1978-1979 New York Islanders: 51-15-14
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Home record: 31-3-6 (201 goals scored, 89 allowed)
Road record: 20-12-8 (157 goals scored, 125 allowed)
Head Coach: Al Arbour
Power Play: 81/260 (31.2%)
Penalty Killing: 230/287 (80.1%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 7-4
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 270-153
358 goals scored (1st of 17 teams), 214 goals allowed (2nd), 1077 PIM (12th)
NHL Averages: 3.50 goals/game (279.8 goals/team), 1159.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 19 Bryan Trottier 5'11 195 22 76 47 87 134 50 15 0 189 66 51 4 187 25.1 +76
RW 22 Mike Bossy 6'0 186 21 80 69 57 126 25 27 0 174 70 41 0 279 24.7 +63
D 5 Denis Potvin 6'0 205 25 73 31 70 101 58 12 3 203 75 91 34 237 13.1 +71
LW 9 Clark Gillies 6'3 215 24 75 35 56 91 68 11 0 148 57 34 0 210 16.7 +57
D 7 Stefan Persson 6'1 189 24 78 10 56 66 57 6 0 162 78 62 16 113 8.8 +38
C 14 Bob Bourne 6'3 200 24 80 30 31 61 48 4 1 88 16 64 26 148 20.3 +34
LW 27 John Tonelli 6'1 200 21 73 17 39 56 44 1 0 88 12 47 0 113 15.0 +29
RW 15 Billy Harris 6'2 195 26 80 15 39 54 18 0 0 72 5 46 5 128 11.7 +26
C 11 Wayne Merrick 6'1 195 26 75 20 21 41 24 2 0 58 4 41 0 128 15.6 +13
RW 23 Bob Nystrom 6'1 200 26 78 19 20 39 113 1 0 68 4 46 1 161 11.8 +19
C 24 Mike Kaszycki 5'9 190 22 71 16 18 34 37 2 0 46 6 34 1 89 18.0 +7
C 10 Lorne Henning 5'11 185 26 73 13 20 33 14 0 2 41 1 70 47 70 18.6 +17
LW 8 Garry Howatt 5'9 175 26 75 16 12 28 205 0 0 49 1 43 1 81 19.8 +6
D 25 Dave Lewis 6'2 205 25 79 5 18 23 43 0 0 98 0 83 28 95 5.3 +43
D 4 Bob Lorimer 6'1 200 25 67 3 18 21 42 0 0 78 1 68 18 64 4.7 +27
D/RW 18 Ed Westfall 6'1 197 38 55 5 11 16 4 0 1 25 0 50 25 51 9.8 0
D 2 Gerry Hart 5'9 190 30 50 2 14 16 78 0 0 65 0 45 10 56 3.6 +30
D 3 Pat Price 6'2 200 23 55 3 11 14 50 0 0 60 4 38 0 48 6.2 +18
D 6 Bert Marshall 6'3 205 35 45 1 8 9 29 0 0 43 0 42 8 26 3.8 +9
C 12 Richie Hansen 5'10 185 23 12 1 6 7 4 0 0 12 1 2 0 10 10.0 +9
G 31 Billy Smith 5'10 185 28 40 0 2 2 54 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Glenn Resch 5'9 165 30 43 0 2 2 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 29 Hector Marini 6'1 204 21 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.0 -2
C 16 Steve Tambellini 6'0 190 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.0 -1
D 2 Mike Hordy 5'10 180 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0.0 0
LW/RW 17 Alex McKendry 6'4 200 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 --- -1
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Glenn Resch 30 43 2539 106 2.50 26 7 10 1223 .913 0 2
G 31 Billy Smith 28 39 2261 108 2.87 25 8 4 1065 .899 0 1
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1978 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 15 C Steve Tambellini 553 Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
2 34 D Randy Johnston 4 Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3 51 D Dwayne Lowdermilk 2 Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
5 84 LW Greg Hay Michigan Tech (NCAA)
6 101 D Kelly Davis 18 Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
7 118 LW Rick Pepin Laval National (QMJHL)
8 135 C Dave Cameron 168 Prince Edward Island (AUAA)
9 152 G Paul Joswiak University of Minnesota (NCAA)
10 169 D Scott Cameron Notre Dame (NCAA)
11 184 C Chris Lowdahl Orebro (Sweden)
12 199 D Gunnar Persson Gavle (Sweden)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
07-06-1978 | reclaimed the rights to John Tonelli (after Houston franchise folded) from Aeros |
10-09-1978 | signed Neil Hawryliw as a free agent |
10-19-1978 | traded Michel Bergeron to Capitals for Washington's #2 pick in the 1979 draft |
06-09-1979 | traded future considerations to Blues for Terry Richardson and Barry Gibbs |
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Richard Brodeur prior to expansion draft |
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Garry Lariviere prior to expansion draft |
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Markus Mattsson prior to expansion draft |
06-09-1979 | Jets claimed Markus Mattsson as an expansion draft priority selection |
06-09-1979 | Nordiques claimed Richard Brodeur as an expansion draft priority selection |
06-09-1979 | sent Barry Gibbs to Kings to complete a previous trade |
06-10-1979 | signed Jean Potvin as a free agent |
06-10-1979 | assigned Richie Hansen to North Stars as compensation for signing Jean Potvin as a free agent |
06-13-1979 | Oilers selected Pat Price in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Nordiques selected Gerry Hart in expansion draft |
06-14-1979 | traded Terry Richardson to Whalers for Ralph Klassen |
06-14-1979 | sent Ralph Klassen to Blues to complete a previous trade |
08-1979 | traded Goran Hogosta to Nordiques for Richard Brodeur |
08-15-1979 | signed Anders Kallur as a free agent |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 2
04/16/1979 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 6-2
04/18/1979 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 1-0 (OT)
04/20/1979 at Chicago Black Hawks W 4-0
04/22/1979 at Chicago Black Hawks W 3-1
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Semifinals
04/26/1979 vs New York Rangers L 1-4
04/28/1979 vs New York Rangers W 4-3 (OT)
05/01/1979 at New York Rangers L 1-3
05/03/1979 at New York Rangers W 3-2 (OT)
05/05/1979 vs New York Rangers L 3-4
05/08/1979 at New York Rangers L 1-2
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
D 5 Denis Potvin 6'0 205 25 10 4 7 11 8 0 0
RW 22 Mike Bossy 6'0 186 21 10 6 2 8 2 2 0
LW 27 John Tonelli 6'1 200 21 10 1 6 7 0 0 0
C 19 Bryan Trottier 5'11 195 22 10 2 4 6 13 0 0
C 11 Wayne Merrick 6'1 195 26 10 2 3 5 2 0 0
RW 23 Bob Nystrom 6'1 200 26 10 3 2 5 4 0 0
C 14 Bob Bourne 6'3 200 24 10 1 3 4 6 0 0
C 24 Mike Kaszycki 5'9 190 22 10 1 3 4 4 0 0
D 4 Bob Lorimer 6'1 200 25 10 1 3 4 15 0 0
D 7 Stefan Persson 6'1 189 24 10 0 4 4 8 0 0
D/RW 18 Ed Westfall 6'1 197 38 6 1 2 3 0 0 0
LW 9 Clark Gillies 6'3 215 24 10 1 2 3 11 0 0
RW 15 Billy Harris 6'2 195 26 10 2 1 3 10 1 0
D 2 Gerry Hart 5'9 190 30 9 0 2 2 10 0 0
C 10 Lorne Henning 5'11 185 26 10 2 0 2 0 0 1
D 3 Pat Price 6'2 200 23 7 0 1 1 25 0 0
LW 8 Garry Howatt 5'9 175 26 9 0 1 1 18 0 0
RW 29 Hector Marini 6'1 204 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 1 Glenn Resch 5'9 165 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 31 Billy Smith 5'10 185 28 5 0 0 0 4 0 0
D 25 Dave Lewis 6'2 205 25 10 0 0 0 4 0 0
C 12 Richie Hansen 5'10 185 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 2 Mike Hordy 5'10 180 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 6 Bert Marshall 6'3 205 35 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW/RW 17 Alex McKendry 6'4 200 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 16 Steve Tambellini 6'0 190 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 31 Billy Smith 28 5 315 10 1.90 4 1 147 .932 0 1
G 1 Glenn Resch 30 5 300 11 2.20 2 3 142 .923 0 1
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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