1976–77 New York Islanders season

1976–77 New York Islanders
Division	2nd Patrick
1976–77 record	47–21–12
Goals for	288
Goals against	193
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Ed Westfall Clark Gillies
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Clark Gillies (33)
Assists	Denis Potvin (55)
Points	Denis Potvin (80)
Penalty minutes	Garry Howatt (182)
Wins	Chico Resch (26)
Goals against average	Chico Resch (2.28)

The 1976–77 New York Islanders season was the 5th 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 2.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	16	16	323	213	112
New York Islanders	80	47	21	12	288	193	106
Atlanta Flames	80	34	34	12	264	265	80
New York Rangers	80	29	37	14	272	310	72

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	W	October 7, 1976	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	1–0–0
2	W	October 9, 1976	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	2–0–0
3	W	October 12, 1976	7–0	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	3–0–0
4	W	October 13, 1976	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	4–0–0
5	T	October 16, 1976	4–4	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	4–0–1
6	W	October 19, 1976	6–1	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	5–0–1
7	L	October 22, 1976	0–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	5–1–1
8	W	October 23, 1976	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	6–1–1
9	L	October 25, 1976	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	6–2–1
10	W	October 28, 1976	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	7–2–1
11	T	October 30, 1976	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	7–2–2
12	W	November 1, 1976	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	8–2–2
13	W	November 2, 1976	5–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	9–2–2
14	W	November 6, 1976	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	10–2–2
15	W	November 9, 1976	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	11–2–2
16	T	November 11, 1976	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	11–2–3
17	W	November 13, 1976	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	12–2–3
18	W	November 18, 1976	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	13–2–3
19	W	November 19, 1976	6–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	14–2–3
20	L	November 23, 1976	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	14–3–3
21	L	November 25, 1976	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	14–4–3
22	W	November 27, 1976	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	15–4–3
23	L	November 28, 1976	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	15–5–3
24	L	November 30, 1976	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	15–6–3
25	L	December 2, 1976	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	15–7–3
26	W	December 4, 1976	3–0	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	16–7–3
27	W	December 7, 1976	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	17–7–3
28	W	December 11, 1976	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	18–7–3
29	W	December 12, 1976	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	19–7–3
30	T	December 14, 1976	4–4	New York Rangers (1976–77)	19–7–4
31	W	December 17, 1976	4–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	20–7–4
32	L	December 18, 1976	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	20–8–4
33	W	December 21, 1976	3–0	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	21–8–4
34	W	December 26, 1976	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	22–8–4
35	T	December 28, 1976	4–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	22–8–5
36	L	January 1, 1977	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	22–9–5
37	T	January 2, 1977	3–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	22–9–6
38	W	January 7, 1977	5–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	23–9–6
39	W	January 8, 1977	6–3	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	24–9–6
40	W	January 10, 1977	8–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	25–9–6
41	L	January 12, 1977	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	25–10–6
42	W	January 15, 1977	2–1	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	26–10–6
43	T	January 16, 1977	2–2	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	26–10–7
44	W	January 18, 1977	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	27–10–7
45	W	January 20, 1977	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	28–10–7
46	L	January 22, 1977	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	28–11–7
47	W	January 23, 1977	7–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	29–11–7
48	L	January 27, 1977	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	29–12–7
49	L	January 29, 1977	0–4	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	29–13–7
50	L	January 30, 1977	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	29–14–7
51	W	February 1, 1977	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	30–14–7
52	W	February 3, 1977	6–3	New York Rangers (1976–77)	31–14–7
53	T	February 5, 1977	3–3	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	31–14–8
54	L	February 6, 1977	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	31–15–8
55	W	February 8, 1977	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	32–15–8
56	W	February 12, 1977	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	33–15–8
57	W	February 14, 1977	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	34–15–8
58	L	February 15, 1977	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	34–16–8
59	W	February 19, 1977	5–2	New York Rangers (1976–77)	35–16–8
60	T	February 20, 1977	2–2	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	35–16–9
61	W	February 22, 1977	2–1	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	36–16–9
62	W	February 25, 1977	2–1	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	37–16–9
63	W	February 26, 1977	8–2	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	38–16–9
64	L	March 1, 1977	4–5	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	38–17–9
65	W	March 3, 1977	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	39–17–9
66	L	March 5, 1977	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	39–18–9
67	W	March 6, 1977	5–0	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	40–18–9
68	L	March 8, 1977	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	40–19–9
69	W	March 9, 1977	6–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	41–19–9
70	W	March 12, 1977	8–3	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	42–19–9
71	T	March 13, 1977	5–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	42–19–10
72	W	March 16, 1977	5–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	43–19–10
73	T	March 19, 1977	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	43–19–11
74	W	March 22, 1977	9–2	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	44–19–11
75	T	March 23, 1977	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	44–19–12
76	W	March 26, 1977	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	45–19–12
77	W	March 27, 1977	6–3	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	46–19–12
78	L	March 29, 1977	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	46–20–12
79	L	April 2, 1977	3–5	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	46–21–12
80	W	April 3, 1977	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	47–21–12

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 80 25 55 80 103 42 7 1 4 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 76 30 42 72 34 28 11 1 6 Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 80 24 43 67 44 18 5 1 3 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 80 29 27 56 91 22 5 0 3 Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise LW 80 25 31 56 46 26 5 0 7 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 70 33 22 55 93 18 12 0 5 Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 78 24 29 53 27 18 4 0 2 Westfall, EdEd Westfall D/RW 79 14 33 47 8 21 1 3 0 Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 79 10 36 46 26 14 1 1 0 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 75 16 19 35 30 27 0 0 5 Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 80 13 18 31 10 21 0 6 2 Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 70 13 15 28 182 14 1 0 4 Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 79 4 24 28 44 29 0 1 1 Marshall, BertBert Marshall D 72 4 21 25 61 48 0 0 1 Price, PatPat Price D 71 3 22 25 25 26 2 0 0 St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 72 10 13 23 55 8 2 0 3 Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 80 4 18 22 98 29 0 1 0 MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan RW 43 6 8 14 13 4 0 1 1 Hansen, RichieRichie Hansen C 4 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 36 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 46 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ledingham, WaltWalt Ledingham LW 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 2711 46 26 13 6 103 2.28 4 Smith, BillyBilly Smith 2089 36 21 8 6 87 2.50 2 Team: 4800 80 47 21 12 190 2.37 6

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 12 7 7 14 8 2 0 1 Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 12 5 6 11 6 1 0 0 Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 12 6 4 10 20 2 0 0 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 12 2 8 10 2 0 0 0 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 12 4 4 8 15 0 0 4 Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise LW 11 4 4 8 6 1 0 0 Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 12 1 6 7 4 0 0 0 Westfall, EdEd Westfall D/RW 12 1 5 6 0 0 1 0 Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 11 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 12 1 2 3 6 0 0 1 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 8 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan RW 12 2 0 2 7 0 0 2 Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt LW 12 1 1 2 28 0 0 0 Hart, GerryGerry Hart D 12 0 2 2 23 0 0 0 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 12 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 Henning, LorneLorne Henning C 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Price, PatPat Price D 10 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Salvian, DaveDave Salvian RW 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Marshall, BertBert Marshall D 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 10 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Smith, BillyBilly Smith 580 10 7 3 27 2.79 0 Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 144 3 1 1 5 2.08 0 Team: 724 12 8 4 32 2.65 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

• Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Ed Westfall
• Denis Potvin, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

See Also

• 1976–77 NHL season

References

• 1976–77 New York Islanders Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.