6
7	Bob Bourne	25	C	73	15	25	40	5	52	12	3	0	1	16	9	0	155	9.7			1.3	1.0	2.3
8	Bob Nystrom	27	RW	67	21	18	39	4	94	19	2	0	4	17	1	0	146	14.4			1.9	0.9	2.8
9	Stefan Persson	25	D	73	4	35	39	13	76	2	2	0	0	13	22	0	91	4.4			1.8	4.7	6.5
10	Wayne Merrick	27	C	70	13	22	35	12	16	11	2	0	4	20	2	0	111	11.7			0.8	1.2	2.0
11	Billy Harris	28	RW	67	15	15	30	1	37	12	2	1	1	12	3	0	91	16.5			0.7	0.8	1.6
12	Duane Sutter	19	RW	56	15	9	24	5	55	15	0	0	1	7	2	0	75	20.0			0.7	0.8	1.5
13	Dave Lewis	26	D	62	5	16	21	10	54	5	0	0	0	16	0	0	66	7.6			0.7	3.9	4.6
14	Garry Howatt	27	LW	77	8	11	19	-3	219	8	0	0	1	11	0	0	62	12.9			-1.1	0.8	-0.2
15	Bob Lorimer	26	D	74	3	16	19	30	53	3	0	0	1	15	1	0	98	3.1			0.1	5.7	5.9
16	Dave Langevin	25	D	76	3	13	16	11	109	2	0	1	0	13	0	0	82	3.7			-0.1	4.7	4.6
17	Gord Lane	26	D	55	2	14	16	10	152	2	0	0	1	13	0	1	60	3.3			0.2	3.5	3.8
18	Jean Potvin	30	D	32	2	13	15	-11	26	0	2	0	0	7	6	0	48	4.2			0.6	1.1	1.7
19	Steve Tambellini	21	C	45	5	8	13	0	4	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	63	7.9			-0.5	0.5	0.1
20	Butch Goring	30	C	12	6	5	11	7	2	5	0	1	0	3	2	0	20	30.0			0.8	0.3	1.2
21	Lorne Henning	27	C	39	3	6	9	-10	6	3	0	0	0	4	0	2	45	6.7			-0.7	0.2	-0.5
22	Mike Kaszycki	23	C	16	1	4	5	3	15	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	13	7.7			-0.2	0.3	0.1
23	Yvon Vautour	23	RW	17	3	1	4	-6	24	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	16	18.8			-0.2	0.0	-0.1
24	Ken Morrow	23	D	18	0	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	0.0			-0.1	1.2	1.1
25	Glenn Resch	31	G	45	0	3	3	0	4				0	3			0		2599	57:46	0.0	0.0	8.5
26	Billy Smith*	29	G	38	1	0	1	0	39				0	0			0		2109	55:30	0.0	0.0	7.2
27	Richard Brodeur	27	G	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		80	40:00	0.0	0.0	0.1
28	Mike Hordy	23	D	9	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0			-0.2	0.4	0.2
29	Randy Johnston	21	D	4	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
30	Garth MacGuigan	23	C	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
31	Alex McKendry	23	LW	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	281	468	749	203	1292	211	62	7	39	350	113	5	2218	12.7			32.3	42.7	90.8

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	31	45		23	14	6	132	1334	1202	.901	3.05	3	2599				84	24.8	2.65	8.5
2	Billy Smith*	29	38		15	14	7	104	1022	918	.898	2.96	2	2109				87	16.1	2.56	7.2
3	Richard Brodeur	27	2		1	0	0	6	35	29	.829	4.50	0	80						3.75	0.1
	Team Total				39	28	13	242	2391	2149	.899	3.03	5	4788				86	38.9	2.63	15.8