1984–85 New York Islanders season

1984–85 New York Islanders
Division 3rd Patrick
Conference 6th Wales
1984–85 record
Team information
General Manager Bill Torrey
Coach Al Arbour
Captain Denis Potvin
Alternate captains None
Arena Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
<1983–84 1985–86>

The 1984–85 New York Islanders season was the 13th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Main article: 1984 NHL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team

Regular season

Season Standings

Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
Philadelphia Flyers 80 53 20 7 348 241 113
Washington Capitals 80 46 25 9 322 240 101
New York Islanders 80 40 34 6 345 312 86
New York Rangers 80 26 44 10 295 345 62
New Jersey Devils 80 22 48 10 264 346 54
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 24 51 5 276 385 53

[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

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 12, 19842–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 0–1–0
2WOctober 13, 19847–6 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 1–1–0
3WOctober 16, 19846–4 New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 2–1–0
4WOctober 17, 19846–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 3–1–0
5WOctober 20, 19848–3 Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 4–1–0
6LOctober 21, 19845–6 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 4–2–0
7WOctober 23, 19846–5 Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 5–2–0
8LOctober 27, 19843–8 Boston Bruins (1984–85) 5–3–0
9WOctober 30, 19847–3 New York Rangers (1984–85) 6–3–0
10LNovember 1, 19845–6 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 6–4–0
11LNovember 3, 19844–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 6–5–0
12LNovember 4, 19842–6 @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) 6–6–0
13WNovember 6, 19846–3 St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 7–6–0
14LNovember 9, 19844–5 OT @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 7–7–0
15WNovember 10, 19845–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 8–7–0
16WNovember 15, 19846–1 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 9–7–0
17WNovember 17, 198410–4 New York Rangers (1984–85) 10–7–0
18TNovember 18, 19843–3 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 10–7–1
19WNovember 20, 19845–3 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 11–7–1
20WNovember 23, 19845–1 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 12–7–1
21WNovember 24, 19846–3 Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 13–7–1
22LNovember 28, 19842–5 @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 13–8–1
23WNovember 30, 19845–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 14–8–1
24WDecember 3, 19845–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 15–8–1
25LDecember 5, 19844–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 15–9–1
26LDecember 8, 19843–4 OT Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 15–10–1
27LDecember 11, 19845–7 New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 15–11–1
28LDecember 12, 19843–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 15–12–1
29WDecember 15, 19846–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 16–12–1
30WDecember 18, 19847–4 Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 17–12–1
31WDecember 21, 19841–0 @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 18–12–1
32WDecember 22, 19845–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 19–12–1
33LDecember 26, 19845–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 19–13–1
34LDecember 27, 19844–5 OT Washington Capitals (1984–85) 19–14–1
35WDecember 29, 19845–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 20–14–1
36LDecember 31, 19843–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 20–15–1
37WJanuary 2, 19857–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 21–15–1
38LJanuary 5, 19853–7 Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 21–16–1
39WJanuary 8, 19853–1 Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 22–16–1
40WJanuary 10, 19853–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 23–16–1
41WJanuary 12, 19855–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 24–16–1
42WJanuary 13, 19856–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 25–16–1
43LJanuary 15, 19855–6 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 25–17–1
44TJanuary 16, 19853–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 25–17–2
45LJanuary 19, 19855–6 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 25–18–2
46LJanuary 22, 19854–5 Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 25–19–2
47WJanuary 24, 19854–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 26–19–2
48LJanuary 26, 19851–5 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 26–20–2
49LJanuary 27, 19852–5 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 26–21–2
50TJanuary 29, 19854–4 OT Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 26–21–3
51LFebruary 1, 19852–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 26–22–3
52WFebruary 2, 19854–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 27–22–3
53WFebruary 5, 19857–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 28–22–3
54WFebruary 7, 19857–5 New York Rangers (1984–85) 29–22–3
55WFebruary 9, 19854–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 30–22–3
56TFebruary 16, 19854–4 OT Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 30–22–4
57LFebruary 17, 19853–9 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 30–23–4
58WFebruary 19, 19858–4 Calgary Flames (1984–85) 31–23–4
59LFebruary 21, 19852–3 Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 31–24–4
60WFebruary 23, 19857–1 Boston Bruins (1984–85) 32–24–4
61LFebruary 24, 19853–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 32–25–4
62LFebruary 27, 19851–3 @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 32–26–4
63LMarch 2, 19852–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 32–27–4
64WMarch 3, 19853–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 33–27–4
65LMarch 5, 19854–5 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 33–28–4
66TMarch 7, 19854–4 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 33–28–5
67WMarch 9, 19854–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 34–28–5
68WMarch 12, 19856–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 35–28–5
69WMarch 13, 19854–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 36–28–5
70WMarch 16, 19856–4 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 37–28–5
71LMarch 17, 19853–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 37–29–5
72WMarch 19, 19853–2 Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 38–29–5
73LMarch 21, 19851–5 Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 38–30–5
74WMarch 24, 19855–2 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 39–30–5
75LMarch 26, 19855–7 Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 39–31–5
76LMarch 28, 19852–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 39–32–5
77LMarch 30, 19853–4 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 39–33–5
78WApril 2, 19854–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 40–33–5
79LApril 4, 19850–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 40–34–5
80TApril 6, 19855–5 OT New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 40–34–6

Playoffs

Round 1 (3) New York Islanders vs (2) Washington Capitals

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 10 NY Islanders 3 – 4 Washington OT 0 – 1
2 April 11 NY Islanders 1 –2 Washington 2OT 0 – 2
3 April 13 Washington 1 – 2 NY Islanders 1 - 2
4 April 14 Washington 4 – 6 NY Islanders 2 - 2
5 April 16 NY Islanders 2 – 1 Washington 3 - 2

New York Wins Series 3-2

Round 2 (3) New York Islanders vs (1) Philadelphia Flyers

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 18 NY Islanders 0 – 3 Philadeplhia 0 – 1
2 April 21 NY Islanders 2 – 5 Philadeplhia 0 – 2
3 April 23 Philadeplhia 5 – 3 NY Islanders 0 – 3
4 April 25 Philadeplhia 2 – 6 NY Islanders 1 – 3
5 April 28 NY Islanders 0 – 1 Philadeplhia 1 – 4

Philadelphia Wins Series 4-1

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 76 58 59 117 38371447
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 72 42 60 102 51421204
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 80 42 58 100 9550813
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 77 17 51 68 9636601
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 68 28 31 59 475453
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 67 19 35 54 329101
Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 78 20 31 51 106-8204
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson D 69 16 34 50 58-1804
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 78 17 24 41 174-12101
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 58 13 25 38 36-4202
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 78 12 23 35 900213
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 54 15 17 32 730502
Persson, StefanStefan Persson D 54 3 19 22 308300
Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 44 8 12 20 51-8101
Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur RW 51 10 8 18 26-9022
Dineen, GordGord Dineen D 48 1 12 13 8910000
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin D 56 0 13 13 35-6000
Kortko, RogerRoger Kortko C 27 2 9 11 9-3100
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck D 65 2 8 10 802000
Lane, GordGord Lane D 57 1 8 9 8310000
Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 15 1 7 8 145000
Goring, ButchButch Goring C 29 2 5 7 2-11010
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 36 2 5 7 586000
Hallin, MatsMats Hallin LW 38 5 0 5 50-7001
Howson, ScottScott Howson C 8 4 1 5 24100
Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr RW 19 3 1 4 24-7000
Henry, DaleDale Henry LW 16 2 1 3 191001
Handy, RonRon Handy LW 10 0 2 2 0-1000
Leiter, KenKen Leiter D 5 0 2 2 20000
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 41 0 1 1 170000
Hamway, MarkMark Hamway RW 2 0 0 0 00000
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson G 8 0 0 0 00000
Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 37 0 0 0 250000
Smith, VernVern Smith D 1 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 2335 41 19 17 3 141 3.62 2
Smith, BillyBilly Smith 2090 37 18 14 3 133 3.82 0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson 425 8 3 3 0 35 4.94 0
Team: 4850 80 40 34 6 309 3.82 2
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 10 5 6 11 41200
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 10 1 8 9 101000
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 10 4 2 6 80101
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 10 3 3 6 14-4102
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 10 3 2 5 100101
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 10 2 2 4 291000
Persson, StefanStefan Persson D 10 0 4 4 45000
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson D 7 1 2 3 102100
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 9 1 2 3 4-3000
Kortko, RogerRoger Kortko C 10 0 3 3 170000
Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur RW 10 2 0 2 00000
Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 10 0 2 2 6-2000
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 10 0 2 2 160000
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 10 0 2 2 47-5000
Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 4 1 0 1 6-2000
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 10 1 0 1 90000
Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr RW 4 1 0 1 40100
Dineen, GordGord Dineen D 10 0 0 0 26-7000
Hallin, MatsMats Hallin LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 5 0 0 0 00000
Lane, GordGord Lane D 1 0 0 0 2-3000
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin D 4 0 0 0 4-1000
Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 10 0 0 0 17-3000
Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 6 0 0 0 60000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Smith, BillyBilly Smith 342 6 3 3 19 3.33 0
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 281 5 1 3 8 1.71 0
Team: 623 10 4 6 27 2.60 0

[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;

References

  1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. "1984-85 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
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