1973–74 New York Islanders season

The 1973–74 New York Islanders season was the second season for the New York Islanders franchise in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Islanders finished in eighth place in the East Division with a 19-41-18 record and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second straight year.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	1.	Denis Potvin	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)

Regular season

Final standings

East Division^[2]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	78	52	17	9	349	221	+128	113
2	Montreal Canadiens	78	45	24	9	293	240	+53	99
3	New York Rangers	78	40	24	14	300	251	+49	94
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	35	27	16	274	230	+44	86
5	Buffalo Sabres	78	32	34	12	242	250	−8	76
6	Detroit Red Wings	78	29	39	10	255	319	−64	68
7	Vancouver Canucks	78	24	43	11	224	296	−72	59
8	New York Islanders	78	19	41	18	182	247	−65	56

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 10, 1973	1–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	0–0–1
2	L	October 13, 1973	0–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	0–1–1
3	L	October 14, 1973	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	0–2–1
4	T	October 16, 1973	4–4	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	0–2–2
5	L	October 20, 1973	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	0–3–2
6	T	October 21, 1973	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	0–3–3
7	T	October 25, 1973	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	0–3–4
8	W	October 27, 1973	3–2	New York Rangers (1973–74)	1–3–4
9	L	October 28, 1973	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	1–4–4
10	T	November 1, 1973	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	1–4–5
11	W	November 3, 1973	6–4	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	2–4–5
12	T	November 7, 1973	1–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	2–4–6
13	T	November 10, 1973	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	2–4–7
14	L	November 11, 1973	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	2–5–7
15	L	November 14, 1973	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	2–6–7
16	L	November 17, 1973	0–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	2–7–7
17	L	November 20, 1973	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	2–8–7
18	W	November 22, 1973	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	3–8–7
19	L	November 24, 1973	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	3–9–7
20	W	November 27, 1973	4–2	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	4–9–7
21	L	December 1, 1973	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	4–10–7
22	L	December 2, 1973	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	4–11–7
23	L	December 4, 1973	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	4–12–7
24	L	December 6, 1973	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	4–13–7
25	L	December 8, 1973	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	4–14–7
26	W	December 11, 1973	6–3	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	5–14–7
27	L	December 13, 1973	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	5–15–7
28	T	December 15, 1973	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	5–15–8
29	L	December 16, 1973	0–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	5–16–8
30	T	December 18, 1973	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	5–16–9
31	W	December 22, 1973	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	6–16–9
32	T	December 23, 1973	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	6–16–10
33	L	December 26, 1973	0–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	6–17–10
34	T	December 28, 1973	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	6–17–11
35	W	December 29, 1973	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	7–17–11
36	L	January 2, 1974	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	7–18–11
37	W	January 3, 1974	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	8–18–11
38	L	January 5, 1974	2–6	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	8–19–11
39	L	January 8, 1974	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	8–20–11
40	L	January 10, 1974	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	8–21–11
41	W	January 12, 1974	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	9–21–11
42	W	January 15, 1974	4–3	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	10–21–11
43	T	January 19, 1974	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	10–21–12
44	W	January 22, 1974	4–3	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	11–21–12
45	L	January 26, 1974	0–4	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	11–22–12
46	W	January 27, 1974	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	12–22–12
47	W	January 31, 1974	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	13–22–12
48	T	February 2, 1974	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	13–22–13
49	L	February 3, 1974	2–4	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	13–23–13
50	W	February 5, 1974	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	14–23–13
51	L	February 6, 1974	0–6	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	14–24–13
52	L	February 9, 1974	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	14–25–13
53	L	February 12, 1974	1–4	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	14–26–13
54	T	February 14, 1974	2–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	14–26–14
55	L	February 16, 1974	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	14–27–14
56	W	February 19, 1974	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	15–27–14
57	L	February 24, 1974	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	15–28–14
58	T	February 26, 1974	1–1	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	15–28–15
59	L	February 28, 1974	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	15–29–15
60	L	March 2, 1974	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	15–30–15
61	L	March 3, 1974	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	15–31–15
62	L	March 5, 1974	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	15–32–15
63	L	March 9, 1974	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	15–33–15
64	L	March 10, 1974	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	15–34–15
65	L	March 12, 1974	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	15–35–15
66	L	March 14, 1974	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	15–36–15
67	L	March 16, 1974	1–3	New York Rangers (1973–74)	15–37–15
68	L	March 17, 1974	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	15–38–15
69	W	March 19, 1974	5–1	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	16–38–15
70	T	March 20, 1974	1–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	16–38–16
71	T	March 23, 1974	1–1	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	16–38–17
72	W	March 24, 1974	6–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	17–38–17
73	T	March 27, 1974	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	17–38–18
74	L	March 28, 1974	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	17–39–18
75	L	March 30, 1974	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	17–40–18
76	W	April 2, 1974	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	18–40–18
77	L	April 4, 1974	0–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	18–41–18
78	W	April 6, 1974	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	19–41–18

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	77	17	37	54	175	-16	6	0	3
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	78	23	27	50	34	-11	4	0	3
Stewart, RalphRalph Stewart	C	67	23	20	43	6	-7	2	5	2
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	68	19	23	42	28	-5	6	0	0
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	77	21	20	41	118	-17	3	0	5
Cameron, CraigCraig Cameron	RW	78	15	14	29	28	-15	2	0	2
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	D	78	5	23	28	100	-26	2	0	0
Henning, LorneLorne Henning	C	60	12	15	27	6	-7	2	0	1
Gagnon, GermainGermain Gagnon	LW	62	8	14	22	8	6	0	0	0
Spencer, BrianBrian Spencer	LW	54	5	16	21	65	-16	0	0	0
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	78	6	11	17	204	-13	0	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	66	2	15	17	58	-7	1	1	1
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	42	5	9	14	18	1	0	0	0
Hicke, ErnieErnie Hicke	LW	55	6	7	13	26	-19	2	0	1
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan	RW	55	4	9	13	16	-6	0	0	0
Hudson, DaveDave Hudson	C	63	2	10	12	7	-6	0	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	70	1	10	11	61	-17	0	0	1
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	69	1	7	8	84	5	0	0	0
Rombough, DougDoug Rombough	C	12	3	1	4	8	1	2	0	0
Cook, BobBob Cook	RW	22	2	1	3	4	3	0	0	0
Miller, TomTom Miller	C	19	2	1	3	4	-3	0	1	0
Desjardins, GerryGerry Desjardins	G	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lefley, BryanBryan Lefley	D/LW	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marchinko, BrianBrian Marchinko	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nicholson, NeilNeil Nicholson	D	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	46	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
Teal, VicVic Teal	RW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
Desjardins, GerryGerry Desjardins	1945	36	9	17	6	101	3.12
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	2615	46	9	23	12	134	3.07
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	120	2	1	1	0	6	3.00
Team:	4680	78	19	41	18	241	3.09

^[3]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

The 1973 NHL Amateur Draft was held on May 15, 1973 at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	Denis Potvin	Defence	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
33	Dave Lewis	Defence	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
49	Andre St. Laurent	Centre	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
65	Ron Kennedy	Right Wing	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
81	Keith Smith	Defence	Canada	Brown University (ECAC)
97	Don Cutts	Goaltender	Canada	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NCAA)
110	Denis Andersen	Defence	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
113	Mike Kennedy	Right Wing	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
126	Denis Desgagnes	Centre	Canada	Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)
129	Bob Lorimer	Defence	Canada	Michigan Technological University (NCAA)
^{Reference: "1973 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved January 13, 2014.}

References

↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
↑ "1973–1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1973-74 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

"1973–74 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

New York Islanders

Founded in 1972 Based in New York City, New York

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1973–74 New York Islanders season

Offseason

NHL Draft

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Draft picks

See also

References

External links