1981-82 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics

Record: 54-16-10 (118 points), Finished 1st in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Al Arbour (54-16-10)

Primary Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1981-82 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 385 (2nd of 21), Goals Against: 250 (2nd of 21)
SRS: 1.63 (2nd of 21), SOS: -0.05 (15th of 21)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Final (4-0) versus Vancouver Canucks
Won Conference Finals (4-0) versus Quebec Nordiques
Won Division Finals (4-2) versus New York Rangers
Won Division Semi-Finals (3-2) versus Pittsburgh Penguins

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 7, NYI (1-0) beat LAK, 4-1
2. Oct 10, NYI (1-0) tied with CLR, 2-2
3. Oct 14, NYI (2-0) beat PIT, 4-1
4. Oct 15, NYI (3-0) beat VAN, 4-1
5. Oct 17, NYI (4-0) beat NYR, 5-4
6. Oct 20, NYI (4-1) lost to LAK, 6-9
7. Oct 23, NYI (5-1) beat WSH, 4-2
8. Oct 24, NYI (6-1) beat WSH, 6-4
9. Oct 27, NYI (7-1) beat EDM, 4-3
10. Oct 29, NYI (7-1) tied with HAR, 6-6
11. Oct 31, NYI (8-1) beat MTL, 2-1

12. Nov 3, NYI (8-1) tied with CGY, 2-2
13. Nov 7, NYI (8-2) lost to BUF, 2-6
14. Nov 10, NYI (9-2) beat WIN, 5-3
15. Nov 11, NYI (10-2) beat TOR, 4-3
16. Nov 14, NYI (10-2) tied with EDM, 5-5
17. Nov 15, NYI (10-3) lost to PHI, 4-5
18. Nov 17, NYI (10-4) lost to QUE, 2-7
19. Nov 21, NYI (11-4) beat NYR, 4-3
20. Nov 22, NYI (12-4) beat NYR, 7-2
21. Nov 24, NYI (13-4) beat BOS, 3-1
22. Nov 26, NYI (14-4) beat STL, 9-2
23. Nov 28, NYI (14-5) lost to BOS, 4-5
24. Nov 29, NYI (14-6) lost to BUF, 2-5

25. Dec 5, NYI (15-6) beat MNS, 8-5
26. Dec 6, NYI (15-7) lost to WIN, 2-5
27. Dec 9, NYI (15-8) lost to VAN, 3-4
28. Dec 12, NYI (15-8) tied with CGY, 3-3
29. Dec 13, NYI (15-9) lost to EDM, 3-4
30. Dec 15, NYI (16-9) beat QUE, 10-7
31. Dec 17, NYI (17-9) beat WSH, 4-1
32. Dec 19, NYI (18-9) beat DET, 5-1
33. Dec 20, NYI (19-9) beat DET, 5-3
34. Dec 22, NYI (20-9) beat WIN, 5-2
35. Dec 26, NYI (21-9) beat PHI, 4-2
36. Dec 29, NYI (21-10) lost to MTL, 4-5
37. Dec 30, NYI (21-11) lost to NYR, 4-6

38. Jan 2, NYI (22-11) beat CBH, 5-3
39. Jan 4, NYI (23-11) beat VAN, 4-1
40. Jan 7, NYI (24-11) beat PHI, 5-4
41. Jan 9, NYI (25-11) beat PHI, 3-1
42. Jan 14, NYI (25-12) lost to BOS, 4-5
43. Jan 17, NYI (25-12) tied with WSH, 2-2
44. Jan 20, NYI (25-13) lost to NYR, 2-3
45. Jan 21, NYI (26-13) beat PIT, 6-1
46. Jan 23, NYI (27-13) beat NYR, 6-1
47. Jan 26, NYI (28-13) beat PIT, 9-2
48. Jan 27, NYI (29-13) beat PIT, 6-3
49. Jan 30, NYI (30-13) beat MNS, 4-2

50. Feb 2, NYI (31-13) beat WSH, 7-6
51. Feb 4, NYI (32-13) beat WSH, 5-2
52. Feb 6, NYI (33-13) beat DET, 6-2
53. Feb 7, NYI (34-13) beat BUF, 7-3
54. Feb 11, NYI (35-13) beat CBH, 8-2
55. Feb 13, NYI (36-13) beat PHI, 8-2
56. Feb 14, NYI (37-13) beat HAR, 9-1
57. Feb 16, NYI (38-13) beat PIT, 6-2
58. Feb 18, NYI (39-13) beat PHI, 7-4
59. Feb 20, NYI (40-13) beat CLR, 3-2
60. Feb 21, NYI (40-14) lost to PIT, 3-4
61. Feb 23, NYI (41-14) beat CBH, 5-1
62. Feb 25, NYI (42-14) beat PIT, 4-2
63. Feb 27, NYI (42-14) tied with QUE, 5-5

64. Mar 1, NYI (43-14) beat TOR, 9-5
65. Mar 2, NYI (44-14) beat CGY, 6-3
66. Mar 4, NYI (45-14) beat TOR, 10-1
67. Mar 6, NYI (46-14) beat NYR, 6-4
68. Mar 9, NYI (47-14) beat STL, 6-4
69. Mar 10, NYI (47-14) tied with MNS, 4-4
70. Mar 13, NYI (47-15) lost to LAK, 0-3
71. Mar 17, NYI (48-15) beat CLR, 5-2
72. Mar 20, NYI (48-15) tied with STL, 3-3
73. Mar 21, NYI (49-15) beat WSH, 3-2
74. Mar 23, NYI (50-15) beat WSH, 8-1
75. Mar 25, NYI (51-15) beat MTL, 3-1
76. Mar 27, NYI (52-15) beat HAR, 5-4
77. Mar 29, NYI (53-15) beat NYR, 7-3

78. Apr 1, NYI (53-15) tied with PHI, 3-3
79. Apr 3, NYI (54-15) beat PHI, 6-3
80. Apr 4, NYI (54-16) lost to PIT, 2-7

Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	TG/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO
New York Islanders	80	54	16	10	118	.738	385	250	1.63	-0.05	7.94	80	284	28.17	65	332	80.42	16	3	2468	15.6
League Average	80	33	33	14	80	.500	321	321	0.00	0.00	8.03	73	320	22.85	73	320	77.15	9	9	2485

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
22	Mike Bossy	ca	RW	25	6-0	186	R/-	4	January 22, 1957	64 G, 83 A, 147 P
14	Bob Bourne	ca	LW	27	6-3	200	L/-	7	June 21, 1954	27 G, 26 A, 53 P
4	Paul Boutilier	ca	D	18	6-0	200	L/-	R	May 3, 1963	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
25	Billy Carroll	ca	C	23	5-10	190	L/-	1	January 19, 1959	9 G, 20 A, 29 P
17	Greg Gilbert	ca	LW	20	6-1	191	L/-	R	January 22, 1962	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
9	Clark Gillies	ca	LW	27	6-3	215	L/-	7	April 7, 1954	38 G, 39 A, 77 P
91	Butch Goring	ca	C	32	5-9	170	L/-	12	October 22, 1949	15 G, 17 A, 32 P
33	Neil Hawryliw	ca	RW	26	5-11	185	L/-	R	November 9, 1955	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
3	Tomas Jonsson	se	D	21	5-10	185	L/-	R	April 12, 1960	9 G, 25 A, 34 P
28	Anders Kallur	se	RW	29	5-11	185	L/-	2	July 6, 1952	18 G, 22 A, 40 P
24	Gord Lane	ca	D	28	6-1	190	L/-	6	March 31, 1953	0 G, 13 A, 13 P
26	Dave Langevin	us	D	27	6-2	200	L/-	2	May 15, 1954	1 G, 20 A, 21 P
29	Hector Marini	ca	RW	25	6-1	204	R/-	2	January 27, 1957	4 G, 9 A, 13 P
16	Mike McEwen	ca	D	25	6-1	185	L/-	5	August 10, 1956	10 G, 39 A, 49 P
1	Roland Melanson	ca	G	21	5-10	185	-/L	1	June 28, 1960	22-7-6, 3.23 GAA
10-11	Wayne Merrick	ca	C	29	6-1	195	L/-	9	April 23, 1952	12 G, 27 A, 39 P
6	Ken Morrow	us	D	25	6-4	210	R/-	2	October 17, 1956	1 G, 18 A, 19 P
23	Bob Nystrom	se	RW	29	6-1	200	R/-	9	October 10, 1952	22 G, 25 A, 47 P
7	Stefan Persson	se	D	27	6-1	189	L/-	4	December 22, 1954	6 G, 37 A, 43 P
5	Denis Potvin (C)	ca	D	28	6-0	205	L/-	8	October 29, 1953	24 G, 37 A, 61 P
31	Billy Smith	ca	G	31	5-10	185	-/L	10	December 12, 1950	32-9-4, 2.97 GAA
21	Brent Sutter	ca	C	19	6-0	192	R/-	1	June 10, 1962	21 G, 22 A, 43 P
12	Duane Sutter	ca	RW	21	6-1	185	R/-	2	March 16, 1960	18 G, 35 A, 53 P
27	John Tonelli	ca	LW	24	6-1	200	L/-	3	March 23, 1957	35 G, 58 A, 93 P
19	Bryan Trottier	ca	C	25	5-11	195	L/-	6	July 17, 1956	50 G, 79 A, 129 P

Scoring Regular Season

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	Mike Bossy*	25	RW	80	64	83	147	69	22	47	17	0	10	54	29	0	301	21.3			10.9	2.4	13.3
2	Bryan Trottier*	25	C	80	50	79	129	70	88	30	18	2	10	58	16	5	217	23.0			8.7	2.4	11.2
3	John Tonelli	24	LW	80	35	58	93	48	57	30	5	0	5	45	13	0	165	21.2			5.3	1.9	7.2
4	Clark Gillies*	27	LW	79	38	39	77	39	75	30	8	0	5	33	6	0	200	19.0			4.5	1.6	6.1
5	Denis Potvin*	28	D	60	24	37	61	38	83	12	11	1	4	18	18	1	169	14.2			4.5	4.7	9.2
6	Bob Bourne	27	LW	76	27	26	53	27	77	20	5	2	2	21	3	2	173	15.6			2.2	1.3	3.5
7	Duane Sutter	21	RW	77	18	35	53	23	100	14	4	0	0	31	4	0	140	12.9			1.6	1.2	2.8
8	Mike McEwen	25	D	73	10	39	49	30	50	9	1	0	1	28	10	1	161	6.2			2.5	4.9	7.4
9	Bob Nystrom	29	RW	74	22	25	47	13	103	22	0	0	4	24	1	0	136	16.2			1.6	0.9	2.5
10	Brent Sutter	19	C	43	21	22	43	28	114	18	3	0	1	15	7	0	93	22.6			2.5	1.1	3.6
11	Stefan Persson	27	D	70	6	37	43	35	99	3	3	0	2	15	22	0	107	5.6			1.9	5.0	6.9
12	Anders Kallur	29	RW	58	18	22	40	5	18	13	2	3	3	20	2	0	74	24.3			1.5	0.6	2.1
13	Wayne Merrick	29	C	68	12	27	39	4	20	11	1	0	3	24	3	0	112	10.7			0.6	0.7	1.3
14	Tomas Jonsson	21	D	70	9	25	34	26	51	9	0	0	1	15	10	0	89	10.1			1.5	4.5	6.0
15	Butch Goring	32	C	67	15	17	32	-3	10	9	1	5	1	12	5	0	63	23.8			0.4	0.5	0.9
16	Billy Carroll	23	C	72	9	20	29	12	32	6	0	3	1	15	0	5	42	21.4			-0.4	0.9	0.5
17	Dave Langevin	27	D	73	1	20	21	34	82	1	0	0	0	18	0	2	73	1.4			0.0	5.1	5.1
18	Ken Morrow	25	D	75	1	18	19	53	56	1	0	0	0	17	1	0	91	1.1			-0.2	6.1	5.9
19	Hector Marini	25	RW	30	4	9	13	3	53	3	1	0	1	8	1	0	14	28.6			-0.1	0.3	0.2
20	Gord Lane	28	D	51	0	13	13	26	98	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	46	0.0			-0.2	3.7	3.5
21	Greg Gilbert	20	LW	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0			0.1	0.0	0.1
22	Billy Smith*	31	G	46	0	1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0				0				0.0	0.0	10.4
23	Paul Boutilier	18	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Neil Hawryliw	26	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
25	Roland Melanson	21	G	36	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0				0				0.0	0.0	7.6
	Team Total			80	385	652	1037	580	1326	289	80	16	54	484	151	16	2468	15.6			49.3	49.8	117.1

Goalies Regular Season

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	GAA	GPS
1	Billy Smith*	31	46		32	9	4	133				2.97	0	2685						2.23	10.4
2	Roland Melanson	21	36		22	7	6	114				3.23	0	2115						2.44	7.6
	Team Total		80		54	16	10	247				3.09	0	4800							18.0

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