1976–77 New York Islanders season

1976–77 New York Islanders
Division	2nd Patrick
1976–77 record	47–21–12
Goals for	288
Goals against	193
Team information
General Manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Ed Westfall Clark Gillies
Alternate captains	None

The 1976–77 New York Islanders season was the fifth season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	16	16	323	213	112
New York Islanders	80	47	21	12	288	193	106
Atlanta Flames	80	34	34	12	264	265	80
New York Rangers	80	29	37	14	272	310	72

^[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
1	W	October 7, 1976	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	1–0–0
2	W	October 9, 1976	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	2–0–0
3	W	October 12, 1976	7–0	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	3–0–0
4	W	October 13, 1976	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	4–0–0
5	T	October 16, 1976	4–4	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	4–0–1
6	W	October 19, 1976	6–1	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	5–0–1
7	L	October 22, 1976	0–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	5–1–1
8	W	October 23, 1976	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	6–1–1
9	L	October 25, 1976	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	6–2–1
10	W	October 28, 1976	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	7–2–1
11	T	October 30, 1976	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	7–2–2
12	W	November 1, 1976	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	8–2–2
13	W	November 2, 1976	5–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	9–2–2
14	W	November 6, 1976	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	10–2–2
15	W	November 9, 1976	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	11–2–2
16	T	November 11, 1976	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	11–2–3
17	W	November 13, 1976	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	12–2–3
18	W	November 18, 1976	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	13–2–3
19	W	November 19, 1976	6–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	14–2–3
20	L	November 23, 1976	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	14–3–3
21	L	November 25, 1976	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	14–4–3
22	W	November 27, 1976	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	15–4–3
23	L	November 28, 1976	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	15–5–3
24	L	November 30, 1976	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	15–6–3
25	L	December 2, 1976	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	15–7–3
26	W	December 4, 1976	3–0	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	16–7–3
27	W	December 7, 1976	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	17–7–3
28	W	December 11, 1976	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	18–7–3
29	W	December 12, 1976	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	19–7–3
30	T	December 14, 1976	4–4	New York Rangers (1976–77)	19–7–4
31	W	December 17, 1976	4–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	20–7–4
32	L	December 18, 1976	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	20–8–4
33	W	December 21, 1976	3–0	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	21–8–4
34	W	December 26, 1976	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	22–8–4
35	T	December 28, 1976	4–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	22–8–5
36	L	January 1, 1977	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	22–9–5
37	T	January 2, 1977	3–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	22–9–6
38	W	January 7, 1977	5–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	23–9–6
39	W	January 8, 1977	6–3	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	24–9–6
40	W	January 10, 1977	8–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	25–9–6
41	L	January 12, 1977	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	25–10–6
42	W	January 15, 1977	2–1	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	26–10–6
43	T	January 16, 1977	2–2	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	26–10–7
44	W	January 18, 1977	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	27–10–7
45	W	January 20, 1977	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	28–10–7
46	L	January 22, 1977	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	28–11–7
47	W	January 23, 1977	7–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	29–11–7
48	L	January 27, 1977	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	29–12–7
49	L	January 29, 1977	0–4	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	29–13–7
50	L	January 30, 1977	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	29–14–7
51	W	February 1, 1977	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	30–14–7
52	W	February 3, 1977	6–3	New York Rangers (1976–77)	31–14–7
53	T	February 5, 1977	3–3	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	31–14–8
54	L	February 6, 1977	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	31–15–8
55	W	February 8, 1977	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	32–15–8
56	W	February 12, 1977	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	33–15–8
57	W	February 14, 1977	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	34–15–8
58	L	February 15, 1977	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	34–16–8
59	W	February 19, 1977	5–2	New York Rangers (1976–77)	35–16–8
60	T	February 20, 1977	2–2	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	35–16–9
61	W	February 22, 1977	2–1	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	36–16–9
62	W	February 25, 1977	2–1	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	37–16–9
63	W	February 26, 1977	8–2	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	38–16–9
64	L	March 1, 1977	4–5	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	38–17–9
65	W	March 3, 1977	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	39–17–9
66	L	March 5, 1977	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	39–18–9
67	W	March 6, 1977	5–0	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	40–18–9
68	L	March 8, 1977	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	40–19–9
69	W	March 9, 1977	6–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	41–19–9
70	W	March 12, 1977	8–3	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	42–19–9
71	T	March 13, 1977	5–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	42–19–10
72	W	March 16, 1977	5–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	43–19–10
73	T	March 19, 1977	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	43–19–11
74	W	March 22, 1977	9–2	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	44–19–11
75	T	March 23, 1977	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	44–19–12
76	W	March 26, 1977	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	45–19–12
77	W	March 27, 1977	6–3	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	46–19–12
78	L	March 29, 1977	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	46–20–12
79	L	April 2, 1977	3–5	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	46–21–12
80	W	April 3, 1977	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	47–21–12

Playoffs

Preliminary

(4) New York Islanders vs. (12) Chicago Black Hawks

April 5	Chicago Black Hawks		2–5		New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Tony Esposito (32 saves)		Goalie stats			Billy Smith (14 saves)

April 7	Chicago Black Hawks		1–2		New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Tony Esposito (17 saves)		Goalie stats			Billy Smith (33 saves)

New York wins 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (4) New York Islanders

April 23

New York Islanders

3–4

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Forum

April 26

New York Islanders

0–3

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Forum

April 28

Montreal Canadiens

3–5

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 30

Montreal Canadiens

4–0

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

May 3

New York Islanders

4–3

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Forum

May 5

Montreal Canadiens

2–1

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

Montreal won series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	80	25	55	80	103	42	7	1	4
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	76	30	42	72	34	28	11	1	6
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	80	24	43	67	44	18	5	1	3
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	80	29	27	56	91	22	5	0	3
Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise	LW	80	25	31	56	46	26	5	0	7
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	70	33	22	55	93	18	12	0	5
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin	C	78	24	29	53	27	18	4	0	2
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	79	14	33	47	8	21	1	3	0
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	D	79	10	36	46	26	14	1	1	0
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	75	16	19	35	30	27	0	0	5
Henning, LorneLorne Henning	C	80	13	18	31	10	21	0	6	2
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	70	13	15	28	182	14	1	0	4
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	79	4	24	28	44	29	0	1	1
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	72	4	21	25	61	48	0	0	1
Price, PatPat Price	D	71	3	22	25	25	26	2	0	0
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	72	10	13	23	55	8	2	0	3
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	80	4	18	22	98	29	0	1	0
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan	RW	43	6	8	14	13	4	0	1	1
Hansen, RichieRichie Hansen	C	4	1	0	1	0	−1	0	0	0
Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	46	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	36	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Ledingham, WaltWalt Ledingham	LW	4	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	2711	46	26	13	6	103	2.28	4
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	2089	36	21	8	6	87	2.50	2
Team:	4800	80	47	21	12	190	2.37	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	12	7	7	14	8	2	0	1
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin	C	12	5	6	11	6	1	0	0
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	12	6	4	10	20	2	0	0
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	12	2	8	10	2	0	0	0
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	12	4	4	8	15	0	0	4
Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise	LW	11	4	4	8	6	1	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	12	1	6	7	4	0	0	0
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	12	1	5	6	0	0	1	0
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	D	11	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	12	1	2	3	6	0	0	1
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	8	2	0	2	4	0	0	0
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan	RW	12	2	0	2	7	0	0	2
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	12	1	1	2	28	0	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	12	0	2	2	23	0	0	0
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	12	0	2	2	7	0	0	0
Henning, LorneLorne Henning	C	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Price, PatPat Price	D	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Salvian, DaveDave Salvian	RW	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	10	0	0	0	8	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	580	10	7	3	27	2.79
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	144	3	1	1	5	2.08
Team:	724	12	8	4	32	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;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1976-77 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

"1976–77 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

New York Islanders
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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
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2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1976–77 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 Stanley Cup Finals

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1976–77 New York Islanders season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Preliminary

(4) New York Islanders vs. (12) Chicago Black Hawks

Semifinals

(1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (4) New York Islanders

Player statistics

See also

References

External links