1983–84 New York Islanders season

The 1983–84 New York Islanders season was the 12th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 1st in the Patrick Division and lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	3 	Pat LaFontaine 	 	Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)
1 	16 	Gerald Diduck 	 	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
2 	37 	Garnet McKechney	 	
3 	57 	Mike Neill 	 	
4 	65 	Mikko Mäkelä 	 	
5 	84 	Bob Caulfield 	 	
5 	97 	Ron Viglasi 	 	
6 	117	Darin Illikainen	 	
7 	137	Jim Sprenger 	 	
8 	157	Dale Henry 	 	
9 	177	Kevin Vescio 	 	
10 	197	Dave Shellington	 	
11 	217	John Bjorkman 	 	
12 	237	Peter McGeough 	 	
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 4, 1983 	3–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	0–1–0
2 	W	October 6, 1983 	7–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 	1–1–0
3 	W	October 8, 1983 	8–7 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	2–1–0
4 	W	October 11, 1983 	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	3–1–0
5 	L	October 15, 1983 	1–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	3–2–0
6 	W	October 16, 1983 	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	4–2–0
7 	L	October 18, 1983 	3–4 	Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	4–3–0
8 	L	October 22, 1983 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	4–4–0
9 	L	October 23, 1983 	5–6 OT	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	4–5–0
10 	L	October 25, 1983 	2–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	4–6–0
11 	W	October 29, 1983 	5–3 	New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	5–6–0
12 	W	October 30, 1983 	6–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	6–6–0
13 	W	November 1, 1983 	6–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	7–6–0
14 	W	November 4, 1983 	6–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	8–6–0
15 	W	November 5, 1983 	4–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	9–6–0
16 	W	November 8, 1983 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	10–6–0
17 	W	November 11, 1983	6–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	11–6–0
18 	L	November 12, 1983	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	11–7–0
19 	W	November 15, 1983	6–4 	Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	12–7–0
20 	L	November 18, 1983	1–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	12–8–0
21 	W	November 19, 1983	6–2 	Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	13–8–0
22 	W	November 22, 1983	3–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	14–8–0
23 	W	November 23, 1983	4–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	15–8–0
24 	W	November 26, 1983	9–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	16–8–0
25 	T	November 29, 1983	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	16–8–1
26 	L	December 1, 1983 	2–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	16–9–1
27 	W	December 4, 1983 	4–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	17–9–1
28 	W	December 6, 1983 	5–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	18–9–1
29 	T	December 7, 1983 	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	18–9–2
30 	W	December 10, 1983	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	19–9–2
31 	W	December 13, 1983	8–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	20–9–2
32 	W	December 15, 1983	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	21–9–2
33 	W	December 17, 1983	7–1 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	22–9–2
34 	W	December 20, 1983	11–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	23–9–2
35 	W	December 22, 1983	6–1 	Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	24–9–2
36 	L	December 23, 1983	3–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	24–10–2
37 	W	December 28, 1983	6–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	25–10–2
38 	L	December 30, 1983	3–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	25–11–2
39 	W	December 31, 1983	7–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	26–11–2
40 	L	January 3, 1984 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	26–12–2
41 	L	January 5, 1984 	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	26–13–2
42 	W	January 7, 1984 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	27–13–2
43 	L	January 8, 1984 	4–5 	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	27–14–2
44 	W	January 10, 1984 	4–2 	New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	28–14–2
45 	W	January 12, 1984 	7–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 	29–14–2
46 	W	January 14, 1984 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	30–14–2
47 	L	January 16, 1984 	0–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	30–15–2
48 	W	January 18, 1984 	9–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	31–15–2
49 	L	January 21, 1984 	1–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	31–16–2
50 	L	January 24, 1984 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	31–17–2
51 	L	January 26, 1984 	1–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	31–18–2
52 	L	January 28, 1984 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	31–19–2
53 	L	February 2, 1984 	2–5 	St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	31–20–2
54 	W	February 4, 1984 	6–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	32–20–2
55 	W	February 5, 1984 	5–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	33–20–2
56 	W	February 7, 1984 	5–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	34–20–2
57 	W	February 11, 1984	6–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	35–20–2
58 	L	February 13, 1984	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	35–21–2
59 	L	February 15, 1984	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	35–22–2
60 	W	February 18, 1984	4–3 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	36–22–2
61 	W	February 19, 1984	5–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	37–22–2
62 	W	February 23, 1984	5–1 	St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	38–22–2
63 	W	February 25, 1984	7–1 	New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	39–22–2
64 	L	February 26, 1984	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	39–23–2
65 	W	February 29, 1984	4–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	40–23–2
66 	W	March 3, 1984 	11–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	41–23–2
67 	W	March 6, 1984 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	42–23–2
68 	W	March 8, 1984 	9–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	43–23–2
69 	L	March 10, 1984 	4–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	43–24–2
70 	W	March 11, 1984 	6–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	44–24–2
71 	W	March 13, 1984 	5–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	45–24–2
72 	L	March 17, 1984 	1–2 	Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	45–25–2
73 	L	March 18, 1984 	4–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	45–26–2
74 	W	March 20, 1984 	5–2 	New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	46–26–2
75 	T	March 22, 1984 	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	46–26–3
76 	T	March 24, 1984 	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 	46–26–4
77 	W	March 25, 1984 	5–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	47–26–4
78 	W	March 27, 1984 	7–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 	48–26–4
79 	W	March 31, 1984 	3–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	49–26–4
80 	W	April 1, 1984 	2–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	50–26–4
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 3, New York Rangers 2===
===New York Islanders 4, Washington Capitals 2===
===New York Islanders 4, Montreal Canadiens 2===
===Edmonton Oilers 4, New York Islanders 0===
Date 	Visitors	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
May 10	Edmonton	1 	New York	0 	
May 12	Edmonton	1 	New York	6 	
May 15	New York	2 	Edmonton	7 	
May 17	New York	2 	Edmonton	7 	
May 19	New York	2 	Edmonton	5 	
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	67	51	67	118	8 	66 	6 	0 	11
 	C 	68	40	71	111	59 	70 	7 	3 	4
 	D 	78	22	63	85 	87 	55 	11 	1 	3
 	LW 	73	27	40	67 	66 	21 	5 	1 	7
 	LW 	79	31	35	66 	59 	51 	6 	0 	2
 	C 	78	22	34	56 	75 	12 	5 	5 	2
 	C 	69	34	15	49 	69 	4 	7 	0 	6
 	D 	72	11	36	47 	54 	12 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	71	22	24	46 	8 	9 	0 	5 	3
 	RW 	74	15	29	44 	80 	9 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	78	17	23	40 	94 	2 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	75	9 	24	33 	65 	30 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	76	12	16	28 	65 	5 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	65	9 	14	23 	24 	0 	2 	3 	1
 	C 	15	13	6 	19 	6 	9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	69	3 	16	19 	53 	26 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	63	3 	11	14 	45 	26 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	43	1 	11	12 	32 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	31	6 	5 	11 	10 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	28	0 	11	11 	36 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	2 	7 	9 	6 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	39	5 	2 	7 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	40	2 	5 	7 	27 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	37	0 	3 	3 	70 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	2 	2 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	2 	2 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	42	0 	2 	2 	23 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	21	12	7 	19 	19 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	21	8 	10	18 	4 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	21	9 	6 	15 	14 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	21	8 	6 	14 	49 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	20	4 	10	14 	18 	0 	1 	3
 	LW 	21	5 	7 	12 	39 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	16	3 	6 	9 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	3 	5 	8 	22 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	21	1 	7 	8 	10 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	21	1 	5 	6 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	5 	6 	28 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	6 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	2 	2 	4 	2 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	21	1 	3 	4 	48 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	1 	3 	4 	31 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	4 	4 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	2 	3 	20 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	8 	1 	1 	2 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	1 	1 	2 	28 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	0 	2 	2 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	17 	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 
==Awards and Records==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: New York Islanders
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Mike Bossy
*Mike Bossy, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Bryan Trottier, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Denis Potvin, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
==References==
* Islanders on Hockey Database
Category:New York Islanders seasons
New York Islanders season, 1983–84
New York Islanders season, 1983–84