1978-79 New York Islanders Schedule and Results

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

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1979-04-16		Chicago Black Hawks	6	2	W		1	0	W 1
2	1979-04-18		Chicago Black Hawks	1	0	W	OT	2	0	W 2
3	1979-04-20	@	Chicago Black Hawks	4	0	W		3	0	W 3
4	1979-04-22	@	Chicago Black Hawks	3	1	W		4	0	W 4
5	1979-04-26		New York Rangers	1	4	L		4	1	L 1
6	1979-04-28		New York Rangers	4	3	W	OT	5	1	W 1
7	1979-05-01	@	New York Rangers	1	3	L		5	2	L 1
8	1979-05-03	@	New York Rangers	3	2	W	OT	6	2	W 1
9	1979-05-05		New York Rangers	3	4	L		6	3	L 1
10	1979-05-08	@	New York Rangers	1	2	L		6	4	L 2

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