1974–75 New York Islanders season

1974–75 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	3rd Campbell
1974–75 record	33-25-22
Goals for	264
Goals against	221
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Ed Westfall
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Bob Nystrom (27)
Assists	Denis Potvin (55)
Points	Denis Potvin (76)
Penalty minutes	Gerry Hart (143)
Wins	Billy Smith (21)
Goals against average	Chico Resch (2.47)

The 1974–75 New York Islanders season was the 3rd season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 3rd in the Patrick Division with a 33-25-22 record, clinching the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. In the Preliminary round, they defeated the New York Rangers and won in the Quarter-finals, over the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games, after they had lost the first three. The Islanders lost in the Semi-finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 3.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	51	18	11	293	181	113
New York Rangers	80	37	29	14	319	276	88
New York Islanders	80	33	25	22	264	221	88
Atlanta Flames	80	34	31	15	243	233	83

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 9, 1974	5–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	0–0–1
2	W	October 12, 1974	6–2	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	1–0–1
3	W	October 15, 1974	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	2–0–1
4	L	October 19, 1974	2–4	New York Rangers (1974–75)	2–1–1
5	W	October 20, 1974	5–0	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	3–1–1
6	W	October 22, 1974	2–1	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	4–1–1
7	W	October 26, 1974	4–0	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	5–1–1
8	W	October 28, 1974	10–1	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	6–1–1
9	T	October 30, 1974	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	6–1–2
10	W	November 2, 1974	3–2	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	7–1–2
11	L	November 3, 1974	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	7–2–2
12	T	November 5, 1974	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	7–2–3
13	L	November 6, 1974	1–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	7–3–3
14	L	November 9, 1974	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	7–4–3
15	L	November 13, 1974	2–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	7–5–3
16	L	November 15, 1974	2–4	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	7–6–3
17	L	November 16, 1974	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	7–7–3
18	W	November 19, 1974	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	8–7–3
19	T	November 20, 1974	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	8–7–4
20	W	November 22, 1974	6–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	9–7–4
21	T	November 23, 1974	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	9–7–5
22	T	November 27, 1974	3–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	9–7–6
23	T	November 29, 1974	3–3	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	9–7–7
24	L	November 30, 1974	0–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	9–8–7
25	T	December 5, 1974	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	9–8–8
26	W	December 7, 1974	4–1	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	10–8–8
27	L	December 8, 1974	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	10–9–8
28	W	December 10, 1974	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	11–9–8
29	W	December 14, 1974	3–0	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	12–9–8
30	L	December 15, 1974	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	12–10–8
31	L	December 17, 1974	4–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	12–11–8
32	L	December 18, 1974	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	12–12–8
33	T	December 21, 1974	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	12–12–9
34	W	December 22, 1974	5–2	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	13–12–9
35	L	December 26, 1974	1–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	13–13–9
36	L	December 28, 1974	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	13–14–9
37	W	December 29, 1974	7–0	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	14–14–9
38	W	January 2, 1975	5–2	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	15–14–9
39	L	January 4, 1975	3–5	New York Rangers (1974–75)	15–15–9
40	W	January 7, 1975	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	16–15–9
41	W	January 9, 1975	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	17–15–9
42	T	January 11, 1975	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	17–15–10
43	L	January 12, 1975	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	17–16–10
44	T	January 14, 1975	3–3	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	17–16–11
45	W	January 18, 1975	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	18–16–11
46	L	January 23, 1975	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	18–17–11
47	T	January 25, 1975	5–5	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	18–17–12
48	W	January 28, 1975	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	19–17–12
49	W	January 29, 1975	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	20–17–12
50	W	February 1, 1975	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	21–17–12
51	T	February 2, 1975	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	21–17–13
52	T	February 6, 1975	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	21–17–14
53	W	February 8, 1975	5–1	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	22–17–14
54	L	February 9, 1975	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	22–18–14
55	W	February 11, 1975	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	23–18–14
56	W	February 12, 1975	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	24–18–14
57	T	February 15, 1975	1–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	24–18–15
58	L	February 16, 1975	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	24–19–15
59	L	February 18, 1975	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	24–20–15
60	L	February 21, 1975	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	24–21–15
61	W	February 22, 1975	7–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	25–21–15
62	W	February 25, 1975	3–0	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	26–21–15
63	W	March 1, 1975	6–1	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	27–21–15
64	T	March 2, 1975	3–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	27–21–16
65	T	March 6, 1975	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	27–21–17
66	W	March 8, 1975	7–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	28–21–17
67	L	March 9, 1975	2–4	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	28–22–17
68	L	March 11, 1975	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	28–23–17
69	L	March 12, 1975	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	28–24–17
70	W	March 15, 1975	3–1	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	29–24–17
71	T	March 18, 1975	4–4	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	29–24–18
72	W	March 19, 1975	3–1	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	30–24–18
73	W	March 22, 1975	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	31–24–18
74	T	March 23, 1975	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	31–24–19
75	T	March 25, 1975	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	31–24–20
76	W	March 29, 1975	6–4	New York Rangers (1974–75)	32–24–20
77	T	March 30, 1975	2–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	32–24–21
78	T	April 1, 1975	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	32–24–22
79	L	April 5, 1975	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	32–25–22
80	W	April 6, 1975	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	33–25–22

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 79 21 55 76 105 28 5 2 4 Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 80 25 37 62 34 4 4 0 5 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 76 27 28 55 122 17 3 0 3 Westfall, EdEd Westfall D/RW 73 22 33 55 28 19 6 1 1 Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 77 18 30 48 121 32 1 0 3 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 80 25 22 47 66 -4 8 0 4 St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 78 14 27 41 60 22 1 0 0 Stewart, RalphRalph Stewart C 70 16 24 40 12 -9 6 1 2 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 77 16 23 39 12 9 2 0 2 Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 73 9 24 33 59 -3 6 1 4 Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 40 14 18 32 6 8 2 0 2 Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise LW 41 14 16 30 22 10 4 0 1 Marshall, BertBert Marshall D 77 2 28 30 58 18 0 0 0 MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan RW 69 13 12 25 12 0 2 1 1 Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 78 5 14 19 98 8 0 0 1 Fortier, DaveDave Fortier D 65 6 12 18 79 14 1 0 0 Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 71 4 14 18 143 28 0 1 0 Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 60 5 6 11 6 7 0 4 0 Rombough, DougDoug Rombough C 28 5 6 11 6 6 0 0 0 Hicke, ErnieErnie Hicke LW 20 2 6 8 40 7 0 0 0 Cameron, CraigCraig Cameron RW 37 1 6 7 4 -3 0 0 0 Ledingham, WaltWalt Ledingham LW 2 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0 Miller, TomTom Miller C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith), BillyBilly Smith) G 58 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Smith, BillyBilly Smith 3368 58 21 18 17 156 2.78 3 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 1432 25 12 7 5 59 2.47 3 Team: 4800 80 33 25 22 215 2.69 6

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 17 6 12 18 6 1 0 1 Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise LW 17 8 8 16 22 4 0 1 Westfall, EdEd Westfall D/RW 17 5 10 15 12 2 1 2 Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 17 5 9 14 30 3 1 0 Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 17 3 7 10 12 2 0 1 Marshall, BertBert Marshall D 17 2 5 7 16 0 0 0 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 17 4 2 6 36 0 0 2 Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 17 3 3 6 59 0 0 1 Stewart, RalphRalph Stewart C 13 3 3 6 2 1 0 0 Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 15 2 4 6 9 0 0 0 Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 17 2 2 4 42 0 0 1 St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 15 2 2 4 6 1 0 0 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 17 1 3 4 27 0 0 0 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 9 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 Fortier, DaveDave Fortier D 14 0 2 2 33 0 0 0 Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 17 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 17 0 1 1 28 0 0 0 MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan RW 17 0 1 1 23 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 692 12 8 4 25 2.17 1 Smith, BillyBilly Smith 333 6 1 4 23 4.14 0 Team: 1025 17 9 8 48 2.81 1

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 & Records

• Denis Potvin, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star

See Also

• 1974–75 NHL season

References

• 1974-75 New York Rangers Statistics