1974–75 New York Islanders season

The 1974–75 New York Islanders season was the 3rd season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 3rd in the Patrick Division with a 33-25-22 record, clinching the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. In the Preliminary round, they defeated the New York Rangers and won in the Quarter-finals, over the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games, after they had lost the first three. The Islanders lost in the Semi-finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 3.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 9, 1974 	5–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 	0–0–1
2 	W	October 12, 1974 	6–2 	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	1–0–1
3 	W	October 15, 1974 	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 	2–0–1
4 	L	October 19, 1974 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1974–75) 	2–1–1
5 	W	October 20, 1974 	5–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 	3–1–1
6 	W	October 22, 1974 	2–1 	Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	4–1–1
7 	W	October 26, 1974 	4–0 	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	5–1–1
8 	W	October 28, 1974 	10–1 	California Golden Seals (1974–75) 	6–1–1
9 	T	October 30, 1974 	1–1 	@ New York Rangers (1974–75) 	6–1–2
10 	W	November 2, 1974 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1974–75) 	7–1–2
11 	L	November 3, 1974 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	7–2–2
12 	T	November 5, 1974 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	7–2–3
13 	L	November 6, 1974 	1–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	7–3–3
14 	L	November 9, 1974 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	7–4–3
15 	L	November 13, 1974	2–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 	7–5–3
16 	L	November 15, 1974	2–4 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	7–6–3
17 	L	November 16, 1974	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 	7–7–3
18 	W	November 19, 1974	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 	8–7–3
19 	T	November 20, 1974	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	8–7–4
20 	W	November 22, 1974	6–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 	9–7–4
21 	T	November 23, 1974	3–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	9–7–5
22 	T	November 27, 1974	3–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 	9–7–6
23 	T	November 29, 1974	3–3 	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	9–7–7
24 	L	November 30, 1974	0–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	9–8–7
25 	T	December 5, 1974 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 	9–8–8
26 	W	December 7, 1974 	4–1 	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	10–8–8
27 	L	December 8, 1974 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	10–9–8
28 	W	December 10, 1974	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	11–9–8
29 	W	December 14, 1974	3–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 	12–9–8
30 	L	December 15, 1974	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75) 	12–10–8
31 	L	December 17, 1974	4–8 	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	12–11–8
32 	L	December 18, 1974	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 	12–12–8
33 	T	December 21, 1974	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	12–12–9
34 	W	December 22, 1974	5–2 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	13–12–9
35 	L	December 26, 1974	1–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	13–13–9
36 	L	December 28, 1974	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 	13–14–9
37 	W	December 29, 1974	7–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 	14–14–9
38 	W	January 2, 1975 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1974–75) 	15–14–9
39 	L	January 4, 1975 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1974–75) 	15–15–9
40 	W	January 7, 1975 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 	16–15–9
41 	W	January 9, 1975 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	17–15–9
42 	T	January 11, 1975 	2–2 	Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	17–15–10
43 	L	January 12, 1975 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 	17–16–10
44 	T	January 14, 1975 	3–3 	St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	17–16–11
45 	W	January 18, 1975 	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 	18–16–11
46 	L	January 23, 1975 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	18–17–11
47 	T	January 25, 1975 	5–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 	18–17–12
48 	W	January 28, 1975 	6–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	19–17–12
49 	W	January 29, 1975 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	20–17–12
50 	W	February 1, 1975 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 	21–17–12
51 	T	February 2, 1975 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	21–17–13
52 	T	February 6, 1975 	2–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 	21–17–14
53 	W	February 8, 1975 	5–1 	Washington Capitals (1974–75) 	22–17–14
54 	L	February 9, 1975 	1–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75) 	22–18–14
55 	W	February 11, 1975	2–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 	23–18–14
56 	W	February 12, 1975	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	24–18–14
57 	T	February 15, 1975	1–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	24–18–15
58 	L	February 16, 1975	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 	24–19–15
59 	L	February 18, 1975	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 	24–20–15
60 	L	February 21, 1975	1–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	24–21–15
61 	W	February 22, 1975	7–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 	25–21–15
62 	W	February 25, 1975	3–0 	St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 	26–21–15
63 	W	March 1, 1975 	6–1 	California Golden Seals (1974–75) 	27–21–15
64 	T	March 2, 1975 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 	27–21–16
65 	T	March 6, 1975 	2–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 	27–21–17
66 	W	March 8, 1975 	7–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	28–21–17
67 	L	March 9, 1975 	2–4 	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	28–22–17
68 	L	March 11, 1975 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 	28–23–17
69 	L	March 12, 1975 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1974–75) 	28–24–17
70 	W	March 15, 1975 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1974–75) 	29–24–17
71 	T	March 18, 1975 	4–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 	29–24–18
72 	W	March 19, 1975 	3–1 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 	30–24–18
73 	W	March 22, 1975 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 	31–24–18
74 	T	March 23, 1975 	3–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 	31–24–19
75 	T	March 25, 1975 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 	31–24–20
76 	W	March 29, 1975 	6–4 	New York Rangers (1974–75) 	32–24–20
77 	T	March 30, 1975 	2–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	32–24–21
78 	T	April 1, 1975 	2–2 	Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 	32–24–22
79 	L	April 5, 1975 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 	32–25–22
80 	W	April 6, 1975 	6–4 	@ New York Rangers (1974–75) 	33–25–22
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 2, New York Rangers 1===
===New York Islanders 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3===
===Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Islanders 3===
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	79	21	55	76 	105	28 	5 	2 	4
 	RW 	80	25	37	62 	34 	4 	4 	0 	5
 	RW 	76	27	28	55 	122	17 	3 	0 	3
 	D/RW	73	22	33	55 	28 	19 	6 	1 	1
 	LW 	77	18	30	48 	121	32 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	80	25	22	47 	66 	-4 	8 	0 	4
 	C 	78	14	27	41 	60 	22 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	70	16	24	40 	12 	-9 	6 	1 	2
 	C 	77	16	23	39 	12 	9 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	73	9 	24	33 	59 	-3 	6 	1 	4
 	C 	40	14	18	32 	6 	8 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	41	14	16	30 	22 	10 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	77	2 	28	30 	58 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	69	13	12	25 	12 	0 	2 	1 	1
 	D 	78	5 	14	19 	98 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	65	6 	12	18 	79 	14 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	71	4 	14	18 	143	28 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	60	5 	6 	11 	6 	7 	0 	4 	0
 	C 	28	5 	6 	11 	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	20	2 	6 	8 	40 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	1 	6 	7 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	58	0 	0 	0 	21 	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
 	C 	17	6	12	18 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	17	8	8 	16 	22 	4 	0 	1
 	D/RW	17	5	10	15 	12 	2 	1 	2
 	D 	17	5	9 	14 	30 	3 	1 	0
 	RW 	17	3	7 	10 	12 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	17	2	5 	7 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	4	2 	6 	36 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	17	3	3 	6 	59 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	13	3	3 	6 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	15	2	4 	6 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	2	2 	4 	42 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	15	2	2 	4 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	1	3 	4 	27 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1	2 	3 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0	2 	2 	33 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	0	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0	1 	1 	28 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	0	1 	1 	23 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0	0 	0 	4 	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 & Records==
*Denis Potvin, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==See Also==
*1974–75 NHL season
==References==
*1974-75 New York Rangers Statistics
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