1984–85 New York Islanders season

The 1984–85 New York Islanders season was the 13th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 3rd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 12, 1984 	2–7 	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 	0–1–0
2 	W	October 13, 1984 	7–6 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 	1–1–0
3 	W	October 16, 1984 	6–4 	New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 	2–1–0
4 	W	October 17, 1984 	6–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 	3–1–0
5 	W	October 20, 1984 	8–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 	4–1–0
6 	L	October 21, 1984 	5–6 	@ New York Rangers (1984–85) 	4–2–0
7 	W	October 23, 1984 	6–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 	5–2–0
8 	L	October 27, 1984 	3–8 	Boston Bruins (1984–85) 	5–3–0
9 	W	October 30, 1984 	7–3 	New York Rangers (1984–85) 	6–3–0
10 	L	November 1, 1984 	5–6 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 	6–4–0
11 	L	November 3, 1984 	4–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 	6–5–0
12 	L	November 4, 1984 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85) 	6–6–0
13 	W	November 6, 1984 	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 	7–6–0
14 	L	November 9, 1984 	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85) 	7–7–0
15 	W	November 10, 1984	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	8–7–0
16 	W	November 15, 1984	6–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 	9–7–0
17 	W	November 17, 1984	10–4 	New York Rangers (1984–85) 	10–7–0
18 	T	November 18, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	10–7–1
19 	W	November 20, 1984	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	11–7–1
20 	W	November 23, 1984	5–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	12–7–1
21 	W	November 24, 1984	6–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 	13–7–1
22 	L	November 28, 1984	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 	13–8–1
23 	W	November 30, 1984	5–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 	14–8–1
24 	W	December 3, 1984 	5–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 	15–8–1
25 	L	December 5, 1984 	4–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 	15–9–1
26 	L	December 8, 1984 	3–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 	15–10–1
27 	L	December 11, 1984	5–7 	New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 	15–11–1
28 	L	December 12, 1984	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	15–12–1
29 	W	December 15, 1984	6–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	16–12–1
30 	W	December 18, 1984	7–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 	17–12–1
31 	W	December 21, 1984	1–0 	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 	18–12–1
32 	W	December 22, 1984	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	19–12–1
33 	L	December 26, 1984	5–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	19–13–1
34 	L	December 27, 1984	4–5 OT	Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	19–14–1
35 	W	December 29, 1984	5–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 	20–14–1
36 	L	December 31, 1984	3–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	20–15–1
37 	W	January 2, 1985 	7–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 	21–15–1
38 	L	January 5, 1985 	3–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 	21–16–1
39 	W	January 8, 1985 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 	22–16–1
40 	W	January 10, 1985 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 	23–16–1
41 	W	January 12, 1985 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	24–16–1
42 	W	January 13, 1985 	6–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 	25–16–1
43 	L	January 15, 1985 	5–6 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 	25–17–1
44 	T	January 16, 1985 	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 	25–17–2
45 	L	January 19, 1985 	5–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 	25–18–2
46 	L	January 22, 1985 	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 	25–19–2
47 	W	January 24, 1985 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 	26–19–2
48 	L	January 26, 1985 	1–5 	Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	26–20–2
49 	L	January 27, 1985 	2–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	26–21–2
50 	T	January 29, 1985 	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 	26–21–3
51 	L	February 1, 1985 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 	26–22–3
52 	W	February 2, 1985 	4–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	27–22–3
53 	W	February 5, 1985 	7–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	28–22–3
54 	W	February 7, 1985 	7–5 	New York Rangers (1984–85) 	29–22–3
55 	W	February 9, 1985 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	30–22–3
56 	T	February 16, 1985	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 	30–22–4
57 	L	February 17, 1985	3–9 	@ New York Rangers (1984–85) 	30–23–4
58 	W	February 19, 1985	8–4 	Calgary Flames (1984–85) 	31–23–4
59 	L	February 21, 1985	2–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 	31–24–4
60 	W	February 23, 1985	7–1 	Boston Bruins (1984–85) 	32–24–4
61 	L	February 24, 1985	3–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 	32–25–4
62 	L	February 27, 1985	1–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 	32–26–4
63 	L	March 2, 1985 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 	32–27–4
64 	W	March 3, 1985 	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 	33–27–4
65 	L	March 5, 1985 	4–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	33–28–4
66 	T	March 7, 1985 	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 	33–28–5
67 	W	March 9, 1985 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 	34–28–5
68 	W	March 12, 1985 	6–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 	35–28–5
69 	W	March 13, 1985 	4–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 	36–28–5
70 	W	March 16, 1985 	6–4 	Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	37–28–5
71 	L	March 17, 1985 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	37–29–5
72 	W	March 19, 1985 	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 	38–29–5
73 	L	March 21, 1985 	1–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 	38–30–5
74 	W	March 24, 1985 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1984–85) 	39–30–5
75 	L	March 26, 1985 	5–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 	39–31–5
76 	L	March 28, 1985 	2–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 	39–32–5
77 	L	March 30, 1985 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	39–33–5
78 	W	April 2, 1985 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	40–33–5
79 	L	April 4, 1985 	0–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	40–34–5
80 	T	April 6, 1985 	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 	40–34–6
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 3, Washington Capitals 2===
===Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Islanders 1===
==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 	76	58	59	117	38 	37 	14 	4 	7
 	C 	72	42	60	102	51 	42 	12 	0 	4
 	LW 	80	42	58	100	95 	50 	8 	1 	3
 	D 	77	17	51	68 	96 	36 	6 	0 	1
 	C 	68	28	31	59 	47 	5 	4 	5 	3
 	C 	67	19	35	54 	32 	9 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	78	20	31	51 	106	-8 	2 	0 	4
 	D 	69	16	34	50 	58 	-1 	8 	0 	4
 	RW 	78	17	24	41 	174	-12	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	58	13	25	38 	36 	-4 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	78	12	23	35 	90 	0 	2 	1 	3
 	LW 	54	15	17	32 	73 	0 	5 	0 	2
 	D 	54	3 	19	22 	30 	8 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	44	8 	12	20 	51 	-8 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	51	10	8 	18 	26 	-9 	0 	2 	2
 	D 	48	1 	12	13 	89 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	56	0 	13	13 	35 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	27	2 	9 	11 	9 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	65	2 	8 	10 	80 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	1 	8 	9 	83 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	1 	7 	8 	14 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	29	2 	5 	7 	2 	-11	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	36	2 	5 	7 	58 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	38	5 	0 	5 	50 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	8 	4 	1 	5 	2 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	3 	1 	4 	24 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	2 	1 	3 	19 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0 	2 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	1 	1 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	0 	0 	25 	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 	10	5	6	11 	4 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	1	8	9 	10 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	4	2	6 	8 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	10	3	3	6 	14 	-4 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	10	3	2	5 	10 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	2	2	4 	29 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	4	4 	4 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	2	3 	10 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1	2	3 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0	3	3 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	2	0	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0	2	2 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	2	2 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	0	2	2 	47 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	1	0	1 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	26 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	17 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	6 	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 
==Awards and Records==
*John Tonelli, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Mike Bossy, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==References==
*Islanders on Hockey Database
Category:New York Islanders seasons
New York Islanders season, 1984–85
New York Islanders season, 1984–85