1980–81 New York Islanders season

The 1980-81 New York Islanders season was the 9th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 1st in the Patrick Division and defeated the Minnesota North Stars in the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 11, 1980 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 12, 1980 	2–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	2–0–0
3 	T	October 14, 1980 	5–5 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	2–0–1
4 	W	October 16, 1980 	6–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	3–0–1
5 	T	October 18, 1980 	5–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	3–0–2
6 	T	October 19, 1980 	3–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	3–0–3
7 	L	October 21, 1980 	3–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	3–1–3
8 	L	October 23, 1980 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	3–2–3
9 	L	October 25, 1980 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	3–3–3
10 	L	October 26, 1980 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	3–4–3
11 	W	October 28, 1980 	6–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	4–4–3
12 	L	November 1, 1980 	3–7 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	4–5–3
13 	W	November 4, 1980 	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	5–5–3
14 	W	November 6, 1980 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	6–5–3
15 	W	November 8, 1980 	7–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	7–5–3
16 	T	November 11, 1980	6–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	7–5–4
17 	W	November 12, 1980	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	8–5–4
18 	W	November 15, 1980	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	9–5–4
19 	W	November 17, 1980	2–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	10–5–4
20 	W	November 18, 1980	7–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	11–5–4
21 	W	November 20, 1980	5–0 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	12–5–4
22 	W	November 22, 1980	6–4 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	13–5–4
23 	T	November 25, 1980	4–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	13–5–5
24 	W	November 27, 1980	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	14–5–5
25 	W	November 29, 1980	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	15–5–5
26 	W	November 30, 1980	7–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	16–5–5
27 	W	December 2, 1980 	5–1 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	17–5–5
28 	L	December 4, 1980 	3–4 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	17–6–5
29 	L	December 6, 1980 	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	17–7–5
30 	W	December 7, 1980 	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	18–7–5
31 	W	December 10, 1980	3–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	19–7–5
32 	T	December 13, 1980	4–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	19–7–6
33 	W	December 14, 1980	5–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	20–7–6
34 	W	December 16, 1980	6–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	21–7–6
35 	W	December 20, 1980	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	22–7–6
36 	W	December 21, 1980	9–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	23–7–6
37 	T	December 23, 1980	2–2 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	23–7–7
38 	T	December 27, 1980	5–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	23–7–8
39 	W	December 30, 1980	9–3 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	24–7–8
40 	L	January 2, 1981 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	24–8–8
41 	W	January 3, 1981 	8–1 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	25–8–8
42 	W	January 6, 1981 	6–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	26–8–8
43 	L	January 7, 1981 	3–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	26–9–8
44 	L	January 10, 1981 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	26–10–8
45 	W	January 11, 1981 	4–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	27–10–8
46 	W	January 13, 1981 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	28–10–8
47 	W	January 17, 1981 	6–4 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	29–10–8
48 	W	January 20, 1981 	5–0 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	30–10–8
49 	W	January 22, 1981 	3–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	31–10–8
50 	W	January 24, 1981 	7–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	32–10–8
51 	L	January 26, 1981 	3–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	32–11–8
52 	W	January 28, 1981 	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	33–11–8
53 	L	January 31, 1981 	1–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	33–12–8
54 	L	February 1, 1981 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	33–13–8
55 	W	February 3, 1981 	8–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	34–13–8
56 	L	February 4, 1981 	3–9 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	34–14–8
57 	T	February 7, 1981 	5–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	34–14–9
58 	L	February 12, 1981	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	34–15–9
59 	T	February 14, 1981	1–1 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	34–15–10
60 	L	February 17, 1981	5–8 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	34–16–10
61 	W	February 21, 1981	6–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	35–16–10
62 	W	February 23, 1981	4–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	36–16–10
63 	L	February 25, 1981	4–11 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	36–17–10
64 	W	February 27, 1981	5–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	37–17–10
65 	W	February 28, 1981	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	38–17–10
66 	T	March 3, 1981 	8–8 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	38–17–11
67 	W	March 7, 1981 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	39–17–11
68 	W	March 11, 1981 	6–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	40–17–11
69 	W	March 12, 1981 	5–0 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	41–17–11
70 	T	March 14, 1981 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	41–17–12
71 	T	March 17, 1981 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	41–17–13
72 	W	March 20, 1981 	5–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	42–17–13
73 	W	March 22, 1981 	6–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	43–17–13
74 	W	March 24, 1981 	5–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	44–17–13
75 	T	March 28, 1981 	4–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	44–17–14
76 	W	March 29, 1981 	5–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	45–17–14
77 	L	March 31, 1981 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	45–18–14
78 	W	April 2, 1981 	2–1 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	46–18–14
79 	W	April 4, 1981 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	47–18–14
80 	W	April 5, 1981 	7–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	48–18–14
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 0===
===New York Islanders 4, Edmonton Oilers 2===
===New York Islanders 4, New York Rangers 0===
===New York Islanders 4, Minnesota North Stars 1===
Date 	Visitors 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
May 12	Minnesota North Stars	3 	New York 	6 	
May 14	Minnesota 	3 	New York 	6 	
May 17	New York 	7 	Minnesota	5 	
May 19	New York 	2 	Minnesota	4 	
May 21	Minnesota 	1 	New York 	5 	OT
==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 	79	68	51	119	32 	37 	28 	2 	10
 	C 	73	31	72	103	74 	49 	9 	2 	5
 	LW 	80	33	45	78 	99 	26 	9 	0 	3
 	C 	78	35	41	76 	62 	34 	9 	7 	5
 	D 	74	20	56	76 	104	38 	9 	0 	4
 	RW 	78	36	28	64 	32 	25 	7 	6 	4
 	D 	80	9 	52	61 	82 	24 	6 	0 	2
 	C 	78	23	37	60 	0 	4 	4 	1 	1
 	LW 	70	20	32	52 	57 	8 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	79	14	30	44 	145	6 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	61	19	17	36 	17 	-12	2 	0 	4
 	C 	71	16	15	31 	30 	12 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	70	4 	15	19 	174	12 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	7 	11	18 	26 	-8 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	75	1 	16	17 	122	40 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	80	2 	11	13 	20 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	73	1 	12	13 	77 	45 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	60	3 	9 	12 	124	-6 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	14	4 	7 	11 	39 	9 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	18	4 	4 	8 	6 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	18	2 	3 	5 	25 	-4 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	3 	2 	2 	4 	0 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	9 	1 	2 	3 	24 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	3 	3 	10 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	0 	0 	33 	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
 	RW 	18	17	18	35 	4 	9 	0 	3
 	C 	18	11	18	29 	34 	4 	2 	1
 	D 	18	8 	17	25 	16 	6 	1 	2
 	C 	18	10	10	20 	6 	4 	2 	2
 	C 	18	6 	12	18 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	18	6 	9 	15 	28 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	17	6 	8 	14 	6 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	5 	8 	13 	16 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	18	6 	6 	12 	20 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	18	3 	9 	12 	4 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	14	4 	6 	10 	19 	1 	1 	1
 	RW 	9 	3 	6 	9 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	4 	3 	7 	10 	0 	2 	0
 	D 	18	3 	4 	7 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	12	1 	5 	6 	32 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	1 	4 	5 	27 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	5 	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	3 	1 	4 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	3 	3 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	2 	2 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	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 
==1981 New York Islanders Stanley Cup Champions==
Gord Lane, Jean Potvin, Bob Lorimer, Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson, Mike McEwen, Ken Morrow, Dave Langevin, Duane Sutter, Garry Howatt, Clark Gillies, Lorne Henning, Hector Marini, Wayne Merrick, Bob Bourne, Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, Bob Nystrom, John Tonelli, Anders Kallur, Butch Goring, Billy Carroll, Roland Melanson, Billy Smith, Al Arbour (coach), Bill Torrey (general manager), Ron Waske, Jim Pickard (trainers)
==Awards and Records==
*Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: New York Islanders
*Conn Smythe Trophy: Butch Goring
*Mike Bossy, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Denis Potvin, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==References==
* Islanders on Hockey Database
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