1976-77 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics

Record: 47-21-12 (106 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Al Arbour (47-21-12)

Captain: Clark Gillies , Ed Westfall

Primary Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Goals For: 288 (6th of 18), Goals Against: 193 (2nd of 18)
SRS: 1.12 (3rd of 18), SOS: -0.07 (16th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-2) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Buffalo Sabres
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) over Chicago Black Hawks

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New York Islanders	80	47	21	12	106	.663	288	193	1.12	-0.07	3.60	2.41	56	240	23.33	47	278	83.09	16	3	2361	12.2	2276	.915		6
League Average	80	34	34	13	80	.500	266	266					53	265	19.83	53	265	80.17	8	8	2401	11.1	2401	.889		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
New York Islanders
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
14	Bob Bourne	ca	LW	22	6-3	200	L/-	2	June 21, 1954	16 G, 19 A, 35 P
17	Jude Drouin	ca	C	28	5-10	160	R/-	8	October 28, 1948	24 G, 29 A, 53 P
9	Clark Gillies (C)	ca	LW	22	6-3	215	L/-	2	April 7, 1954	33 G, 22 A, 55 P
16	Richie Hansen	us	C	21	5-10	185	L/-	R	October 30, 1955	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
15	Billy Harris	ca	RW	25	6-2	195	L/-	4	January 29, 1952	24 G, 43 A, 67 P
2	Gerry Hart	ca	D	29	5-9	190	L/-	8	January 1, 1948	4 G, 18 A, 22 P
10	Lorne Henning	ca	C	24	5-11	185	L/-	4	February 22, 1952	13 G, 18 A, 31 P
8	Garry Howatt	ca	LW	24	5-9	175	L/-	4	September 26, 1952	13 G, 15 A, 28 P
24	Walt Ledingham	ca	LW	26	5-11	180	L/-	2	October 26, 1950	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
25	Dave Lewis	ca	D	23	6-2	205	L/-	3	July 3, 1953	4 G, 24 A, 28 P
4	Bob Lorimer	ca	C	23	6-1	200	R/-	R	August 25, 1953	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
11	Billy MacMillan	ca	RW	33	5-10	185	L/-	6	March 7, 1943	6 G, 8 A, 14 P
6	Bert Marshall	ca	D	33	6-3	205	L/-	11	November 22, 1943	4 G, 21 A, 25 P
23	Bob Nystrom	se	RW	24	6-1	200	R/-	4	October 10, 1952	29 G, 27 A, 56 P
12	J.P. Parisé	ca	LW	35	5-9	175	L/-	11	December 11, 1941	25 G, 31 A, 56 P
5	Denis Potvin	ca	D	23	6-0	205	L/-	3	October 29, 1953	25 G, 55 A, 80 P
4	Jean Potvin	ca	D	27	5-11	188	R/-	6	March 25, 1949	10 G, 36 A, 46 P
3	Pat Price	ca	D	21	6-2	200	L/-	1	March 24, 1955	3 G, 22 A, 25 P
1	Glenn Resch	ca	G	28	5-9	165	-/L	3	July 10, 1948	26-13-6, 2.28 GAA
16	Dave Salvian	ca	RW	21	5-10	170	L/-	R	September 9, 1955	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
31	Billy Smith	ca	G	26	5-10	185	-/L	5	December 12, 1950	21-8-6, 2.50 GAA
21	André St. Laurent	ca	C	23	5-10	180	R/-	3	February 16, 1953	10 G, 13 A, 23 P
19	Bryan Trottier	ca	C	20	5-11	195	L/-	1	July 17, 1956	30 G, 42 A, 72 P
18	Ed Westfall (C)	ca	RW	36	6-1	197	R/-	15	September 19, 1940	14 G, 33 A, 47 P

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Denis Potvin*	23	D	80	25	55	80	42	103	17	7	1	4	33	21	1	238	10.5			7.0	6.7	13.7
2	Bryan Trottier*	20	C	76	30	42	72	28	34	18	11	1	6	31	11	0	175	17.1			5.2	1.7	7.0
3	Billy Harris	25	RW	80	24	43	67	18	44	18	5	1	3	27	15	1	160	15.0			4.2	1.5	5.6
4	Bob Nystrom	24	RW	80	29	27	56	22	91	24	5	0	3	20	7	0	207	14.0			3.7	1.6	5.3
5	J.P. Parisé	35	LW	80	25	31	56	26	46	20	5	0	7	25	6	0	147	17.0			3.3	1.7	5.1
6	Clark Gillies*	22	LW	70	33	22	55	18	93	21	12	0	5	14	8	0	215	15.3			4.3	1.4	5.7
7	Jude Drouin	28	C	78	24	29	53	18	27	20	4	0	2	19	10	0	135	17.8			3.1	1.5	4.5
8	Ed Westfall	36	RW	79	14	33	47	21	8	10	1	3	0	27	2	4	118	11.9			1.7	1.6	3.3
9	Jean Potvin	27	D	79	10	36	46	14	26	8	1	1	0	22	14	0	128	7.8			2.9	5.0	7.9
10	Bob Bourne	22	LW	75	16	19	35	27	30	16	0	0	5	19	0	0	137	11.7			1.1	1.7	2.8
11	Lorne Henning	24	C	80	13	18	31	21	10	7	0	6	2	10	0	8	103	12.6			0.3	1.6	1.9
12	Garry Howatt	24	LW	70	13	15	28	14	182	12	1	0	4	15	0	0	91	14.3			0.5	1.2	1.7
13	Dave Lewis	23	D	79	4	24	28	29	44	3	0	1	1	23	0	1	102	3.9			1.0	5.9	6.9
14	Bert Marshall	33	D	72	4	21	25	48	61	4	0	0	1	19	0	2	61	6.6			0.9	6.7	7.6
15	Pat Price	21	D	71	3	22	25	25	25	1	2	0	0	15	7	0	82	3.7			0.8	5.2	6.0
16	André St. Laurent	23	C	72	10	13	23	8	55	8	2	0	3	11	2	0	96	10.4			-0.3	1.1	0.8
17	Gerry Hart	29	D	80	4	18	22	30	98	3	0	1	0	16	0	2	118	3.4			0.5	6.0	6.5
18	Billy MacMillan	33	RW	43	6	8	14	4	13	5	0	1	1	7	0	1	34	17.6			-0.1	0.6	0.5
19	Richie Hansen	21	C	4	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1			0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Bob Lorimer	23	C	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.1
21	Glenn Resch	28	G	46	0	1	1	0	2				0	1			0		2708	58:52	0.0	0.0	11.3
22	Billy Smith*	26	G	36	0	1	1	0	12				0	1			0		2086	57:57	0.0	0.0	8.1
23	Walt Ledingham	26	LW	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
	Team Total			80	288	479	767	412	1004	216	56	16	47	356	103	20	2361	12.2			39.8	52.8	111.9

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Glenn Resch	28	46		26	13	6	103	1241	1138	.917	2.28	4	2708				76	32.7	2.06	11.3
2	Billy Smith*	26	36		21	8	6	87	1032	945	.916	2.50	2	2086				77	25.9	2.27	8.1
	Team Total				47	21	12	190	2273	2083	.916	2.38	6	4794				76	58.6	2.15	19.4