1977–78 New York Islanders season

The 1977–78 New York Islanders season was the 6th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 1st in the Patrick Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 3.
==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 13, 1977 	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	0–1–0
2 	W	October 15, 1977 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 16, 1977 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	1–2–0
4 	T	October 18, 1977 	0–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	1–2–1
5 	T	October 21, 1977 	3–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	1–2–2
6 	W	October 22, 1977 	7–2 	New York Rangers (1977–78) 	2–2–2
7 	T	October 26, 1977 	2–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	2–2–3
8 	W	October 27, 1977 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	3–2–3
9 	W	October 29, 1977 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	4–2–3
10 	W	November 1, 1977 	9–0 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	5–2–3
11 	L	November 2, 1977 	2–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	5–3–3
12 	W	November 5, 1977 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	6–3–3
13 	L	November 6, 1977 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	6–4–3
14 	L	November 10, 1977	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	6–5–3
15 	T	November 12, 1977	2–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	6–5–4
16 	W	November 13, 1977	6–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	7–5–4
17 	T	November 15, 1977	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	7–5–5
18 	T	November 17, 1977	4–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	7–5–6
19 	W	November 19, 1977	9–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	8–5–6
20 	W	November 22, 1977	4–2 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	9–5–6
21 	W	November 23, 1977	9–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	10–5–6
22 	L	November 26, 1977	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	10–6–6
23 	W	November 27, 1977	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	11–6–6
24 	T	November 30, 1977	3–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	11–6–7
25 	W	December 3, 1977 	7–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	12–6–7
26 	W	December 6, 1977 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	13–6–7
27 	W	December 7, 1977 	4–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	14–6–7
28 	W	December 10, 1977	7–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	15–6–7
29 	T	December 13, 1977	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	15–6–8
30 	L	December 14, 1977	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	15–7–8
31 	W	December 17, 1977	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	16–7–8
32 	W	December 20, 1977	9–1 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	17–7–8
33 	W	December 22, 1977	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	18–7–8
34 	L	December 23, 1977	5–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	18–8–8
35 	W	December 27, 1977	4–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	19–8–8
36 	W	December 28, 1977	4–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	20–8–8
37 	L	December 31, 1977	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	20–9–8
38 	W	January 3, 1978 	4–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	21–9–8
39 	W	January 7, 1978 	5–3 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	22–9–8
40 	W	January 10, 1978 	7–4 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	23–9–8
41 	L	January 11, 1978 	3–5 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	23–10–8
42 	W	January 14, 1978 	4–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	24–10–8
43 	W	January 18, 1978 	5–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	25–10–8
44 	W	January 19, 1978 	3–0 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	26–10–8
45 	W	January 21, 1978 	6–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	27–10–8
46 	W	January 26, 1978 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	28–10–8
47 	W	January 28, 1978 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1977–78) 	29–10–8
48 	L	January 30, 1978 	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	29–11–8
49 	W	February 1, 1978 	7–6 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	30–11–8
50 	W	February 2, 1978 	5–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	31–11–8
51 	W	February 4, 1978 	6–1 	Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	32–11–8
52 	L	February 8, 1978 	4–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	32–12–8
53 	W	February 11, 1978	8–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	33–12–8
54 	T	February 12, 1978	2–2 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	33–12–9
55 	W	February 14, 1978	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	34–12–9
56 	W	February 16, 1978	5–4 	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	35–12–9
57 	T	February 18, 1978	3–3 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	35–12–10
58 	W	February 19, 1978	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	36–12–10
59 	T	February 22, 1978	3–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	36–12–11
60 	W	February 25, 1978	7–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	37–12–11
61 	L	February 26, 1978	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	37–13–11
62 	W	February 28, 1978	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	38–13–11
63 	L	March 2, 1978 	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	38–14–11
64 	W	March 4, 1978 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	39–14–11
65 	T	March 5, 1978 	3–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	39–14–12
66 	W	March 7, 1978 	5–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	40–14–12
67 	W	March 9, 1978 	6–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	41–14–12
68 	W	March 11, 1978 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	42–14–12
69 	T	March 14, 1978 	3–3 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	42–14–13
70 	L	March 18, 1978 	2–5 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	42–15–13
71 	L	March 20, 1978 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	42–16–13
72 	W	March 22, 1978 	6–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	43–16–13
73 	T	March 25, 1978 	4–4 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	43–16–14
74 	W	March 26, 1978 	6–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	44–16–14
75 	L	March 29, 1978 	1–5 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	44–17–14
76 	W	April 1, 1978 	3–2 	Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	45–17–14
77 	W	April 2, 1978 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	46–17–14
78 	T	April 4, 1978 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	46–17–15
79 	W	April 8, 1978 	7–2 	New York Rangers (1977–78) 	47–17–15
80 	W	April 9, 1978 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	48–17–15
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, New York Islanders 3===
==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 	77	46	77	123	46 	52 	13 	2 	6
 	D 	80	30	64	94 	81 	57 	9 	0 	6
 	RW 	73	53	38	91 	6 	31 	25 	0 	5
 	LW 	80	35	50	85 	76 	49 	9 	0 	2
 	C 	80	30	33	63 	31 	15 	2 	0 	8
 	RW 	80	22	38	60 	40 	27 	1 	1 	1
 	RW 	80	30	29	59 	94 	19 	3 	0 	6
 	D 	66	6 	50	56 	54 	19 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	58	13	29	42 	24 	15 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	39	12	16	28 	12 	19 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	79	12	15	27 	6 	10 	0 	2 	4
 	D 	78	2 	23	25 	94 	44 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	37	10	14	24 	8 	2 	2 	0 	2
 	D/RW	71	5 	19	24 	14 	7 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	56	5 	17	22 	12 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	61	7 	12	19 	146	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	25	9 	6 	15 	2 	16 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	77	3 	11	14 	58 	32 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	52	2 	10	12 	27 	25 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	34	1 	10	11 	8 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	58	0 	7 	7 	44 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	0 	0 	35 	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
 	C 	7 	2	3	5 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	3	1	4 	14 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	7 	2	2	4 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	2	2	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	3	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2	0	2 	15 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	1	1 	62 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	9 	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
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Denis Potvin
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Mike Bossy
*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
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1977–78 NHL season
==References==
*Islanders on Hockey Database
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Category:1977 in hockey
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