1978-79 New York Islanders Team Gamelog

Record: 51-15-14 (116 points), Finished 1st in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Al Arbour (51-15-14)

Primary Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Goals For: 358 (1st of 17), Goals Against: 214 (2nd of 17)
SRS: 1.76 (1st of 17), SOS: -0.04 (12th of 17)

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

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
							Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1978-10-12	@	Buffalo Sabres	2	2	T	20	10	1		0	34	12	0		0
2	1978-10-14	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	7	10	L	27	21	4		0	34	19	5		0
3	1978-10-17		Montreal Canadiens	3	1	W	24	6	1		0	25	14	0		0
4	1978-10-18	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	3	W	33	2	1		0	38	4	0		0
5	1978-10-21		New York Rangers	5	3	W	25	14	2		0	25	10	3		0
6	1978-10-24		Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	19	17	2		0	19	19	1		0
7	1978-10-27	@	Atlanta Flames	5	8	L	38	51	1		0	30	53	0		0
8	1978-10-28		Vancouver Canucks	5	2	W	22	22	1		0	29	16	0		0
9	1978-10-31		Colorado Rockies	8	5	W	26	12	0		0	21	10	2		0
10	1978-11-02	@	Boston Bruins	1	4	L	15	13	1		0	26	13	1		0
11	1978-11-04		Washington Capitals	4	1	W	45	11	1		1	17	9	1		0
12	1978-11-07		Minnesota North Stars	5	2	W	25	4	0		0	29	0	0		0
13	1978-11-11		Atlanta Flames	4	2	W	33	8	0		0	22	12	0		0
14	1978-11-12	@	New York Rangers	5	3	W	21	20	2		0	34	10	2		0
15	1978-11-14		Colorado Rockies	2	2	T	27	14	0		0	27	10	0		0
16	1978-11-17	@	Washington Capitals	4	2	W	31	11	1		0	28	13	0		0
17	1978-11-18		Philadelphia Flyers	8	2	W	24	16	0		0	32	16	0		0
18	1978-11-21	@	Colorado Rockies	7	1	W	38	12	1		0	24	8	0		0
19	1978-11-22	@	Minnesota North Stars	4	1	W	28	17	1		0	32	13	0		0
20	1978-11-25	@	Vancouver Canucks	5	2	W	43	19	1		1	27	25	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1978-11-29	@	Los Angeles Kings	5	5	T	38	6	1		0	32	6	1		0
22	1978-12-02	@	Colorado Rockies	5	2	W	26	4	0		0	25	4	1		0
23	1978-12-05		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	3	T	45	6	1		0	28	8	0		0
24	1978-12-07		St. Louis Blues	7	1	W	34	8	0		0	15	8	1		0
25	1978-12-09	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	2	W	31	13	0		0	29	37	0		0
26	1978-12-10	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	4	L	21	10	1		0	34	20	0		0
27	1978-12-12		Los Angeles Kings	5	5	T	32	8	0		0	25	8	3		1
28	1978-12-14		Detroit Red Wings	4	1	W	32	12	1		1	37	10	0		0
29	1978-12-16	@	St. Louis Blues	2	2	T	24	10	0		0	26	6	0		0
30	1978-12-17	@	Detroit Red Wings	3	0	W	27	11	0		0	21	9	0		0
31	1978-12-21		St. Louis Blues	5	1	W	24	6	1		0	22	4	0		0
32	1978-12-23		New York Rangers	9	4	W	36	14	3		0	31	50	0		0
33	1978-12-26		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	1	W	51	18	2		0	20	26	0		0
34	1978-12-28	@	Atlanta Flames	10	4	W	30	8	3		0	28	8	1		0
35	1978-12-30		Atlanta Flames	4	2	W	33	11	1		0	30	15	2		0
36	1979-01-02		Vancouver Canucks	9	0	W	35	6	3		0	23	8	0		0
37	1979-01-04	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	3	L	32	26	1		0	31	29	3		0
38	1979-01-06		Philadelphia Flyers	5	1	W	25	86	2		0	20	77	0		0
39	1979-01-09		Los Angeles Kings	7	1	W	42	4	0		0	30	2	0		0
40	1979-01-10	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	5	T	28	12	2		0	34	8	2		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1979-01-12	@	Atlanta Flames	4	1	W	24	13	0		0	28	11	1		0
42	1979-01-14	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	1	T	30	6	0		0	29	6	0		0
43	1979-01-16		Washington Capitals	6	2	W	26	13	2		0	31	9	1		0
44	1979-01-17	@	New York Rangers	3	5	L	25	22	0		1	39	18	1		0
45	1979-01-20		Chicago Black Hawks	4	2	W	39	10	1		0	27	14	1		0
46	1979-01-22	@	Chicago Black Hawks	2	1	W	31	15	1		0	19	11	0		0
47	1979-01-25	@	Boston Bruins	4	2	W	17	6	0		0	30	8	0		1
48	1979-01-27		New York Rangers	2	7	L	25	22	1		0	33	22	2		0
49	1979-01-30		Minnesota North Stars	4	5	L	26	10	1		0	24	6	0		0
50	1979-02-01	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	1	W	18	2	0		0	24	2	0		0
51	1979-02-03		Boston Bruins	4	4	T	22	10	2		0	33	8	2		0
52	1979-02-04	@	Chicago Black Hawks	4	5	L	31	17	1		0	37	13	2		0
53	1979-02-13		Colorado Rockies	6	1	W	28	8	0		0	27	4	1		0
54	1979-02-14	@	Buffalo Sabres	1	2	L	26	11	1		0	29	6	0		0
55	1979-02-17	@	Vancouver Canucks	5	3	W	29	11	0		0	32	9	1		0
56	1979-02-19	@	Los Angeles Kings	8	3	W	31	6	0		0	16	2	1		0
57	1979-02-22		St. Louis Blues	6	1	W	33	12	1		0	21	14	1		0
58	1979-02-24		Detroit Red Wings	3	1	W	22	15	1		0	28	9	0		0
59	1979-02-25	@	New York Rangers	2	3	L	16	26	2		0	34	21	1		0
60	1979-02-27		Montreal Canadiens	7	3	W	35	6	2		0	41	4	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1979-03-02	@	Atlanta Flames	2	3	L	17	9	0		1	35	11	1		0
62	1979-03-03		Atlanta Flames	4	2	W	45	6	1		0	24	8	0		0
63	1979-03-06		Buffalo Sabres	2	3	L	34	12	1		0	33	18	0		0
64	1979-03-07	@	St. Louis Blues	5	5	T	25	7	0		0	22	9	0		0
65	1979-03-10		Chicago Black Hawks	7	1	W	33	16	1		0	36	20	0		0
66	1979-03-11	@	Boston Bruins	4	4	T	16	19	4		0	34	32	2		0
67	1979-03-13		Boston Bruins	7	2	W	25	11	2		0	30	11	0		0
68	1979-03-15		Toronto Maple Leafs	6	2	W	23	11	1		2	33	11	1		0
69	1979-03-17		New York Rangers	5	2	W	23	19	3		0	41	15	1		0
70	1979-03-18	@	Minnesota North Stars	5	3	W	31	21	0		0	43	15	1		1
71	1979-03-22	@	Montreal Canadiens	5	3	W	30	4	0		0	33	2	1		0
72	1979-03-24		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	3	T	24	6	2		0	27	8	1		0
73	1979-03-25	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	2	T	27	15	1		0	32	11	0		0
74	1979-03-29	@	Chicago Black Hawks	1	6	L	32	6	0		0	28	6	1		0
75	1979-03-31		Buffalo Sabres	2	0	W	30	24	0		0	32	22	0		0
76	1979-04-01	@	Washington Capitals	4	6	L	36	10	2		0	34	10	3		1
77	1979-04-03		Atlanta Flames	3	2	W	31	15	0		0	25	15	1		0
78	1979-04-05	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	1	W	26	15	1		0	34	15	0		0
79	1979-04-07		Philadelphia Flyers	9	2	W	34	2	1		0	32	6	0		0
80	1979-04-08	@	New York Rangers	5	2	W	15	12	2		0	25	12	0		0

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1979-04-16		Chicago Black Hawks	6	2	W		34	15	1		0	24	15	0		0
2	1979-04-18		Chicago Black Hawks	1	0	W	OT	40	2	0		0	22	4	0		0
3	1979-04-20	@	Chicago Black Hawks	4	0	W		28	21	1		0	21	15	0		0
4	1979-04-22	@	Chicago Black Hawks	3	1	W		24	13	0		0	28	11	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
5	1979-04-26		New York Rangers	1	4	L		22	26	0		0	38	24	1		0
6	1979-04-28		New York Rangers	4	3	W	OT	37	18	0		0	37	24	1		0
7	1979-05-01	@	New York Rangers	1	3	L		17	14	0		0	32	16	0		0
8	1979-05-03	@	New York Rangers	3	2	W	OT	26	19	0		0	30	19	0		0
9	1979-05-05		New York Rangers	3	4	L		28	6	0		1	30	6	0		0
10	1979-05-08	@	New York Rangers	1	2	L		22	10	1		0	27	8	1		0

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