1987-88 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics

Record: 39-31-10 (88 points), Finished 1st in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Terry Simpson (39-31-10)

Primary Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Goals For: 308 (6th of 21), Goals Against: 267 (4th of 21)
SRS: 0.54 (5th of 21), SOS: 0.03 (12th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-2) to New Jersey Devils

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +2500

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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	39	31	10	88	.550	308	267	0.54	0.03	3.85	3.34	87	387	22.48	94	416	77.40	8	8	2417	12.7	2529	.894		5
League Average	80	35	35	9	80	.500	297	297					89	437	20.29	89	437	79.71	13	13	2435	12.2	2435	.878		3

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
28	Bob Bassen	ca	C	22	5-10	185	L/-	2	May 6, 1965	6 G, 16 A, 22 P
36	Neal Coulter	ca	RW	25	6-2	190	R/-	2	January 2, 1963	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
34	Brian Curran	ca	D	24	6-5	220	L/-	4	November 5, 1963	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
17	Brad Dalgarno	ca	RW	20	6-3	215	R/-	1	August 11, 1967	2 G, 8 A, 10 P
36	Rod Dallman	ca	LW	21	5-11	185	L/-	R	January 26, 1967	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
4	Gerald Diduck	ca	D	22	6-1	216	R/-	3	April 6, 1965	7 G, 12 A, 19 P
2	Gord Dineen	ca	D	25	6-0	195	R/-	5	September 21, 1962	4 G, 12 A, 16 P
37	Jeff Finley	ca	D	20	6-2	205	L/-	R	April 14, 1967	0 G, 5 A, 5 P
26	Pat Flatley	ca	RW	24	6-2	197	R/-	4	October 3, 1963	9 G, 15 A, 24 P
7	Greg Gilbert	ca	LW	26	6-1	191	L/-	6	January 22, 1962	17 G, 28 A, 45 P
25	Ari Haanpaa	fi	RW	22	6-0	185	L/-	2	November 29, 1965	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
20	Dale Henry	ca	LW	23	6-0	205	L/-	3	September 24, 1964	5 G, 15 A, 20 P
30	Kelly Hrudey	ca	G	27	5-10	189	-/L	4	January 13, 1961	22-17-5, 3.34 GAA
3	Tomas Jonsson	se	D	27	5-10	185	L/-	6	April 12, 1960	6 G, 41 A, 47 P
10	Alan Kerr	ca	RW	23	5-11	195	R/-	3	March 28, 1964	24 G, 34 A, 58 P
27	Derek King	ca	LW	20	6-1	203	L/-	1	February 11, 1967	12 G, 24 A, 36 P
33	Steve Konroyd	ca	D	26	6-1	195	L/-	7	February 10, 1961	2 G, 15 A, 17 P
12-35	Richard Kromm	ca	LW	23	5-11	180	L/-	4	March 29, 1964	5 G, 10 A, 15 P
16	Pat LaFontaine	us	C	22	5-10	182	R/-	4	February 22, 1965	47 G, 45 A, 92 P
32	Brad Lauer	ca	RW	21	6-0	195	L/-	1	October 27, 1966	17 G, 18 A, 35 P
29	Ken Leiter	us	D	26	6-1	195	L/-	3	April 19, 1961	4 G, 13 A, 17 P
24	Mikko Mäkelä	fi	RW	22	6-1	194	L/-	2	February 28, 1965	36 G, 40 A, 76 P
39	Todd McLellan	ca	C	20	5-11	185	L/-	R	October 3, 1967	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
6	Ken Morrow	us	D	31	6-4	210	R/-	8	October 17, 1956	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
8	Jeff Norton	us	D	22	6-2	195	L/-	R	November 25, 1965	1 G, 6 A, 7 P
12	Todd Okerlund	us	RW	23	5-11	200	R/-	R	September 6, 1964	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
5	Denis Potvin	ca	D	34	6-0	205	L/-	14	October 29, 1953	19 G, 32 A, 51 P
34	Chris Pryor	us	D	27	5-11	210	R/-	3	January 23, 1961	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
31	Billy Smith	ca	G	37	5-10	185	-/L	16	December 12, 1950	17-14-5, 3.22 GAA
21	Brent Sutter (C)	ca	C	25	6-0	192	R/-	7	June 10, 1962	29 G, 31 A, 60 P
19	Bryan Trottier	ca	C	31	5-11	195	L/-	12	July 17, 1956	30 G, 52 A, 82 P
38	Mick Vukota	ca	RW	21	6-1	225	R/-	R	September 14, 1966	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
39	Mike Walsh	us	LW	25	6-2	195	R/-	R	April 3, 1962	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
11	Randy Wood	us	LW	24	6-0	195	L/-	1	October 12, 1963	22 G, 16 A, 38 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	Pat LaFontaine*	22	C	75	47	45	92	12	52	32	15	0	7	29	16	0	242	19.4			7.5	1.1	8.6
2	Bryan Trottier*	31	C	77	30	52	82	10	48	15	15	0	3	32	17	3	176	17.0			5.4	1.1	6.5
3	Mikko Mäkelä	22	RW	73	36	40	76	14	22	21	13	2	4	19	21	0	142	25.4			5.6	1.1	6.7
4	Brent Sutter	25	C	70	29	31	60	13	55	16	11	2	2	21	9	1	162	17.9			4.0	1.1	5.1
5	Alan Kerr	23	RW	80	24	34	58	30	198	20	4	0	2	27	7	0	196	12.2			3.1	1.7	4.7
6	Denis Potvin*	34	D	72	19	32	51	26	112	10	9	0	3	13	19	0	188	10.1			3.7	4.8	8.5
7	Tomas Jonsson	27	D	72	6	41	47	6	115	5	1	0	1	12	27	2	121	5.0			2.4	3.7	6.1
8	Greg Gilbert	26	LW	76	17	28	45	14	46	15	1	1	0	27	1	0	77	22.1			1.7	1.2	2.9
9	Randy Wood	24	LW	75	22	16	38	-2	80	21	0	1	2	15	1	0	106	20.8			1.6	0.7	2.3
10	Derek King	20	LW	55	12	24	36	7	30	11	1	0	4	18	6	0	94	12.8			1.5	0.8	2.2
11	Brad Lauer	21	RW	69	17	18	35	13	67	14	3	0	4	15	3	0	94	18.1			1.2	1.1	2.3
12	Pat Flatley	24	RW	40	9	15	24	7	28	3	5	1	0	11	4	0	83	10.8			0.9	0.6	1.5
13	Bob Bassen	22	C	77	6	16	22	8	99	5	1	0	2	15	1	0	65	9.2			-0.8	1.0	0.2
14	Dale Henry	23	LW	48	5	15	20	8	115	5	0	0	0	12	3	0	53	9.4			0.0	0.7	0.7
15	Gerald Diduck	22	D	68	7	12	19	22	113	3	4	0	1	8	4	0	128	5.5			0.5	4.4	4.9
16	Ken Leiter	26	D	51	4	13	17	18	24	3	1	0	1	10	3	0	104	3.8			0.5	3.3	3.8
17	Steve Konroyd	26	D	62	2	15	17	16	99	1	1	0	0	8	6	1	105	1.9			0.1	3.7	3.9
18	Gord Dineen	25	D	57	4	12	16	9	62	3	1	0	0	10	2	0	50	8.0			0.3	3.1	3.4
19	Richard Kromm	23	LW	71	5	10	15	2	20	4	0	1	1	9	0	1	84	6.0			-1.2	0.8	-0.4
20	Brad Dalgarno	20	RW	38	2	8	10	4	58	2	0	0	1	7	1	0	39	5.1			-0.6	0.5	-0.1
21	Jeff Norton	22	D	15	1	6	7	3	14	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	18	5.6			0.3	0.9	1.1
22	Ken Morrow	31	D	53	1	4	5	0	40	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	50	2.0			-0.7	2.5	1.8
23	Jeff Finley	20	D	10	0	5	5	5	15	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	9	0.0			0.2	0.7	0.9
24	Todd McLellan	20	C	5	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	25.0			0.0	0.0	0.1
25	Kelly Hrudey	27	G	47	0	2	2		20	0	0	0	0				0		2749	58:30	0.0	0.0	9.7
26	Rod Dallman	21	LW	3	1	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
27	Mick Vukota	21	RW	17	1	0	1	1	82	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3			-0.5	0.2	-0.3
28	Brian Curran	24	D	22	0	1	1	-9	68	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0.0			-0.4	0.5	0.1
29	Neal Coulter	25	RW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	-0.1
30	Ari Haanpaa	22	RW	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	-0.1
31	Todd Okerlund	23	RW	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.1
32	Chris Pryor	27	D	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
33	Billy Smith*	37	G	38	0	0	0		20	0	0	0	0				0		2105	55:24	0.0	0.0	6.9
34	Mike Walsh	25	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total			80	308	496	804	235	1712	213	87	8	39	331	155	8	2417	12.7			36.1	41.3	94.0

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	Kelly Hrudey	27	47		22	17	5	153	1467	1314	.896	3.34	3	2749				87	23.3	2.77	9.7
2	Billy Smith*	37	38		17	14	5	113	1062	949	.894	3.22	2	2105				89	14.6	2.68	6.9
	Team Total				39	31	10	266	2529	2263	.895	3.29	5	4854				88	37.9	2.73	16.6