1980-81 New York Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 48-18-14 - 110 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 15-3
Won Stanley Cup
Preliminary - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-2
Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-0
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Minnesota North Stars 4-1
Coach: Al Arbour (48-18-14)
Location: New York, New York
1980-81 New York Islanders Results
The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 48 wins and 18 losses and 14 ties for 110 points, finishing first in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 15-3.
The Islanders paced the league with 355 goals. New York allowed 260 goals. Mike Bossy scored 68 goals for the squad, while Bryan Trottier, Bob Bourne, Clark Gillies and Anders Kallur each tallied 30 or more as well. Bryan Trottier accounted for 72 assists. Billy Smith topped the team with 22 wins, plus Glenn Resch added 15 or more wins, too. Glenn Resch recorded a 3.07 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Al Arbour coached the team. The 1980-81 New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bossy | R | 79 | 68 | 51 | 119 | 32 | 37 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 315 | 21.6 |
| Bryan Trottier | C | 73 | 31 | 72 | 103 | 74 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 156 | 19.9 |
| Clark Gillies | L | 80 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 99 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 188 | 17.6 |
| Bob Bourne | C | 78 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 62 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 195 | 17.9 |
| Denis Potvin | D | 74 | 20 | 56 | 76 | 104 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 206 | 9.7 |
| Anders Kallur | R | 78 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 163 | 22.1 |
| Stefan Persson | D | 80 | 9 | 52 | 61 | 82 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 7.5 |
| Butch Goring | C | 78 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 152 | 15.1 |
| John Tonelli | L | 70 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 114 | 17.5 |
| Bob Nystrom | R | 79 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 145 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 8.7 |
| Steve Tambellini | C | 61 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 17 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 112 | 17.0 |
| Wayne Merrick | C | 71 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 18.0 |
| Garry Howatt | L | 70 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 174 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Duane Sutter | R | 23 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 14.6 |
| Dave Langevin | D | 75 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 122 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1.5 |
| Ken Morrow | D | 80 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 |
| Bob Lorimer | D | 73 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1.5 |
| Gord Lane | D | 60 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 124 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 5.6 |
| Hector Marini | R | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 44.4 |
| Billy Carroll | C | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Jean Potvin | D | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Brent Sutter | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Lorne Henning | C | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Glenn Resch | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Smith | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Melanson | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1441 | 355 | 572 | 927 | 1418 | 370 | 93 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 2417 | 14.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | 41 | 2363 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 129 | 3.28 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Resch | 32 | 1817 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 3.07 | 0 | ||
| Roland Melanson | 11 | 620 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.10 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 84 | 4800 | 48 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 254 | 3.18 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bossy | R | 18 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Trottier | C | 18 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clark Gillies | L | 18 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bourne | C | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Denis Potvin | D | 18 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anders Kallur | R | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stefan Persson | D | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Goring | C | 18 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Tonelli | L | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Nystrom | R | 18 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Merrick | C | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Garry Howatt | L | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Sutter | R | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Langevin | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Morrow | D | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lorimer | D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Lane | D | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Marini | R | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Carroll | C | 18 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lorne Henning | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McEwen | D | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Smith | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roland Melanson | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 326 | 97 | 155 | 252 | 310 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | 17 | 994 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2.54 | 0 | ||
| Roland Melanson | 3 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.91 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 1086 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2.65 | 0 |
