1980–81 New York Islanders season

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	48	18	14	355	260	110
Philadelphia Flyers	80	41	24	15	313	249	97
Calgary Flames	80	39	27	14	329	298	92
New York Rangers	80	30	36	14	312	317	74
Washington Capitals	80	26	36	18	286	317	70

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

1980 Pre-Season Game Log:
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Attendance	Location	Record	Recap

Regular season

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1980	5–2	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	1–0–0
2	W	October 12, 1980	2–1	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	2–0–0
3	T	October 14, 1980	5–5	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	2–0–1
4	W	October 16, 1980	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	3–0–1
5	T	October 18, 1980	5–5	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	3–0–2
6	T	October 19, 1980	3–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	3–0–3
7	L	October 21, 1980	3–6	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	3–1–3
8	L	October 23, 1980	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	3–2–3
9	L	October 25, 1980	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	3–3–3
10	L	October 26, 1980	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	3–4–3
11	W	October 28, 1980	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	4–4–3
12	L	November 1, 1980	3–7	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	4–5–3
13	W	November 4, 1980	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	5–5–3
14	W	November 6, 1980	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	6–5–3
15	W	November 8, 1980	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	7–5–3
16	T	November 11, 1980	6–6	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	7–5–4
17	W	November 12, 1980	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	8–5–4
18	W	November 15, 1980	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	9–5–4
19	W	November 17, 1980	2–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	10–5–4
20	W	November 18, 1980	7–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	11–5–4
21	W	November 20, 1980	5–0	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	12–5–4
22	W	November 22, 1980	6–4	New York Rangers (1980–81)	13–5–4
23	T	November 25, 1980	4–4	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	13–5–5
24	W	November 27, 1980	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	14–5–5
25	W	November 29, 1980	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	15–5–5
26	W	November 30, 1980	7–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	16–5–5
27	W	December 2, 1980	5–1	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	17–5–5
28	L	December 4, 1980	3–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	17–6–5
29	L	December 6, 1980	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	17–7–5
30	W	December 7, 1980	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	18–7–5
31	W	December 10, 1980	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	19–7–5
32	T	December 13, 1980	4–4	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	19–7–6
33	W	December 14, 1980	5–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	20–7–6
34	W	December 16, 1980	6–2	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	21–7–6
35	W	December 20, 1980	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	22–7–6
36	W	December 21, 1980	9–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	23–7–6
37	T	December 23, 1980	2–2	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	23–7–7
38	T	December 27, 1980	5–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	23–7–8
39	W	December 30, 1980	9–3	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	24–7–8
40	L	January 2, 1981	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	24–8–8
41	W	January 3, 1981	8–1	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	25–8–8
42	W	January 6, 1981	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	26–8–8
43	L	January 7, 1981	3–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	26–9–8
44	L	January 10, 1981	2–3	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	26–10–8
45	W	January 11, 1981	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	27–10–8
46	W	January 13, 1981	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	28–10–8
47	W	January 17, 1981	6–4	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	29–10–8
48	W	January 20, 1981	5–0	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	30–10–8
49	W	January 22, 1981	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	31–10–8
50	W	January 24, 1981	7–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	32–10–8
51	L	January 26, 1981	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	32–11–8
52	W	January 28, 1981	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	33–11–8
53	L	January 31, 1981	1–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	33–12–8
54	L	February 1, 1981	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	33–13–8
55	W	February 3, 1981	8–1	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	34–13–8
56	L	February 4, 1981	3–9	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	34–14–8
57	T	February 7, 1981	5–5	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	34–14–9
58	L	February 12, 1981	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	34–15–9
59	T	February 14, 1981	1–1	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	34–15–10
60	L	February 17, 1981	5–8	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	34–16–10
61	W	February 21, 1981	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	35–16–10
62	W	February 23, 1981	4–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	36–16–10
63	L	February 25, 1981	4–11	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	36–17–10
64	W	February 27, 1981	5–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	37–17–10
65	W	February 28, 1981	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	38–17–10
66	T	March 3, 1981	8–8	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	38–17–11
67	W	March 7, 1981	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	39–17–11
68	W	March 11, 1981	6–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	40–17–11
69	W	March 12, 1981	5–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	41–17–11
70	T	March 14, 1981	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	41–17–12
71	T	March 17, 1981	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	41–17–13
72	W	March 20, 1981	5–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	42–17–13
73	W	March 22, 1981	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	43–17–13
74	W	March 24, 1981	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	44–17–13
75	T	March 28, 1981	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	44–17–14
76	W	March 29, 1981	5–4	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	45–17–14
77	L	March 31, 1981	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	45–18–14
78	W	April 2, 1981	2–1	New York Rangers (1980–81)	46–18–14
79	W	April 4, 1981	4–1	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	47–18–14
80	W	April 5, 1981	7–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	48–18–14

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	79	68	51	119	32	37	28	2	10
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	73	31	72	103	74	49	9	2	5
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	80	33	45	78	99	26	9	0	3
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	78	35	41	76	62	34	9	7	5
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	74	20	56	76	104	38	9	0	4
Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur	RW	78	36	28	64	32	25	7	6	4
Persson, StefanStefan Persson	D	80	9	52	61	82	24	6	0	2
Goring, ButchButch Goring	C	78	23	37	60	0	4	4	1	1
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	LW	70	20	32	52	57	8	2	0	3
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	79	14	30	44	145	6	3	0	0
Tambellini, SteveSteve Tambellini	C	61	19	17	36	17	-12	2	0	4
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	71	16	15	31	30	12	1	0	2
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	70	4	15	19	174	12	0	0	0
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	23	7	11	18	26	-8	1	0	1
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	75	1	16	17	122	40	0	0	0
Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	80	2	11	13	20	19	0	0	0
Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer	D	73	1	12	13	77	45	0	0	0
Lane, GordGord Lane	D	60	3	9	12	124	-6	0	1	1
Marini, HectorHector Marini	RW	14	4	7	11	39	9	1	0	0
Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll	C	18	4	4	8	6	3	0	0	1
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	D	18	2	3	5	25	-4	2	0	1
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	3	2	2	4	0	2	0	0	1
Henning, LorneLorne Henning	C	9	1	2	3	24	4	0	0	0
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	D	13	0	3	3	10	3	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	32	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	41	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	2363	41	22	10	8	129	3.28	2
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	1817	32	18	7	5	93	3.07	3
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	620	11	8	1	1	32	3.10	0
Team:	4800	80	48	18	14	254	3.17	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	18	17	18	35	4	9	0	3
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	18	11	18	29	34	4	2	1
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	18	8	17	25	16	6	1	2
Goring, ButchButch Goring	C	18	10	10	20	6	4	2	2
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	18	6	12	18	8	0	0	1
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	18	6	9	15	28	3	0	0
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	D	17	6	8	14	6	4	0	0
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	LW	16	5	8	13	16	0	0	2
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	18	6	6	12	20	0	0	1
Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll	C	18	3	9	12	4	0	1	1
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	14	4	6	10	19	1	1	1
Marini, HectorHector Marini	RW	9	3	6	9	14	0	0	0
Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur	RW	12	4	3	7	10	0	2	0
Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	18	3	4	7	8	0	0	1
Lane, GordGord Lane	D	12	1	5	6	32	0	0	0
Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer	D	18	1	4	5	27	0	0	0
Persson, StefanStefan Persson	D	7	0	5	5	6	0	0	0
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	12	3	1	4	10	0	0	0
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	18	0	3	3	25	0	0	0
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	8	0	2	2	15	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	17	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Henning, LorneLorne Henning	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	994	17	14	3	42	2.54
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	92	3	1	0	6	3.91
Team:	1086	18	15	3	48	2.65

^[2]

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;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

New York Islanders vs. Minnesota North Stars

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
May 12	Minnesota	3	New York	6
May 14	Minnesota	3	New York	6
May 17	New York	7	Minnesota	5
May 19	New York	2	Minnesota	4
May 21	Minnesota	1	New York	5

New York wins the series 4–1.

1981 New York Islanders Stanley Cup Champions

Gord Lane, Jean Potvin, Bob Lorimer, Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson, Mike McEwen, Ken Morrow, Dave Langevin, Duane Sutter, Garry Howatt, Clark Gillies, Lorne Henning, Hector Marini, Wayne Merrick, Bob Bourne, Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, Bob Nystrom, John Tonelli, Anders Kallur, Butch Goring, Billy Carroll, Roland Melanson, Billy Smith, Al Arbour (coach), Bill Torrey (general manager), Ron Waske, Jim Pickard (trainers)

Awards and records

Butch Goring, Conn Smythe Trophy

References

Islanders on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1980-81 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

Preceded by New York Islanders 1980	New York Islanders Stanley Cup Champions 1981	Succeeded by New York Islanders 1982

New York Islanders seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Islanders

Founded in 1972 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Team General managers Head coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Records Award winners Seasons Current season

Arenas	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Barclays Center Islanders Iceworks (practice facility)

Personnel	Owner Charles Wang General manager Garth Snow Head coach Jack Capuano Team captain John Tavares Current roster

General managers	Torrey Maloney Milbury Smith Snow

Head coaches	Goyette Ingarfield Arbour Simpson Henning Milbury Bowness Stewart Goring Laviolette Stirling Shaw Nolan Gordon Capuano

Affiliates	AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers ECHL Missouri Mavericks

Retired numbers	5 9 19 22 23 31

Stanley Cup Finals	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Culture and lore	The Trio Grande Easter Epic Penguins–Islanders brawl The Lighthouse Project Hockey Night Live! 2014 NHL Stadium Series

Media	TV MSG MSG Plus Radio WRHU 88.7 FM Broadcasters Howie Rose Butch Goring

1980–81 NHL season

Patrick	Calgary NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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