1975–76 New York Islanders season

The 1975–76 New York Islanders season was the 4th 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 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 8, 1975 	1–1 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	0–0–1
2 	W	October 11, 1975 	7–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	1–0–1
3 	T	October 12, 1975 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	1–0–2
4 	W	October 14, 1975 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	2–0–2
5 	W	October 17, 1975 	2–0 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	3–0–2
6 	L	October 18, 1975 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	3–1–2
7 	T	October 21, 1975 	5–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	3–1–3
8 	W	October 23, 1975 	3–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	4–1–3
9 	W	October 25, 1975 	7–1 	New York Rangers (1975–76) 	5–1–3
10 	T	October 27, 1975 	4–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	5–1–4
11 	W	November 1, 1975 	7–3 	Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	6–1–4
12 	W	November 4, 1975 	5–3 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	7–1–4
13 	L	November 5, 1975 	6–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	7–2–4
14 	W	November 8, 1975 	4–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	8–2–4
15 	L	November 12, 1975	1–5 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	8–3–4
16 	L	November 13, 1975	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	8–4–4
17 	L	November 15, 1975	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	8–5–4
18 	L	November 18, 1975	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	8–6–4
19 	T	November 20, 1975	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	8–6–5
20 	W	November 22, 1975	5–2 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	9–6–5
21 	W	November 26, 1975	9–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	10–6–5
22 	L	November 27, 1975	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	10–7–5
23 	W	November 29, 1975	8–2 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	11–7–5
24 	L	November 30, 1975	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	11–8–5
25 	W	December 2, 1975 	4–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	12–8–5
26 	W	December 4, 1975 	6–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	13–8–5
27 	L	December 6, 1975 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	13–9–5
28 	W	December 7, 1975 	3–0 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	14–9–5
29 	W	December 9, 1975 	6–0 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	15–9–5
30 	T	December 12, 1975	3–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	15–9–6
31 	W	December 13, 1975	5–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	16–9–6
32 	W	December 17, 1975	3–0 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	17–9–6
33 	W	December 18, 1975	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	18–9–6
34 	W	December 20, 1975	7–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	19–9–6
35 	L	December 21, 1975	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	19–10–6
36 	W	December 30, 1975	6–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	20–10–6
37 	T	January 3, 1976 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	20–10–7
38 	L	January 4, 1976 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	20–11–7
39 	W	January 6, 1976 	8–1 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	21–11–7
40 	L	January 8, 1976 	3–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	21–12–7
41 	W	January 13, 1976 	1–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	22–12–7
42 	T	January 17, 1976 	2–2 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	22–12–8
43 	W	January 21, 1976 	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	23–12–8
44 	W	January 22, 1976 	8–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	24–12–8
45 	W	January 24, 1976 	5–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	25–12–8
46 	W	January 27, 1976 	4–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	26–12–8
47 	W	January 28, 1976 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	27–12–8
48 	T	January 31, 1976 	2–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	27–12–9
49 	T	February 3, 1976 	2–2 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	27–12–10
50 	W	February 4, 1976 	6–5 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	28–12–10
51 	L	February 6, 1976 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	28–13–10
52 	L	February 8, 1976 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	28–14–10
53 	L	February 10, 1976	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	28–15–10
54 	T	February 12, 1976	2–2 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	28–15–11
55 	T	February 14, 1976	4–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	28–15–12
56 	W	February 15, 1976	3–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	29–15–12
57 	L	February 17, 1976	1–3 	New York Rangers (1975–76) 	29–16–12
58 	W	February 18, 1976	5–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	30–16–12
59 	L	February 21, 1976	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	30–17–12
60 	W	February 22, 1976	4–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	31–17–12
61 	W	February 24, 1976	7–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	32–17–12
62 	T	February 26, 1976	2–2 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	32–17–13
63 	W	February 28, 1976	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	33–17–13
64 	W	March 2, 1976 	2–1 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	34–17–13
65 	T	March 4, 1976 	3–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	34–17–14
66 	W	March 6, 1976 	6–3 	Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	35–17–14
67 	W	March 7, 1976 	5–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	36–17–14
68 	W	March 9, 1976 	4–0 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	37–17–14
69 	T	March 13, 1976 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	37–17–15
70 	W	March 14, 1976 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	38–17–15
71 	L	March 16, 1976 	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	38–18–15
72 	W	March 20, 1976 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	39–18–15
73 	L	March 23, 1976 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	39–19–15
74 	T	March 24, 1976 	1–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	39–19–16
75 	W	March 26, 1976 	3–2 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	40–19–16
76 	W	March 29, 1976 	5–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	41–19–16
77 	L	March 31, 1976 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	41–20–16
78 	T	April 1, 1976 	1–1 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	41–20–17
79 	W	April 3, 1976 	10–2 	New York Rangers (1975–76) 	42–20–17
80 	L	April 4, 1976 	2–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	42–21–17
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 2, Chicago Black Hawks 0===
===New York Islanders 4, Buffalo Sabres 0===
===Montreal Canadiens 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
 	D 	78	31	67	98 	100	12 	18 	0 	4
 	C 	80	32	63	95 	21 	28 	11 	1 	5
 	D 	78	17	55	72 	74 	16 	9 	1 	2
 	RW 	80	32	38	70 	54 	22 	16 	0 	4
 	C 	76	21	41	62 	58 	18 	10 	0 	2
 	LW 	80	34	27	61 	96 	20 	15 	0 	6
 	LW 	80	22	35	57 	80 	12 	5 	2 	4
 	D/RW	80	25	31	56 	27 	17 	6 	2 	3
 	RW 	80	23	25	48 	106	24 	2 	0 	4
 	LW 	80	21	13	34 	197	26 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	67	9 	17	26 	56 	14 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	80	6 	18	24 	151	35 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	73	0 	19	19 	54 	29 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	80	7 	10	17 	16 	6 	0 	4 	0
 	RW 	64	9 	7 	16 	10 	5 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	71	0 	16	16 	72 	37 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	31	6 	7 	13 	2 	3 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	14	2 	3 	5 	13 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	59	0 	2 	2 	68 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	2 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	39	0 	1 	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	44	0 	1 	1 	0 	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
 	D 	13	5	14	19 	32 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	13	6	9 	15 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	13	5	5 	10 	23 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	13	4	6 	10 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	3	6 	9 	30 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	13	1	7 	8 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	5	2 	7 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	4	2 	6 	8 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	13	2	4 	6 	16 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	13	1	5 	6 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	8 	2	3 	5 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1	3 	4 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1	3 	4 	12 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	13	2	0 	2 	2 	1 	1 	0
 	C 	6 	1	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0	1 	1 	44 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0	0 	0 	11 	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==
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Denis Potvin
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Bryan Trottier
*Denis Potvin, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Glenn Resch, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1975–76 NHL season
==References==
* 
category:New York Islanders seasons
Category:1975 in hockey
Category:1976 in hockey