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1978-79 New York Islanders

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51-15-14 (116 points), Finished 1st in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 358 goals, Allowed 214 goals, SRS: 1.76 (1st of 17)
Coached by Al Arbour (51-15-14)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-2) to New York Rangers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Chicago Black Hawks

1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
New York Islanders 80 51 15 14 116 .725 358 214 1.76 7.15 81 260 31.15 57 287 80.14 7 4
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Bryan Trottier C 5-11 195 22 76 47 87 134 1.76 49 0.64 189 66 51 4 76 50 32 15 0 8 187 2.46 25.1
2 Mike Bossy RW 6-0 186 22 80 69 57 126 1.58 51 0.64 174 70 41 0 63 25 42 27 0 9 279 3.49 24.7
3 Denis Potvin D 6-0 205 25 73 31 70 101 1.38 36 0.49 203 75 91 34 71 58 16 12 3 2 237 3.25 13.1
4 Clark Gillies LW 6-3 215 24 75 35 56 91 1.21 34 0.45 148 57 34 0 57 68 24 11 0 5 210 2.80 16.7
5 Stefan Persson D 6-1 189 24 78 10 56 66 0.85 21 0.27 162 78 62 16 38 57 4 6 0 1 113 1.45 8.8
6 Bob Bourne C 6-3 200 24 80 30 31 61 0.76 24 0.30 88 16 64 26 34 48 25 4 1 2 148 1.85 20.3
7 John Tonelli LW 6-1 200 21 73 17 39 56 0.77 20 0.27 88 12 47 0 29 44 16 1 0 4 113 1.55 15.0
8 Billy Harris RW 6-2 195 27 80 15 39 54 0.68 19 0.24 72 5 46 5 26 18 15 0 0 5 128 1.60 11.7
9 Wayne Merrick C 6-1 195 26 75 20 21 41 0.55 16 0.21 58 4 41 0 13 24 18 2 0 0 128 1.71 15.6
10 Bob Nystrom RW 6-1 200 26 78 19 20 39 0.50 15 0.20 68 4 46 1 19 113 18 1 0 5 161 2.06 11.8
11 Mike Kaszycki C 5-9 190 22 71 16 18 34 0.48 13 0.19 46 6 34 1 7 37 14 2 0 4 89 1.25 18.0
12 Lorne Henning C 5-11 185 26 73 13 20 33 0.45 12 0.17 41 1 70 47 17 14 11 0 2 2 70 0.96 18.6
13 Garry Howatt LW 5-9 175 26 75 16 12 28 0.37 11 0.15 49 1 43 1 6 205 16 0 0 2 81 1.08 19.8
14 Dave Lewis D 6-2 205 25 79 5 18 23 0.29 8 0.10 98 0 83 28 43 43 5 0 0 0 95 1.20 5.3
15 Bob Lorimer D 6-1 200 25 67 3 18 21 0.31 7 0.10 78 1 68 18 27 42 3 0 0 0 64 0.96 4.7
16 Ed Westfall D/RW 6-1 197 38 55 5 11 16 0.29 6 0.10 25 0 50 25 0 4 4 0 1 1 51 0.93 9.8
17 Gerry Hart D 5-9 190 31 50 2 14 16 0.32 5 0.10 65 0 45 10 30 78 2 0 0 1 56 1.12 3.6
18 Pat Price D 6-2 200 23 55 3 11 14 0.25 5 0.09 60 4 38 0 18 50 3 0 0 0 48 0.87 6.3
19 Bert Marshall D 6-3 205 35 45 1 8 9 0.20 3 0.06 43 0 42 8 9 29 1 0 0 0 26 0.58 3.8
20 Richie Hansen C 5-10 185 23 12 1 6 7 0.58 2 0.19 12 1 2 0 9 4 1 0 0 0 10 0.83 10.0
21 Mike Hordy D 5-10 180 22 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.00 0.0
22 Alex McKendry W 6-4 200 22 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
23 Hector Marini RW 6-1 204 22 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
24 Steve Tambellini C 6-0 190 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.00 0.0
Team Total 80 358 616 974 12.18 358 4.47 358 81 214 57 120 1073 270 81 7 51 2300 28.75 15.6

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Glenn Resch G 5-9 165 30 43 2539 26 7 10 62 .721 2 106 2.50 0 2 2 6
2 Billy Smith G 5-10 185 28 40 2261 25 8 4 54 .730 1 108 2.87 0 2 2 54
Team Total 80 4800 51 15 14 3 214 2.67

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Denis Potvin D 6-0 205 25 10 4 7 11 1.10 8 4 0 0 1
2 Mike Bossy RW 6-0 186 22 10 6 2 8 0.80 2 4 2 0 1
3 John Tonelli LW 6-1 200 21 10 1 6 7 0.70 0 1 0 0 0
4 Bryan Trottier C 5-11 195 22 10 2 4 6 0.60 13 2 0 0 1
5 Wayne Merrick C 6-1 195 26 10 2 3 5 0.50 2 2 0 0 0
6 Bob Nystrom RW 6-1 200 26 10 3 2 5 0.50 4 3 0 0 1
7 Stefan Persson D 6-1 189 24 10 0 4 4 0.40 8 0 0 0 0
8 Bob Lorimer D 6-1 200 25 10 1 3 4 0.40 15 1 0 0 0
9 Bob Bourne C 6-3 200 24 10 1 3 4 0.40 6 1 0 0 0
10 Mike Kaszycki C 5-9 190 22 10 1 3 4 0.40 4 1 0 0 0
11 Ed Westfall D/RW 6-1 197 38 6 1 2 3 0.50 0 1 0 0 0
12 Billy Harris RW 6-2 195 27 10 2 1 3 0.30 10 1 1 0 1
13 Clark Gillies LW 6-3 215 24 10 1 2 3 0.30 11 1 0 0 0
14 Lorne Henning C 5-11 185 26 10 2 0 2 0.20 0 1 0 1 0
15 Gerry Hart D 5-9 190 31 9 0 2 2 0.22 10 0 0 0 0
16 Pat Price D 6-2 200 23 7 0 1 1 0.14 25 0 0 0 0
17 Garry Howatt LW 5-9 175 26 9 0 1 1 0.11 18 0 0 0 0
18 Hector Marini RW 6-1 204 22 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
19 Dave Lewis D 6-2 205 25 10 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
Team Total 10 27 46 73 7.30 144 23 3 1 5

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Billy Smith G 5-10 185 28 5 315 4 1 8 .800 1 10 1.90 0 0 0 4
2 Glenn Resch G 5-9 165 30 5 300 2 3 4 .400 1 11 2.20 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 615 6 4 2 21 2.05