1975–76 New York Islanders season

1975–76 New York Islanders
Division	2nd Patrick
1975–76 record	42–21–17
Goals for	297
Goals against	190
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Ed Westfall
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Clark Gillies (34)
Assists	Denis Potvin (67)
Points	Denis Potvin (98)
Penalty minutes	Garry Howatt (197)
Wins	Chico Resch (23)
Goals against average	Chico Resch (2.07)

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.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	51	13	16	348	209	118
New York Islanders	80	42	21	17	297	190	101
Atlanta Flames	80	35	33	12	262	237	82
New York Rangers	80	29	42	9	262	333	67

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 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

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 78 31 67 98 100 12 18 0 4 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 80 32 63 95 21 28 11 1 5 Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 78 17 55 72 74 16 9 1 2 Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 80 32 38 70 54 22 16 0 4 Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 76 21 41 62 58 18 10 0 2 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 80 34 27 61 96 20 15 0 6 Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise LW 80 22 35 57 80 12 5 2 4 Westfall, EdEd Westfall D/RW 80 25 31 56 27 17 6 2 3 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 80 23 25 48 106 24 2 0 4 Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 80 21 13 34 197 26 0 0 2 St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 67 9 17 26 56 14 0 0 2 Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 80 6 18 24 151 35 0 0 0 Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 73 0 19 19 54 29 0 0 0 Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 80 7 10 17 16 6 0 4 0 MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan RW 64 9 7 16 10 5 0 0 2 Marshall, BertBert Marshall D 71 0 16 16 72 37 0 0 0 Stewart, RalphRalph Stewart C 31 6 7 13 2 3 0 1 1 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 14 2 3 5 13 -2 0 0 1 Fortier, DaveDave Fortier D 59 0 2 2 68 9 0 0 0 Price, PatPat Price D 4 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 39 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 44 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 2546 44 23 11 8 88 2.07 7 Smith, BillyBilly Smith 2254 39 19 10 9 98 2.61 3 Team: 4800 80 42 21 17 186 2.33 10

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 13 5 14 19 32 2 0 1 Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 13 6 9 15 0 1 0 1 Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 13 5 5 10 23 0 0 1 Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise LW 13 4 6 10 10 1 0 0 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 13 3 6 9 30 1 0 0 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 13 1 7 8 8 0 0 0 Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 13 5 2 7 10 1 0 0 MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan RW 13 4 2 6 8 0 0 2 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 13 2 4 6 16 0 0 1 St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 13 1 5 6 15 0 0 0 Westfall, EdEd Westfall D/RW 8 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 13 1 3 4 24 0 0 0 Marshall, BertBert Marshall D 13 1 3 4 12 0 0 1 Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 13 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 Stewart, RalphRalph Stewart C 6 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 13 0 1 1 44 0 0 0 Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 13 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Fortier, DaveDave Fortier D 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 8 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Smith, BillyBilly Smith 437 8 4 3 21 2.88 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 357 7 3 3 18 3.03 0 Team: 794 13 7 6 39 2.95 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

See Also

• 1975–76 NHL season

References

• 1975–76 New York Islanders Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.