1976–77 New York Islanders season

The 1976–77 New York Islanders season was the 5th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 2nd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 7, 1976 	3–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 9, 1976 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 12, 1976 	7–0 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	3–0–0
4 	W	October 13, 1976 	4–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	4–0–0
5 	T	October 16, 1976 	4–4 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	4–0–1
6 	W	October 19, 1976 	6–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	5–0–1
7 	L	October 22, 1976 	0–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	5–1–1
8 	W	October 23, 1976 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	6–1–1
9 	L	October 25, 1976 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	6–2–1
10 	W	October 28, 1976 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	7–2–1
11 	T	October 30, 1976 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	7–2–2
12 	W	November 1, 1976 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	8–2–2
13 	W	November 2, 1976 	5–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	9–2–2
14 	W	November 6, 1976 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	10–2–2
15 	W	November 9, 1976 	8–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	11–2–2
16 	T	November 11, 1976	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	11–2–3
17 	W	November 13, 1976	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	12–2–3
18 	W	November 18, 1976	3–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	13–2–3
19 	W	November 19, 1976	6–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	14–2–3
20 	L	November 23, 1976	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	14–3–3
21 	L	November 25, 1976	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	14–4–3
22 	W	November 27, 1976	3–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	15–4–3
23 	L	November 28, 1976	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	15–5–3
24 	L	November 30, 1976	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	15–6–3
25 	L	December 2, 1976 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	15–7–3
26 	W	December 4, 1976 	3–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	16–7–3
27 	W	December 7, 1976 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	17–7–3
28 	W	December 11, 1976	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	18–7–3
29 	W	December 12, 1976	6–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	19–7–3
30 	T	December 14, 1976	4–4 	New York Rangers (1976–77) 	19–7–4
31 	W	December 17, 1976	4–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	20–7–4
32 	L	December 18, 1976	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	20–8–4
33 	W	December 21, 1976	3–0 	Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	21–8–4
34 	W	December 26, 1976	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1976–77) 	22–8–4
35 	T	December 28, 1976	4–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	22–8–5
36 	L	January 1, 1977 	1–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	22–9–5
37 	T	January 2, 1977 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	22–9–6
38 	W	January 7, 1977 	5–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	23–9–6
39 	W	January 8, 1977 	6–3 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	24–9–6
40 	W	January 10, 1977 	8–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	25–9–6
41 	L	January 12, 1977 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	25–10–6
42 	W	January 15, 1977 	2–1 	Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	26–10–6
43 	T	January 16, 1977 	2–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	26–10–7
44 	W	January 18, 1977 	7–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	27–10–7
45 	W	January 20, 1977 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	28–10–7
46 	L	January 22, 1977 	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	28–11–7
47 	W	January 23, 1977 	7–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	29–11–7
48 	L	January 27, 1977 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	29–12–7
49 	L	January 29, 1977 	0–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	29–13–7
50 	L	January 30, 1977 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	29–14–7
51 	W	February 1, 1977 	6–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	30–14–7
52 	W	February 3, 1977 	6–3 	New York Rangers (1976–77) 	31–14–7
53 	T	February 5, 1977 	3–3 	Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	31–14–8
54 	L	February 6, 1977 	0–4 	@ New York Rangers (1976–77) 	31–15–8
55 	W	February 8, 1977 	4–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	32–15–8
56 	W	February 12, 1977	2–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	33–15–8
57 	W	February 14, 1977	2–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	34–15–8
58 	L	February 15, 1977	0–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	34–16–8
59 	W	February 19, 1977	5–2 	New York Rangers (1976–77) 	35–16–8
60 	T	February 20, 1977	2–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	35–16–9
61 	W	February 22, 1977	2–1 	Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	36–16–9
62 	W	February 25, 1977	2–1 	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	37–16–9
63 	W	February 26, 1977	8–2 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	38–16–9
64 	L	March 1, 1977 	4–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	38–17–9
65 	W	March 3, 1977 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	39–17–9
66 	L	March 5, 1977 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	39–18–9
67 	W	March 6, 1977 	5–0 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	40–18–9
68 	L	March 8, 1977 	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	40–19–9
69 	W	March 9, 1977 	6–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	41–19–9
70 	W	March 12, 1977 	8–3 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	42–19–9
71 	T	March 13, 1977 	5–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	42–19–10
72 	W	March 16, 1977 	5–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	43–19–10
73 	T	March 19, 1977 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	43–19–11
74 	W	March 22, 1977 	9–2 	Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	44–19–11
75 	T	March 23, 1977 	1–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	44–19–12
76 	W	March 26, 1977 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	45–19–12
77 	W	March 27, 1977 	6–3 	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	46–19–12
78 	L	March 29, 1977 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	46–20–12
79 	L	April 2, 1977 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	46–21–12
80 	W	April 3, 1977 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1976–77) 	47–21–12
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 2, Vancouver Canucks 0===
===New York Islanders 4, Buffalo Sabres 2===
===Montreal Canadiens 4, New York Islanders 2===
==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 	80	25	55	80 	103	42 	7 	1 	4
 	C 	76	30	42	72 	34 	28 	11 	1 	6
 	RW 	80	24	43	67 	44 	18 	5 	1 	3
 	RW 	80	29	27	56 	91 	22 	5 	0 	3
 	LW 	80	25	31	56 	46 	26 	5 	0 	7
 	LW 	70	33	22	55 	93 	18 	12 	0 	5
 	C 	78	24	29	53 	27 	18 	4 	0 	2
 	D/RW	79	14	33	47 	8 	21 	1 	3 	0
 	D 	79	10	36	46 	26 	14 	1 	1 	0
 	C 	75	16	19	35 	30 	27 	0 	0 	5
 	C 	80	13	18	31 	10 	21 	0 	6 	2
 	LW 	70	13	15	28 	182	14 	1 	0 	4
 	D 	79	4 	24	28 	44 	29 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	72	4 	21	25 	61 	48 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	71	3 	22	25 	25 	26 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	72	10	13	23 	55 	8 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	80	4 	18	22 	98 	29 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	43	6 	8 	14 	13 	4 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	36	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	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 	12	7	7	14 	8 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	12	5	6	11 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	12	6	4	10 	20 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	12	2	8	10 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	4	4	8 	15 	0 	0 	4
 	LW 	11	4	4	8 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1	6	7 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	12	1	5	6 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	11	0	4	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1	2	3 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	8 	2	0	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	2	0	2 	7 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	12	1	1	2 	28 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	2	2 	23 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	0	2	2 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0	0	0 	8 	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==
*Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Ed Westfall
*Denis Potvin, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1976–77 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Islanders season, 1976–77
New York Islanders season, 1976–77
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