1982-83 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics

Record: 42-26-12 (96 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Al Arbour (42-26-12)

Primary Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1982-83 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 302 (15th of 21), Goals Against: 226 (1st of 21)
SRS: 0.84 (4th of 21), SOS: -0.11 (19th of 21)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Final (4-0) over Edmonton Oilers
Won Conference Finals (4-2) over Boston Bruins
Won Division Finals (4-2) over New York Rangers
Won Division Semi-Finals (3-1) over Washington Capitals

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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	42	26	12	96	.600	302	226	0.84	-0.11	3.78	2.83	68	267	25.47	54	331	83.69	10	3	2429	12.4	2397	.906		2
League Average	80	34	34	12	80	.500	309	309					71	310	22.94	71	310	77.06	9	9	2444	12.7	2444	.873		2

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	26	6-0	186	R/-	5	January 22, 1957
14	Bob Bourne	ca CA	LW	28	6-3	200	L/-	8	June 21, 1954
4	Paul Boutilier	ca CA	D	19	6-0	200	L/-	1	May 3, 1963
25	Billy Carroll	ca CA	C	24	5-10	190	L/-	2	January 19, 1959
33	Kevin Devine	ca CA	LW	28	5-8	165	L/-	R	December 9, 1954
34	Gord Dineen	ca CA	D	20	6-0	195	R/-	R	September 21, 1962
17	Greg Gilbert	ca CA	LW	21	6-1	191	L/-	1	January 22, 1962
9	Clark Gillies	ca CA	LW	28	6-3	215	L/-	8	April 7, 1954
91	Butch Goring	ca CA	C	33	5-9	170	L/-	13	October 22, 1949
20	Mats Hallin	se SE	LW	24	6-2	200	L/-	R	March 19, 1958
3	Tomas Jonsson	se SE	D	22	5-10	185	L/-	1	April 12, 1960
28	Anders Kallur	se SE	RW	30	5-11	185	L/-	3	July 6, 1952
24	Gord Lane	ca CA	D	29	6-1	190	L/-	7	March 31, 1953
26	Dave Langevin	us US	D	28	6-2	200	L/-	3	May 15, 1954
2-16	Mike McEwen	ca CA	D	26	6-1	185	L/-	6	August 10, 1956
1	Roland Melanson	ca CA	G	22	5-10	185	-/L	2	June 28, 1960
11	Wayne Merrick	ca CA	C	30	6-1	195	L/-	10	April 23, 1952
6	Ken Morrow	us US	D	26	6-4	210	R/-	3	October 17, 1956
23	Bob Nystrom	se SE	RW	30	6-1	200	R/-	10	October 10, 1952
7	Stefan Persson	se SE	D	28	6-1	189	L/-	5	December 22, 1954
5	Denis Potvin (C)	ca CA	D	29	6-0	205	L/-	9	October 29, 1953
8	Darcy Regier	ca CA	D	26	5-11	190	L/-	1	November 27, 1956
31	Billy Smith	ca CA	G	32	5-10	185	-/L	11	December 12, 1950
21	Brent Sutter	ca CA	C	20	6-0	192	R/-	2	June 10, 1962
12	Duane Sutter	ca CA	RW	22	6-1	185	R/-	3	March 16, 1960
27	John Tonelli	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	200	L/-	4	March 23, 1957
19	Bryan Trottier	ca CA	C	26	5-11	195	L/-	7	July 17, 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	Mike Bossy*	26	RW	79	60	58	118	27	20	41	19	0	7	37	21	0	274	21.9			9.4	1.8	11.2
2	Bryan Trottier*	26	C	80	34	55	89	36	68	21	13	0	5	41	14	0	179	19.0			5.5	2.0	7.5
3	John Tonelli	25	LW	76	31	40	71	30	55	22	8	1	4	31	9	0	171	18.1			4.2	1.8	6.0
4	Denis Potvin*	29	D	69	12	54	66	33	60	7	4	1	1	26	26	2	190	6.3			4.1	5.8	9.9
5	Bob Bourne	28	LW	77	20	42	62	17	55	14	5	1	3	32	8	2	147	13.6			2.8	1.5	4.2
6	Tomas Jonsson	22	D	72	13	35	48	40	50	12	1	0	3	23	11	1	99	13.1			2.9	6.3	9.2
7	Clark Gillies*	28	LW	70	21	20	41	10	76	17	4	0	2	13	7	0	148	14.2			1.6	1.2	2.8
8	Brent Sutter	20	C	80	21	19	40	14	128	21	0	0	3	18	1	0	149	14.1			1.2	1.4	2.6
9	Butch Goring	33	C	75	19	20	39	9	8	12	2	5	5	16	2	2	97	19.6			1.1	1.2	2.4
10	Duane Sutter	22	RW	75	13	19	32	7	118	12	1	0	2	17	2	0	120	10.8			0.2	1.2	1.4
11	Bob Nystrom	30	RW	74	10	20	30	6	98	7	3	0	3	19	1	0	100	10.0			-0.1	1.1	1.1
12	Stefan Persson	28	D	70	4	25	29	13	71	2	2	0	0	11	13	1	82	4.9			0.9	4.8	5.7
13	Dave Langevin	28	D	73	4	17	21	23	64	4	0	0	0	17	0	0	107	3.7			0.3	5.5	5.8
14	Greg Gilbert	21	LW	45	8	11	19	1	30	8	0	0	0	11	0	0	33	24.2			0.1	0.6	0.8
15	Ken Morrow	26	D	79	5	11	16	16	44	5	0	0	1	10	0	1	135	3.7			-0.1	5.5	5.4
16	Wayne Merrick	30	C	59	4	12	16	-3	27	3	1	0	2	10	2	0	46	8.7			-0.9	0.7	-0.2
17	Mats Hallin	24	LW	30	7	7	14	4	26	7	0	0	0	4	3	0	37	18.9			0.3	0.5	0.8
18	Anders Kallur	30	RW	55	6	8	14	10	33	4	1	1	0	6	2	0	80	7.5			-0.7	1.0	0.3
19	Mike McEwen	26	D	42	2	11	13	10	16	1	1	0	0	8	3	0	85	2.4			0.2	3.0	3.2
20	Billy Carroll	24	C	71	1	11	12	3	24	0	0	1	0	9	1	1	48	2.1			-1.9	1.0	-0.8
21	Paul Boutilier	19	D	29	4	5	9	-8	24	1	3	0	1	4	1	0	52	7.7			0.3	1.3	1.6
22	Gord Lane	29	D	44	3	4	7	1	87	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	44	6.8			-0.2	2.6	2.5
23	Roland Melanson	22	G	44	0	3	3	0	22				0	3			0		2456	55:50	0.0	0.0	10.2
24	Kevin Devine	28	LW	2	0	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
25	Gord Dineen	20	D	2	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
26	Darcy Regier	26	D	6	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.1	0.4	0.2
27	Billy Smith*	32	G	41	0	0	0	0	42				0	0			0		2338	57:01	0.0	0.0	9.1
	Team Total			80	302	508	810	298	1265	224	68	10	42	371	127	10	2432	12.4			31.2	52.4	102.9

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	Roland Melanson	22	44		24	12	5	109	1201	1092	.909	2.66	1	2456				73	40.6	2.08	10.2
2	Billy Smith*	32	41		18	14	7	112	1191	1079	.906	2.87	1	2338				75	36.4	2.26	9.1
	Team Total				42	26	12	221	2392	2171	.908	2.77	2	4794				74	77.0	2.17	19.2