New York Islanders 1978 - 79 Season Review

New York Islanders 1978 - 79 Season Review

New York Islanders 1978 - 79 Season

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New York Islanders 1978 - 79 Regular Season

Team	Games	Wins	Loses	Ties	Points	Goals For	Goals Against
New York Islanders	80	51	15	14	116	358	214

Finished first (1st) in the league of the Campbell Conference

New York Islanders 1978 - 79 Playoffs

Team	Games	Wins	Loses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
New York Islanders	10	6	4	0	27	21

Lost Semi Final

New York Islanders 1978 - 79 Scoring

Name	Position	Games	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG
Bryan Trottier	C	76	47	87	134	50	76	15	0	0
Mike Bossy	R	80	69	57	126	25	63	27	0	0
Denis Potvin	D	73	31	70	101	58	71	12	0	3
Clark Gillies	L	75	35	56	91	68	57	11	0	0
Stefan Persson	D	78	10	56	66	57	38	6	0	0
Bob Bourne	C	80	30	31	61	48	34	4	0	1
John Tonelli	L	73	17	39	56	44	29	1	0	0
Billy Harris	R	80	15	39	54	18	26	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick	C	75	20	21	41	24	13	2	0	0
Bob Nystrom	R	78	19	20	39	113	19	1	0	0
Mike Kaszycki	C	71	16	18	34	37	7	2	0	0
Lorne Henning	C	73	13	20	33	14	17	0	0	2
Garry Howatt	L	75	16	12	28	205	6	0	0	0
Dave Lewis	D	79	5	18	23	43	43	0	0	0
Bob Lorimer	D	67	3	18	21	42	27	0	0	0
Ed Westfall	R	55	5	11	16	4	0	0	0	1
Gerry Hart	D	50	2	14	16	78	30	0	0	0
Pat Price	D	55	3	11	14	50	18	0	0	0
Bert Marshall	D	45	1	8	9	29	9	0	0	0
Richie Hansen	C	12	1	6	7	4	9	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	40	0	2	2	54	0	0	0	0
Glenn Resch	G	43	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Steve Tambellini	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Mike Hordy	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hector Marini	R	1	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Alex McKendry	L	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

New York Islanders 1978 - 79 Goaltending

Name	Games	Min	W	L	T	GA	Empty Net	SH
Glenn Resch	43	2539	26	7	10	106	0	2
Billy Smith	40	2261	25	8	4	108	0	1

Individual Post Season Scoring Statistics

Name	Position	Games	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG
Mike Bossy	R	10	6	2	8	2	0	2	0	0
Bob Bourne	C	10	1	3	4	6	0	0	0	0
Clark Gillies	L	10	1	2	3	11	0	0	0	0
Richie Hansen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Harris	R	10	2	1	3	10	0	1	0	0
Gerry Hart	D	9	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0
Lorne Henning	C	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Hordy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garry Howatt	L	9	0	1	1	18	0	0	0	0
Mike Kaszycki	C	10	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	0
Dave Lewis	D	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Lorimer	D	10	1	3	4	15	0	0	0	0
Hector Marini	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Marshall	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex McKendry	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick	C	10	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Nystrom	R	10	3	2	5	4	0	0	0	0
Stefan Persson	D	10	0	4	4	8	0	0	0	0
Denis Potvin	D	10	4	7	11	8	0	0	0	0
Pat Price	D	7	0	1	1	25	0	0	0	0
Glenn Resch	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Steve Tambellini	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Tonelli	L	10	1	6	7	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Trottier	C	10	2	4	6	13	0	0	0	0
Ed Westfall	R	6	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0

Post Season Goaltending Statistics

Name	Games	Min	W	L	T	GA	Empty Net	SH
Glenn Resch	5	300	2	3	0	11	0	1
Billy Smith	5	315	4	1	0	10	0	1