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1979-80 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics

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Record: 39-28-13 (91 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Al Arbour (39-28-13)

Captain: Denis Potvin

Primary Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1979-80 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 281 (12th of 21), Goals Against: 247 (4th of 21)
SRS: 0.41 (6th of 21), SOS: -0.02 (16th of 21)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Final (4-2) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) over Buffalo Sabres
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Boston Bruins
Won Preliminary Round (3-1) over Los Angeles Kings

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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	39	28	13	91	.569	281	247	0.41	-0.02	3.51	3.09	62	265	23.40	71	317	77.60	7	4	2217	12.7	2396	.897		5
League Average	80	33	33	14	80	.500	281	281					61	280	21.83	61	280	78.17	6	6	2352	12.0	2352	.880		3

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	Summary
22	Mike Bossy	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	186	R/-	2	January 22, 1957	51 G, 41 A, 92 P
14	Bob Bourne	ca CA	C	25	6-3	200	L/-	5	June 21, 1954	15 G, 25 A, 40 P
30	Richard Brodeur	ca CA	G	27	5-7	160	-/L	R	September 15, 1952	1-0-0, 4.50 GAA
9	Clark Gillies	ca CA	LW	25	6-3	215	L/-	5	April 7, 1954	19 G, 35 A, 54 P
21	Butch Goring	ca CA	C	30	5-9	170	L/-	10	October 22, 1949	6 G, 5 A, 11 P
15	Billy Harris	ca CA	RW	28	6-2	195	L/-	7	January 29, 1952	15 G, 15 A, 30 P
10	Lorne Henning	ca CA	C	27	5-11	185	L/-	7	February 22, 1952	3 G, 6 A, 9 P
2	Mike Hordy	ca CA	D	23	5-10	180	R/-	1	October 10, 1956	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
8	Garry Howatt	ca CA	LW	27	5-9	175	L/-	7	September 26, 1952	8 G, 11 A, 19 P
6	Randy Johnston	ca CA	D	21	6-0	190	L/-	R	June 2, 1958	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
28	Anders Kallur	se SE	RW	27	5-11	185	L/-	R	July 6, 1952	22 G, 30 A, 52 P
21	Mike Kaszycki	ca CA	C	23	5-9	190	L/-	2	February 27, 1956	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
24	Gord Lane	ca CA	D	26	6-1	190	L/-	4	March 31, 1953	2 G, 14 A, 16 P
26	Dave Langevin	us US	D	25	6-2	200	L/-	R	May 15, 1954	3 G, 13 A, 16 P
25	Dave Lewis	ca CA	D	26	6-2	205	L/-	6	July 3, 1953	5 G, 16 A, 21 P
4	Bob Lorimer	ca CA	D	26	6-1	200	R/-	3	August 25, 1953	3 G, 16 A, 19 P
17	Garth MacGuigan	ca CA	C	23	6-0	190	L/-	R	February 16, 1956	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
18	Alex McKendry	ca CA	LW	23	6-4	200	L/-	2	November 21, 1956	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
11	Wayne Merrick	ca CA	C	27	6-1	195	L/-	7	April 23, 1952	13 G, 22 A, 35 P
6	Ken Morrow	us US	D	23	6-4	210	R/-	R	October 17, 1956	0 G, 3 A, 3 P
23	Bob Nystrom	se SE	RW	27	6-1	200	R/-	7	October 10, 1952	21 G, 18 A, 39 P
7	Stefan Persson	se SE	D	25	6-1	189	L/-	2	December 22, 1954	4 G, 35 A, 39 P
5	Denis Potvin (C)	ca CA	D	26	6-0	205	L/-	6	October 29, 1953	8 G, 33 A, 41 P
3	Jean Potvin	ca CA	D	30	5-11	188	R/-	9	March 25, 1949	2 G, 13 A, 15 P
1	Glenn Resch	ca CA	G	31	5-9	165	-/L	6	July 10, 1948	23-14-6, 3.05 GAA
31	Billy Smith	ca CA	G	29	5-10	185	-/L	8	December 12, 1950	15-14-7, 2.96 GAA
12	Duane Sutter	ca CA	RW	19	6-1	185	R/-	R	March 16, 1960	15 G, 9 A, 24 P
16	Steve Tambellini	ca CA	C	21	6-0	190	L/-	1	May 14, 1958	5 G, 8 A, 13 P
27	John Tonelli	ca CA	LW	22	6-1	200	L/-	1	March 23, 1957	14 G, 30 A, 44 P
19	Bryan Trottier	ca CA	C	23	5-11	195	L/-	4	July 17, 1956	42 G, 62 A, 104 P
20	Yvon Vautour	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	200	R/-	R	September 10, 1956	3 G, 1 A, 4 P

Standard Stats

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Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Bryan Trottier	23	C	78	42	62	104	31	68	27	15	0	7	47	15	0	186	22.6			ASG,ASnhl-4
2	Mike Bossy	23	RW	75	51	41	92	28	12	36	15	0	8	25	16	0	246	20.7			ASG,ASnhl-3,Byng-5
3	Clark Gillies	25	LW	73	19	35	54	29	49	12	7	0	5	23	12	0	175	10.9			ASnhl-12
4	Anders Kallur	27	RW	76	22	30	52	12	16	13	5	4	2	22	8	0	138	15.9
5	John Tonelli	22	LW	77	14	30	44	8	49	11	3	0	2	27	3	0	103	13.6
6	Denis Potvin	26	D	31	8	33	41	13	44	4	4	0	0	21	10	2	98	8.2			ASnhl-7,Hart-9
7	Bob Bourne	25	C	73	15	25	40	5	52	12	3	0	1	16	9	0	155	9.7
8	Stefan Persson	25	D	73	4	35	39	13	76	2	2	0	0	13	22	0	91	4.4
9	Bob Nystrom	27	RW	67	21	18	39	4	94	19	2	0	4	17	1	0	146	14.4
10	Wayne Merrick	27	C	70	13	22	35	12	16	11	2	0	4	20	2	0	111	11.7
11	Billy Harris	28	RW	67	15	15	30	1	37	12	2	1	1	12	3	0	91	16.5
12	Duane Sutter	19	RW	56	15	9	24	5	55	15	0	0	1	7	2	0	75	20.0
13	Dave Lewis	26	D	62	5	16	21	10	54	5	0	0	0	16	0	0	66	7.6
14	Bob Lorimer	26	D	74	3	16	19	30	53	3	0	0	1	15	1	0	98	3.1
15	Garry Howatt	27	LW	77	8	11	19	-3	219	8	0	0	1	11	0	0	62	12.9
16	Gord Lane	26	D	55	2	14	16	10	152	2	0	0	1	13	0	1	60	3.3
17	Dave Langevin	25	D	76	3	13	16	11	109	2	0	1	0	13	0	0	82	3.7
18	Jean Potvin	30	D	32	2	13	15	-11	26	0	2	0	0	7	6	0	48	4.2
19	Steve Tambellini	21	C	45	5	8	13	0	4	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	63	7.9
20	Butch Goring	30	C	12	6	5	11	7	2	5	0	1	0	3	2	0	20	30.0			ASG
21	Lorne Henning	27	C	39	3	6	9	-10	6	3	0	0	0	4	0	2	45	6.7
22	Mike Kaszycki	23	C	16	1	4	5	3	15	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	13	7.7
23	Yvon Vautour	23	RW	17	3	1	4	-6	24	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	16	18.8
24	Glenn Resch	31	G	45	0	3	3	0	4				0	3			0		2599:25		ASnhl-8
25	Ken Morrow	23	D	18	0	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	0.0
26	Billy Smith	29	G	38	1	0	1	0	39				0	0			0		2109:08
27	Mike Hordy	23	D	9	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
28	Randy Johnston	21	D	4	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
29	Alex McKendry	23	LW	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Richard Brodeur	27	G	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		80:00
31	Garth MacGuigan	23	C	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
	Team Totals			80	281	468	749	203	1302	211	62	7	39	350	113	5	2218	12.7	4788:33

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Bryan Trottier	23	C	21	12	17	29	8	16	6	4	2	2	8	8	1	53	22.6			Smythe-1
2	Mike Bossy	23	RW	16	10	13	23	-4	8	4	6	0	1	4	9	0	55	18.2
3	Bob Bourne	25	C	21	10	10	20	2	10	3	5	2	1	6	3	1	59	16.9
4	Butch Goring	30	C	21	7	12	19	8	2	6	1	0	0	10	1	1	43	16.3
5	Denis Potvin	26	D	21	6	13	19	10	24	2	4	0	1	5	6	2	85	7.1
6	Bob Nystrom	27	RW	20	9	9	18	-3	50	9	0	0	3	5	4	0	59	15.3
7	Clark Gillies	25	LW	21	6	10	16	6	63	5	1	0	2	6	4	0	41	14.6
8	John Tonelli	22	LW	21	7	9	16	-3	18	7	0	0	0	8	1	0	39	17.9
9	Stefan Persson	25	D	21	5	10	15	1	16	1	4	0	0	6	4	0	27	18.5
10	Duane Sutter	19	RW	21	3	7	10	5	74	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	33	9.1
11	Lorne Henning	27	C	21	3	4	7	5	2	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	10	30.0
12	Wayne Merrick	27	C	21	2	4	6	-9	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	47	4.3
13	Alex McKendry	23	W	6	2	2	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	33.3
14	Bob Lorimer	26	D	21	1	3	4	12	41	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	25	4.0
15	Gord Lane	26	D	21	1	3	4	2	85	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	22	4.5
16	Garry Howatt	27	LW	21	3	1	4	8	84	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	19	15.8
17	Ken Morrow	23	D	20	1	2	3	-3	12	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	24	4.2
18	Dave Langevin	25	D	21	0	3	3	3	32	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	0.0
19	Glenn Resch	31	G	4	0	0	0		0				0	0			0		117:42
20	Billy Smith	29	G	20	0	0	0		11				0	0			0		1198:42
	Team Totals			21	88	132	220	49	550	56	25	7	15	85	42	5	660	13.3	1316:24

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Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Glenn Resch	31	45	23	14	6	132	1334	1202	.901	3.05	3	2599:25	84	24.7	2.65	8.5	0	3	3	4	ASnhl-8
2	Billy Smith	29	38	15	14	7	104	1022	918	.898	2.96	2	2109:08	87	16.1	2.56	7.2	1	0	1	39
3	Richard Brodeur	27	2	1	0	0	6	35	29	.829	4.50	0	80:00	146	-1.9	3.75	0.1	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		80	39	28	13	242	2391	2149	.899	3.03	5	4788:33	86	38.9	2.63	15.8	1	3	4	43

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Billy Smith	29	20	15	4	0	54	559	505	.903	2.70	1	1198:42	82	11.7	0	0	0	11
2	Glenn Resch	31	4	0	2	0	11	56	45	.804	5.61	0	117:42	167	-4.4	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		21	15	6	0	65	615	550	.894	2.96	1	1316:24	90	7.3	0	0	0	11

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Bryan Trottier	23	C	78	35	53	88	33.6	139	46	74	12	31	8.1	1.8	10.0	ASG,ASnhl-4
2	Mike Bossy	23	RW	75	43	35	78	33.0	126	47	51	0	28	8.0	1.7	9.7	ASG,ASnhl-3,Byng-5
3	Clark Gillies	25	LW	73	16	30	46	16.9	101	33	39	0	29	2.7	1.7	4.4	ASnhl-12
4	Anders Kallur	27	RW	76	18	26	44	16.9	85	31	70	28	12	2.6	1.3	3.9
5	John Tonelli	22	LW	77	12	26	38	13.6	68	10	52	2	8	1.3	1.2	2.5
6	Denis Potvin	26	D	31	7	28	35	11.5	72	26	48	15	13	3.2	2.4	5.6	ASnhl-7,Hart-9
7	Bob Bourne	25	C	73	12	21	33	12.3	67	22	75	35	5	1.3	1.0	2.3
8	Stefan Persson	25	D	73	3	30	33	9.8	101	47	50	9	13	1.8	4.7	6.5
9	Bob Nystrom	27	RW	67	17	15	32	13.4	52	6	42	0	4	1.9	0.9	2.8
10	Wayne Merrick	27	C	70	11	19	30	11.2	49	5	32	0	12	0.8	1.2	2.0
11	Billy Harris	28	RW	67	12	13	25	10.1	46	6	57	18	1	0.7	0.8	1.6
12	Duane Sutter	19	RW	56	12	8	20	8.7	32	2	25	0	5	0.7	0.8	1.5
13	Dave Lewis	26	D	62	4	14	18	6.0	65	2	91	38	10	0.7	3.9	4.6
14	Bob Lorimer	26	D	74	2	14	16	4.9	89	3	92	36	30	0.1	5.7	5.9
15	Garry Howatt	27	LW	77	7	9	16	6.3	32	1	47	13	-3	-1.1	0.8	-0.2
16	Dave Langevin	25	D	76	2	11	13	4.1	74	1	76	14	11	-0.1	4.7	4.6
17	Gord Lane	26	D	55	2	12	14	4.4	56	1	57	12	10	0.2	3.5	3.8
18	Jean Potvin	30	D	32	2	11	13	4.1	37	10	49	11	-11	0.6	1.1	1.7
19	Steve Tambellini	21	C	45	4	7	11	4.1	21	1	20	0	0	-0.5	0.5	0.1
20	Butch Goring	30	C	12	5	4	9	3.8	16	3	9	3	7	0.8	0.3	1.2	ASG
21	Lorne Henning	27	C	39	2	5	7	2.5	11	0	44	23	-10	-0.7	0.2	-0.5
22	Mike Kaszycki	23	C	16	1	3	4	1.4	13	3	7	0	3	-0.2	0.3	0.1
23	Yvon Vautour	23	RW	17	2	1	3	1.4	5	0	12	1	-6	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
24	Ken Morrow	23	D	18	0	3	3	0.8	20	0	22	6	4	-0.1	1.2	1.1
25	Garth MacGuigan	23	C	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
26	Alex McKendry	23	LW	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
27	Randy Johnston	21	D	4	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	4	0	-2	-0.1	0.1	0.0
28	Mike Hordy	23	D	9	0	0	0	0.0	7	0	9	1	-1	-0.2	0.4	0.2

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