1991–92 New York Islanders season

The 1991-92 New York Islanders season was the 20th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
Pat LaFontaine, frustrated with his situation on Long Island, turned down a four year, $6 million contract offer and refused to report to the Islanders for the start of the 1991–92 NHL season. Three weeks into the season, on 25 October 1991, LaFontaine was traded, along with teammate Randy Wood, to the Buffalo Sabres for four players, including former first overall pick Pierre Turgeon.
===Final Standings===
 
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 5, 1991 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 9, 1991 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1991–92) 	1–1–0
3 	W	October 12, 1991 	5–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	2–1–0
4 	T	October 13, 1991 	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	2–1–1
5 	L	October 15, 1991 	6–7 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	2–2–1
6 	L	October 17, 1991 	5–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	2–3–1
7 	L	October 19, 1991 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	2–4–1
8 	T	October 22, 1991 	1–1 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	2–4–2
9 	L	October 26, 1991 	2–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 	2–5–2
10 	W	October 29, 1991 	8–4 	San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	3–5–2
11 	L	October 31, 1991 	3–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	3–6–2
12 	L	November 2, 1991 	4–7 	Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	3–7–2
13 	W	November 4, 1991 	6–4 	Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	4–7–2
14 	L	November 6, 1991 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	4–8–2
15 	L	November 9, 1991 	3–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	4–9–2
16 	L	November 10, 1991	0–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	4–10–2
17 	W	November 14, 1991	4–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	5–10–2
18 	W	November 16, 1991	4–2 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	6–10–2
19 	W	November 19, 1991	7–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	7–10–2
20 	L	November 20, 1991	1–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	7–11–2
21 	T	November 23, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	7–11–3
22 	L	November 27, 1991	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	7–12–3
23 	W	November 29, 1991	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	8–12–3
24 	W	November 30, 1991	8–1 	Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	9–12–3
25 	L	December 5, 1991 	4–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	9–13–3
26 	L	December 7, 1991 	2–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	9–14–3
27 	T	December 10, 1991	7–7 OT	St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	9–14–4
28 	W	December 11, 1991	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	10–14–4
29 	T	December 14, 1991	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	10–14–5
30 	W	December 17, 1991	4–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 	11–14–5
31 	L	December 19, 1991	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	11–15–5
32 	L	December 21, 1991	2–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	11–16–5
33 	L	December 23, 1991	3–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	11–17–5
34 	T	December 26, 1991	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	11–17–6
35 	W	December 28, 1991	5–4 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	12–17–6
36 	L	December 29, 1991	4–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 	12–18–6
37 	L	January 1, 1992 	5–8 	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	12–19–6
38 	L	January 3, 1992 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	12–20–6
39 	W	January 4, 1992 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	13–20–6
40 	W	January 7, 1992 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	14–20–6
41 	W	January 9, 1992 	2–1 	Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 	15–20–6
42 	L	January 11, 1992 	3–6 	St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	15–21–6
43 	L	January 12, 1992 	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	15–22–6
44 	W	January 14, 1992 	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	16–22–6
45 	W	January 16, 1992 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	17–22–6
46 	L	January 23, 1992 	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	17–23–6
47 	L	January 25, 1992 	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	17–24–6
48 	W	January 30, 1992 	8–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	18–24–6
49 	T	February 1, 1992 	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	18–24–7
50 	W	February 2, 1992 	6–3 	Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	19–24–7
51 	W	February 4, 1992 	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 	20–24–7
52 	W	February 6, 1992 	5–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	21–24–7
53 	L	February 7, 1992 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	21–25–7
54 	W	February 11, 1992	3–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	22–25–7
55 	L	February 14, 1992	2–9 	@ New York Rangers (1991–92) 	22–26–7
56 	W	February 15, 1992	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	23–26–7
57 	W	February 17, 1992	5–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	24–26–7
58 	W	February 20, 1992	6–2 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	25–26–7
59 	W	February 22, 1992	2–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 	26–26–7
60 	L	February 23, 1992	1–4 	Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	26–27–7
61 	L	February 25, 1992	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	26–28–7
62 	W	February 28, 1992	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	27–28–7
63 	L	February 29, 1992	1–3 	New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	27–29–7
64 	L	March 3, 1992 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	27–30–7
65 	T	March 5, 1992 	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	27–30–8
66 	L	March 7, 1992 	2–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	27–31–8
67 	W	March 8, 1992 	6–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	28–31–8
68 	W	March 10, 1992 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	29–31–8
69 	L	March 12, 1992 	4–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	29–32–8
70 	W	March 14, 1992 	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	30–32–8
71 	L	March 15, 1992 	2–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	30–33–8
72 	T	March 18, 1992 	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1991–92) 	30–33–9
73 	T	March 21, 1992 	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	30–33–10
74 	L	March 24, 1992 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	30–34–10
75 	W	March 26, 1992 	7–4 	San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	31–34–10
76 	W	March 28, 1992 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	32–34–10
77 	L	March 29, 1992 	2–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	32–35–10
78 	W	April 12, 1992 	6–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	33–35–10
79 	T	April 13, 1992 	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	33–35–11
80 	W	April 15, 1992 	7–0 	New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	34–35–11
==Playoffs==
*The Islanders did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	69	38	49	87 	16 	8 	13 	0 	6
 	C 	80	40	40	80 	92 	25 	7 	0 	4
 	LW 	80	40	38	78 	46 	-10	21 	0 	6
 	C 	72	30	45	75 	67 	30 	8 	0 	5
 	LW 	71	28	42	70 	71 	11 	3 	0 	2
 	W 	74	18	42	60 	35 	0 	4 	1 	2
 	D 	74	9 	47	56 	30 	-18	6 	0 	1
 	RW 	38	8 	28	36 	31 	14 	4 	1 	0
 	D 	59	6 	29	35 	43 	13 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	66	15	9 	24 	102	-4 	2 	0 	2
 	C/RW	54	8 	15	23 	28 	-8 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	28	1 	18	19 	18 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	45	6 	11	17 	28 	-3 	0 	2 	2
 	D 	54	4 	12	16 	85 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	47	5 	9 	14 	28 	-18	1 	0 	1
 	D 	51	1 	10	11 	26 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	4 	6 	10 	6 	-5 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	33	7 	2 	9 	15 	-4 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	15	3 	5 	8 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	50	5 	2 	7 	43 	-23	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	12	2 	5 	7 	18 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	65	1 	6 	7 	183	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	2 	4 	6 	18 	11 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	74	0 	6 	6 	293	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	1 	4 	5 	9 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	8 	2 	2 	4 	21 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	2 	1 	3 	12 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1 	2 	3 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1 	1 	2 	13 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	1 	1 	2 	17 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	2 	2 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	11	1 	0 	1 	23 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	1 	1 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	39	0 	1 	1 	39 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	44	0 	1 	1 	202	-10	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	11 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	23	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
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; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage 
==Awards and Records==
*Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Mark Fitzpatrick
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==See Also==
* 1991–92 NHL season
==References==
Category:New York Islanders seasons
Category:1991 in hockey
Category:1992 in hockey