1978–79 New York Islanders season

The 1978–79 New York Islanders season was the 7th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 1st in the Patrick Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the New York Rangers 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 12, 1978 	2–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	0–0–1
2 	L	October 14, 1978 	7–10 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	0–1–1
3 	W	October 17, 1978 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	1–1–1
4 	W	October 18, 1978 	5–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	2–1–1
5 	W	October 21, 1978 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	3–1–1
6 	T	October 24, 1978 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	3–1–2
7 	L	October 27, 1978 	5–8 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	3–2–2
8 	W	October 28, 1978 	5–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	4–2–2
9 	W	October 31, 1978 	8–5 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	5–2–2
10 	L	November 2, 1978 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	5–3–2
11 	W	November 4, 1978 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	6–3–2
12 	W	November 7, 1978 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	7–3–2
13 	W	November 11, 1978	4–2 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	8–3–2
14 	W	November 12, 1978	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	9–3–2
15 	T	November 14, 1978	2–2 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	9–3–3
16 	W	November 17, 1978	4–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	10–3–3
17 	W	November 18, 1978	8–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	11–3–3
18 	W	November 21, 1978	7–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	12–3–3
19 	W	November 22, 1978	4–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	13–3–3
20 	W	November 25, 1978	5–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	14–3–3
21 	T	November 29, 1978	5–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	14–3–4
22 	W	December 2, 1978 	5–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	15–3–4
23 	T	December 5, 1978 	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	15–3–5
24 	W	December 7, 1978 	7–1 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	16–3–5
25 	W	December 9, 1978 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	17–3–5
26 	L	December 10, 1978	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	17–4–5
27 	T	December 12, 1978	5–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	17–4–6
28 	W	December 14, 1978	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	18–4–6
29 	T	December 16, 1978	2–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	18–4–7
30 	W	December 17, 1978	3–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	19–4–7
31 	W	December 21, 1978	5–1 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	20–4–7
32 	W	December 23, 1978	9–4 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	21–4–7
33 	W	December 26, 1978	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	22–4–7
34 	W	December 28, 1978	10–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	23–4–7
35 	W	December 30, 1978	4–2 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	24–4–7
36 	W	January 2, 1979 	9–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	25–4–7
37 	L	January 4, 1979 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	25–5–7
38 	W	January 6, 1979 	5–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	26–5–7
39 	W	January 9, 1979 	7–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	27–5–7
40 	T	January 10, 1979 	5–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	27–5–8
41 	W	January 12, 1979 	4–1 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	28–5–8
42 	T	January 14, 1979 	1–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	28–5–9
43 	W	January 16, 1979 	6–2 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	29–5–9
44 	L	January 17, 1979 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	29–6–9
45 	W	January 20, 1979 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	30–6–9
46 	W	January 22, 1979 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	31–6–9
47 	W	January 25, 1979 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	32–6–9
48 	L	January 27, 1979 	2–7 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	32–7–9
49 	L	January 30, 1979 	4–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	32–8–9
50 	W	February 1, 1979 	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	33–8–9
51 	T	February 3, 1979 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	33–8–10
52 	L	February 4, 1979 	4–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	33–9–10
53 	W	February 13, 1979	6–1 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	34–9–10
54 	L	February 14, 1979	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	34–10–10
55 	W	February 17, 1979	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	35–10–10
56 	W	February 19, 1979	8–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	36–10–10
57 	W	February 22, 1979	6–1 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	37–10–10
58 	W	February 24, 1979	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	38–10–10
59 	L	February 25, 1979	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	38–11–10
60 	W	February 27, 1979	7–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	39–11–10
61 	L	March 2, 1979 	2–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	39–12–10
62 	W	March 3, 1979 	4–2 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	40–12–10
63 	L	March 6, 1979 	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	40–13–10
64 	T	March 7, 1979 	5–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	40–13–11
65 	W	March 10, 1979 	7–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	41–13–11
66 	T	March 11, 1979 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	41–13–12
67 	W	March 13, 1979 	7–2 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	42–13–12
68 	W	March 15, 1979 	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	43–13–12
69 	W	March 17, 1979 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	44–13–12
70 	W	March 18, 1979 	5–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	45–13–12
71 	W	March 22, 1979 	5–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	46–13–12
72 	T	March 24, 1979 	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	46–13–13
73 	T	March 25, 1979 	2–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	46–13–14
74 	L	March 29, 1979 	1–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	46–14–14
75 	W	March 31, 1979 	2–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	47–14–14
76 	L	April 1, 1979 	4–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	47–15–14
77 	W	April 3, 1979 	3–2 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	48–15–14
78 	W	April 5, 1979 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	49–15–14
79 	W	April 7, 1979 	9–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	50–15–14
80 	W	April 8, 1979 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	51–15–14
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 4, Chicago Black Hawks 0===
===New York Rangers 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
 	C 	76	47	87	134	50 	76 	15 	0 	8
 	RW 	80	69	57	126	25 	63 	27 	0 	9
 	D 	73	31	70	101	58 	71 	12 	3 	2
 	LW 	75	35	56	91 	68 	57 	11 	0 	5
 	D 	78	10	56	66 	57 	38 	6 	0 	1
 	C 	80	30	31	61 	48 	34 	4 	1 	2
 	LW 	73	17	39	56 	44 	29 	1 	0 	4
 	RW 	80	15	39	54 	18 	26 	0 	0 	5
 	C 	75	20	21	41 	24 	13 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	78	19	20	39 	113	19 	1 	0 	5
 	C 	71	16	18	34 	37 	7 	2 	0 	4
 	C 	73	13	20	33 	14 	17 	0 	2 	2
 	LW 	75	16	12	28 	205	6 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	79	5 	18	23 	43 	43 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	67	3 	18	21 	42 	27 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	55	5 	11	16 	4 	0 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	50	2 	14	16 	78 	30 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	55	3 	11	14 	50 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	1 	8 	9 	29 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1 	6 	7 	4 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	2 	2 	54 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	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
 	D 	10	4	7	11 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	6	2	8 	2 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	1	6	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2	4	6 	13 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	3	2	5 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	10	2	3	5 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1	3	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1	3	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	3	4 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	4	4 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	2	1	3 	10 	1 	0 	1
 	D/RW	6 	1	2	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	1	2	3 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2	0	2 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	9 	0	2	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0	1	1 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	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 and Records==
*Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: New York Islanders
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Bryan Trottier
*Art Ross Trophy: Bryan Trottier
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Denis Potvin
*NHL Goal Scoring Leader: Mike Bossy
*Jack Adams Award: Al Arbour
*Bryan Trottier, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
*Clark Gillies, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Denis Potvin, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Mike Bossy, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Glenn Resch, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Bryan Trottier, Most Points, One Period (6), December 23, 1978National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.181, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1978–79 NHL season
==References==
*Islanders on Hockey Database
Category:New York Islanders seasons
New York Islanders season, 1978–79
New York Islanders season, 1978–79