1977–78 New York Islanders season

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 13, 1977	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	0–1–0
2	W	October 15, 1977	3–1	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	1–1–0
3	L	October 16, 1977	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	1–2–0
4	T	October 18, 1977	0–0	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	1–2–1
5	T	October 21, 1977	3–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	1–2–2
6	W	October 22, 1977	7–2	New York Rangers (1977–78)	2–2–2
7	T	October 26, 1977	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	2–2–3
8	W	October 27, 1977	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	3–2–3
9	W	October 29, 1977	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	4–2–3
10	W	November 1, 1977	9–0	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	5–2–3
11	L	November 2, 1977	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	5–3–3
12	W	November 5, 1977	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	6–3–3
13	L	November 6, 1977	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78)	6–4–3
14	L	November 10, 1977	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	6–5–3
15	T	November 12, 1977	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	6–5–4
16	W	November 13, 1977	6–0	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78)	7–5–4
17	T	November 15, 1977	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	7–5–5
18	T	November 17, 1977	4–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	7–5–6
19	W	November 19, 1977	9–2	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	8–5–6
20	W	November 22, 1977	4–2	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	9–5–6
21	W	November 23, 1977	9–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	10–5–6
22	L	November 26, 1977	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	10–6–6
23	W	November 27, 1977	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	11–6–6
24	T	November 30, 1977	3–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	11–6–7
25	W	December 3, 1977	7–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	12–6–7
26	W	December 6, 1977	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	13–6–7
27	W	December 7, 1977	4–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	14–6–7
28	W	December 10, 1977	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	15–6–7
29	T	December 13, 1977	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	15–6–8
30	L	December 14, 1977	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	15–7–8
31	W	December 17, 1977	4–1	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	16–7–8
32	W	December 20, 1977	9–1	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	17–7–8
33	W	December 22, 1977	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	18–7–8
34	L	December 23, 1977	5–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	18–8–8
35	W	December 27, 1977	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	19–8–8
36	W	December 28, 1977	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	20–8–8
37	L	December 31, 1977	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	20–9–8
38	W	January 3, 1978	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	21–9–8
39	W	January 7, 1978	5–3	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	22–9–8
40	W	January 10, 1978	7–4	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	23–9–8
41	L	January 11, 1978	3–5	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	23–10–8
42	W	January 14, 1978	4–0	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78)	24–10–8
43	W	January 18, 1978	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	25–10–8
44	W	January 19, 1978	3–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	26–10–8
45	W	January 21, 1978	6–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	27–10–8
46	W	January 26, 1978	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	28–10–8
47	W	January 28, 1978	6–2	New York Rangers (1977–78)	29–10–8
48	L	January 30, 1978	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	29–11–8
49	W	February 1, 1978	7–6	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	30–11–8
50	W	February 2, 1978	5–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	31–11–8
51	W	February 4, 1978	6–1	Washington Capitals (1977–78)	32–11–8
52	L	February 8, 1978	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	32–12–8
53	W	February 11, 1978	8–5	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	33–12–8
54	T	February 12, 1978	2–2	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	33–12–9
55	W	February 14, 1978	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	34–12–9
56	W	February 16, 1978	5–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	35–12–9
57	T	February 18, 1978	3–3	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	35–12–10
58	W	February 19, 1978	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	36–12–10
59	T	February 22, 1978	3–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	36–12–11
60	W	February 25, 1978	7–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	37–12–11
61	L	February 26, 1978	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	37–13–11
62	W	February 28, 1978	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	38–13–11
63	L	March 2, 1978	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	38–14–11
64	W	March 4, 1978	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	39–14–11
65	T	March 5, 1978	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	39–14–12
66	W	March 7, 1978	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	40–14–12
67	W	March 9, 1978	6–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	41–14–12
68	W	March 11, 1978	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	42–14–12
69	T	March 14, 1978	3–3	St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	42–14–13
70	L	March 18, 1978	2–5	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	42–15–13
71	L	March 20, 1978	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	42–16–13
72	W	March 22, 1978	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	43–16–13
73	T	March 25, 1978	4–4	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	43–16–14
74	W	March 26, 1978	6–3	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	44–16–14
75	L	March 29, 1978	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	44–17–14
76	W	April 1, 1978	3–2	Washington Capitals (1977–78)	45–17–14
77	W	April 2, 1978	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	46–17–14
78	T	April 4, 1978	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	46–17–15
79	W	April 8, 1978	7–2	New York Rangers (1977–78)	47–17–15
80	W	April 9, 1978	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78)	48–17–15

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	77	46	77	123	46	52	13	2	6
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	80	30	64	94	81	57	9	0	6
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	73	53	38	91	6	31	25	0	5
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	80	35	50	85	76	49	9	0	2
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	80	30	33	63	31	15	2	0	8
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	80	22	38	60	40	27	1	1	1
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	80	30	29	59	94	19	3	0	6
Persson, StefanStefan Persson	D	66	6	50	56	54	19	3	0	0
Kaszycki, MikeMike Kaszycki	C	58	13	29	42	24	15	3	0	2
Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise	LW	39	12	16	28	12	19	1	0	0
Henning, LorneLorne Henning	C	79	12	15	27	6	10	0	2	4
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	78	2	23	25	94	44	0	0	1
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	37	10	14	24	8	2	2	0	2
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	71	5	19	24	14	7	0	1	1
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin	C	56	5	17	22	12	14	0	0	0
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	61	7	12	19	146	7	0	0	0
Bergeron, MichelMichel Bergeron	RW	25	9	6	15	2	16	0	0	2
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	77	3	11	14	58	32	0	1	1
Price, PatPat Price	D	52	2	10	12	27	25	0	0	1
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	D	34	1	10	11	8	11	0	0	0
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	58	0	7	7	44	10	0	0	0
Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer	D	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	45	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Hansen, RichieRichie Hansen	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hogosta, GoranGoran Hogosta	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McKendry, AlexAlex McKendry	W	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nicholson, NeilNeil Nicholson	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	38	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	2637	45	28	9	7	112	2.55	3
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	2154	38	20	8	8	95	2.65	2
Hogosta, GoranGoran Hogosta	9	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	4800	80	48	17	15	207	2.59	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	7	2	3	5	2	1	0
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	7	3	1	4	14	1	2
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	7	2	2	4	2	0	1
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	7	2	2	4	6	0	0
Kaszycki, MikeMike Kaszycki	C	7	1	3	4	4	0	0
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	7	0	3	3	4	0	0
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	7	2	0	2	15	1	0
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	7	0	2	2	9	0	0
Persson, StefanStefan Persson	D	7	0	2	2	6	0	0
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	7	0	1	1	62	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	7	0	1	1	11	0	0
Price, PatPat Price	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin	C	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	7	0	0	0	4	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	7	0	0	0	16	0	0
Henning, LorneLorne Henning	C	7	0	0	0	4	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	1	0	0	0	9	0	0
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	388	7	3	4	15	2.32
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	47	1	0	0	1	1.28
Team:	435	7	3	4	16	2.21

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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

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1977-78 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

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New York Islanders seasons

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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 Stockton Thunder

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

1977–78 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo Cleveland Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game 1978 Stanley Cup Finals