1983–84 New York Islanders season

1983–84 New York Islanders
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	1st Prince of Wales
1983–84 record	50–26–4
Goals for	357
Goals against	269
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Denis Potvin
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Bossy (51)
Assists	Bryan Trottier (71)
Points	Mike Bossy (118)
Penalty minutes	Duane Sutter (94)
Wins	Billy Smith (23)
Goals against average	Kelly Hrudey (3.14)

The 1983–84 New York Islanders season was the 12th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 1st in the Patrick Division and lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 0.

Off-season

Draft Picks

See also: 1983 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	3	Pat LaFontaine	United States	Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)
1	16	Gerald Diduck	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
2	37	Garnet McKechney
3	57	Mike Neill
4	65	Mikko Mäkelä	Finland
5	84	Bob Caulfield
5	97	Ron Viglasi
6	117	Darin Illikainen
7	137	Jim Sprenger
8	157	Dale Henry
9	177	Kevin Vescio
10	197	Dave Shellington
11	217	John Bjorkman
12	237	Peter McGeough

Regular Season

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	50	26	4	357	269	104
Washington Capitals	80	48	27	5	308	226	101
Philadelphia Flyers	80	44	26	10	350	290	98
New York Rangers	80	42	29	9	314	304	93
New Jersey Devils	80	17	56	7	231	350	41
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	16	58	6	254	390	38

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	L	October 4, 1983	3–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	0–1–0
2	W	October 6, 1983	7–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	1–1–0
3	W	October 8, 1983	8–7 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	2–1–0
4	W	October 11, 1983	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	3–1–0
5	L	October 15, 1983	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	3–2–0
6	W	October 16, 1983	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	4–2–0
7	L	October 18, 1983	3–4	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	4–3–0
8	L	October 22, 1983	2–3	New York Rangers (1983–84)	4–4–0
9	L	October 23, 1983	5–6 OT	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	4–5–0
10	L	October 25, 1983	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	4–6–0
11	W	October 29, 1983	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	5–6–0
12	W	October 30, 1983	6–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	6–6–0
13	W	November 1, 1983	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	7–6–0
14	W	November 4, 1983	6–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	8–6–0
15	W	November 5, 1983	4–0	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	9–6–0
16	W	November 8, 1983	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	10–6–0
17	W	November 11, 1983	6–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	11–6–0
18	L	November 12, 1983	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	11–7–0
19	W	November 15, 1983	6–4	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	12–7–0
20	L	November 18, 1983	1–7	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	12–8–0
21	W	November 19, 1983	6–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	13–8–0
22	W	November 22, 1983	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	14–8–0
23	W	November 23, 1983	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	15–8–0
24	W	November 26, 1983	9–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	16–8–0
25	T	November 29, 1983	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	16–8–1
26	L	December 1, 1983	2–6	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	16–9–1
27	W	December 4, 1983	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	17–9–1
28	W	December 6, 1983	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	18–9–1
29	T	December 7, 1983	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	18–9–2
30	W	December 10, 1983	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	19–9–2
31	W	December 13, 1983	8–5	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	20–9–2
32	W	December 15, 1983	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	21–9–2
33	W	December 17, 1983	7–1	New York Rangers (1983–84)	22–9–2
34	W	December 20, 1983	11–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	23–9–2
35	W	December 22, 1983	6–1	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	24–9–2
36	L	December 23, 1983	3–7	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	24–10–2
37	W	December 28, 1983	6–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	25–10–2
38	L	December 30, 1983	3–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	25–11–2
39	W	December 31, 1983	7–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	26–11–2
40	L	January 3, 1984	2–4	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	26–12–2
41	L	January 5, 1984	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	26–13–2
42	W	January 7, 1984	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	27–13–2
43	L	January 8, 1984	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	27–14–2
44	W	January 10, 1984	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	28–14–2
45	W	January 12, 1984	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	29–14–2
46	W	January 14, 1984	4–2	New York Rangers (1983–84)	30–14–2
47	L	January 16, 1984	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	30–15–2
48	W	January 18, 1984	9–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	31–15–2
49	L	January 21, 1984	1–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	31–16–2
50	L	January 24, 1984	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	31–17–2
51	L	January 26, 1984	1–5	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	31–18–2
52	L	January 28, 1984	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	31–19–2
53	L	February 2, 1984	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	31–20–2
54	W	February 4, 1984	6–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	32–20–2
55	W	February 5, 1984	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	33–20–2
56	W	February 7, 1984	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	34–20–2
57	W	February 11, 1984	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	35–20–2
58	L	February 13, 1984	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	35–21–2
59	L	February 15, 1984	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	35–22–2
60	W	February 18, 1984	4–3	New York Rangers (1983–84)	36–22–2
61	W	February 19, 1984	5–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	37–22–2
62	W	February 23, 1984	5–1	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	38–22–2
63	W	February 25, 1984	7–1	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	39–22–2
64	L	February 26, 1984	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	39–23–2
65	W	February 29, 1984	4–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	40–23–2
66	W	March 3, 1984	11–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	41–23–2
67	W	March 6, 1984	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	42–23–2
68	W	March 8, 1984	9–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	43–23–2
69	L	March 10, 1984	4–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	43–24–2
70	W	March 11, 1984	6–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	44–24–2
71	W	March 13, 1984	5–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	45–24–2
72	L	March 17, 1984	1–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	45–25–2
73	L	March 18, 1984	4–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	45–26–2
74	W	March 20, 1984	5–2	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	46–26–2
75	T	March 22, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	46–26–3
76	T	March 24, 1984	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	46–26–4
77	W	March 25, 1984	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	47–26–4
78	W	March 27, 1984	7–0	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	48–26–4
79	W	March 31, 1984	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	49–26–4
80	W	April 1, 1984	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	50–26–4

Playoffs

Edmonton Oilers 4, New York Islanders 0

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 10	Edmonton	1	New York	0
May 12	Edmonton	1	New York	6
May 15	New York	2	Edmonton	7
May 17	New York	2	Edmonton	7
May 19	New York	2	Edmonton	5

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 67 51 67 118 8 66 6 0 11 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 68 40 71 111 59 70 7 3 4 Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 78 22 63 85 87 55 11 1 3 Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 73 27 40 67 66 21 5 1 7 Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 79 31 35 66 59 51 6 0 2 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 78 22 34 56 75 12 5 5 2 Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 69 34 15 49 69 4 7 0 6 Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson D 72 11 36 47 54 12 2 0 1 Goring, ButchButch Goring C 71 22 24 46 8 9 0 5 3 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 74 15 29 44 80 9 1 0 1 Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 78 17 23 40 94 2 2 0 1 Persson, StefanStefan Persson D 75 9 24 33 65 30 4 0 2 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 76 12 16 28 65 5 3 0 2 Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur RW 65 9 14 23 24 0 2 3 1 LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 15 13 6 19 6 9 1 0 0 Langevin, DaveDave Langevin D 69 3 16 19 53 26 0 0 1 Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 63 3 11 14 45 26 0 0 1 Dineen, GordGord Dineen D 43 1 11 12 32 10 0 0 0 Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick C 31 6 5 11 10 2 0 0 0 Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 28 0 11 11 36 18 0 0 0 Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 16 2 7 9 6 3 1 0 0 Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll C 39 5 2 7 12 -1 0 0 2 Hallin, MatsMats Hallin LW 40 2 5 7 27 -2 0 0 0 Lane, GordGord Lane D 37 0 3 3 70 6 0 0 0 McEwen, MikeMike McEwen D 15 0 2 2 6 -5 0 0 0 Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson G 37 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 42 0 2 2 23 0 0 0 0 MacGuigan, GarthGarth MacGuigan C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Regier, DarcyDarcy Regier D 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Smith, BillyBilly Smith 2279 42 23 13 2 130 3.42 2 Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson 2019 37 20 11 2 110 3.27 0 Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 535 12 7 2 0 28 3.14 0 Team: 4833 80 50 26 4 268 3.33 2

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 21 12 7 19 19 3 0 0 Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 21 8 10 18 4 2 0 3 Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 21 9 6 15 14 1 0 1 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 21 8 6 14 49 1 0 0 Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 20 4 10 14 18 0 1 3 Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 21 5 7 12 39 2 0 1 LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 16 3 6 9 8 0 0 0 Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson D 21 3 5 8 22 2 0 0 Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 21 1 7 8 10 0 0 1 Goring, ButchButch Goring C 21 1 5 6 2 1 0 0 Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 20 1 5 6 28 1 0 0 Persson, StefanStefan Persson D 16 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur RW 17 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 21 1 3 4 48 0 0 0 Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 17 1 3 4 31 0 0 0 Langevin, DaveDave Langevin D 12 0 4 4 18 0 0 0 Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 20 1 2 3 20 0 0 1 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 8 1 1 2 7 0 0 1 Dineen, GordGord Dineen D 9 1 1 2 28 0 0 0 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 15 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane, GordGord Lane D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hallin, MatsMats Hallin LW 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson G 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 21 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Smith, BillyBilly Smith 1190 21 12 8 54 2.72 0 Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson 87 6 0 1 5 3.45 0 Team: 1277 21 12 9 59 2.77 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

• Prince of Wales Trophy: New York Islanders
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Mike Bossy
• Mike Bossy, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Bryan Trottier, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Denis Potvin, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

• Islanders on Hockey Database