1991–92 New York Islanders season

1991–92 New York Islanders
Division	5th Patrick
Conference	7th Prince of Wales
1991–92 record	34-35-11
Goals for	291
Goals against	299
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Brent Sutter (Oct) Patrick Flatley
Team leaders
Goals	Ray Ferraro Derek King (40)
Assists	Pierre Turgeon (49)
Points	Pierre Turgeon (87)
Penalty minutes	Mick Vukota (293)
Wins	Glenn Healy (14)
Goals against average	Mark Fitzpatrick (3.20)

The 1991-92 New York Islanders season was the 20th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Pat LaFontaine, frustrated with his situation on Long Island, turned down a four year, $6 million contract offer and refused to report to the Islanders for the start of the 1991–92 NHL season. Three weeks into the season, on 25 October 1991, LaFontaine was traded, along with teammate Randy Wood, to the Buffalo Sabres for four players, including former first overall pick Pierre Turgeon.

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Rangers	80	50	25	5	321	246	105
Washington Capitals	80	45	27	8	330	275	98
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	39	32	9	343	308	87
New Jersey Devils	80	38	31	11	289	259	87
New York Islanders	80	34	35	11	291	299	79
Philadelphia Flyers	80	32	37	11	252	273	75

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 5, 1991	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	1–0–0
2	L	October 9, 1991	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	1–1–0
3	W	October 12, 1991	5–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	2–1–0
4	T	October 13, 1991	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	2–1–1
5	L	October 15, 1991	6–7 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	2–2–1
6	L	October 17, 1991	5–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	2–3–1
7	L	October 19, 1991	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	2–4–1
8	T	October 22, 1991	1–1 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	2–4–2
9	L	October 26, 1991	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	2–5–2
10	W	October 29, 1991	8–4	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	3–5–2
11	L	October 31, 1991	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	3–6–2
12	L	November 2, 1991	4–7	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	3–7–2
13	W	November 4, 1991	6–4	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	4–7–2
14	L	November 6, 1991	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	4–8–2
15	L	November 9, 1991	3–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	4–9–2
16	L	November 10, 1991	0–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	4–10–2
17	W	November 14, 1991	4–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	5–10–2
18	W	November 16, 1991	4–2	New York Rangers (1991–92)	6–10–2
19	W	November 19, 1991	7–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	7–10–2
20	L	November 20, 1991	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	7–11–2
21	T	November 23, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	7–11–3
22	L	November 27, 1991	2–3	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	7–12–3
23	W	November 29, 1991	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	8–12–3
24	W	November 30, 1991	8–1	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	9–12–3
25	L	December 5, 1991	4–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	9–13–3
26	L	December 7, 1991	2–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	9–14–3
27	T	December 10, 1991	7–7 OT	St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	9–14–4
28	W	December 11, 1991	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	10–14–4
29	T	December 14, 1991	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	10–14–5
30	W	December 17, 1991	4–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	11–14–5
31	L	December 19, 1991	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	11–15–5
32	L	December 21, 1991	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	11–16–5
33	L	December 23, 1991	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	11–17–5
34	T	December 26, 1991	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	11–17–6
35	W	December 28, 1991	5–4	New York Rangers (1991–92)	12–17–6
36	L	December 29, 1991	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	12–18–6
37	L	January 1, 1992	5–8	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	12–19–6
38	L	January 3, 1992	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	12–20–6
39	W	January 4, 1992	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	13–20–6
40	W	January 7, 1992	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	14–20–6
41	W	January 9, 1992	2–1	Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	15–20–6
42	L	January 11, 1992	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	15–21–6
43	L	January 12, 1992	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	15–22–6
44	W	January 14, 1992	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	16–22–6
45	W	January 16, 1992	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	17–22–6
46	L	January 23, 1992	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	17–23–6
47	L	January 25, 1992	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	17–24–6
48	W	January 30, 1992	8–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	18–24–6
49	T	February 1, 1992	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	18–24–7
50	W	February 2, 1992	6–3	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	19–24–7
51	W	February 4, 1992	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	20–24–7
52	W	February 6, 1992	5–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	21–24–7
53	L	February 7, 1992	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	21–25–7
54	W	February 11, 1992	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	22–25–7
55	L	February 14, 1992	2–9	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	22–26–7
56	W	February 15, 1992	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	23–26–7
57	W	February 17, 1992	5–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	24–26–7
58	W	February 20, 1992	6–2	New York Rangers (1991–92)	25–26–7
59	W	February 22, 1992	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	26–26–7
60	L	February 23, 1992	1–4	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	26–27–7
61	L	February 25, 1992	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	26–28–7
62	W	February 28, 1992	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	27–28–7
63	L	February 29, 1992	1–3	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	27–29–7
64	L	March 3, 1992	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	27–30–7
65	T	March 5, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	27–30–8
66	L	March 7, 1992	2–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	27–31–8
67	W	March 8, 1992	6–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	28–31–8
68	W	March 10, 1992	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	29–31–8
69	L	March 12, 1992	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	29–32–8
70	W	March 14, 1992	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	30–32–8
71	L	March 15, 1992	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	30–33–8
72	T	March 18, 1992	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	30–33–9
73	T	March 21, 1992	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	30–33–10
74	L	March 24, 1992	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	30–34–10
75	W	March 26, 1992	7–4	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	31–34–10
76	W	March 28, 1992	4–1	New York Rangers (1991–92)	32–34–10
77	L	March 29, 1992	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	32–35–10
78	W	April 12, 1992	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	33–35–10
79	T	April 13, 1992	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	33–35–11
80	W	April 15, 1992	7–0	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	34–35–11

Playoffs

• The Islanders did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon C 69 38 49 87 16 8 13 0 6 Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro C 80 40 40 80 92 25 7 0 4 King, DerekDerek King LW 80 40 38 78 46 -10 21 0 6 Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue C 72 30 45 75 67 30 8 0 5 Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas LW 71 28 42 70 71 11 3 0 2 Volek, DavidDavid Volek W 74 18 42 60 35 0 4 1 2 Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers D 74 9 47 56 30 -18 6 0 1 Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 38 8 28 36 31 14 4 1 0 Krupp, UweUwe Krupp D 59 6 29 35 43 13 2 0 0 Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton C 66 15 9 24 102 -4 2 0 2 McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain C/RW 54 8 15 23 28 -8 1 1 1 Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 28 1 18 19 18 2 0 1 0 Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald RW 45 6 11 17 28 -3 0 2 2 Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie D 54 4 12 16 85 15 0 0 0 Berg, BillBill Berg LW 47 5 9 14 28 -18 1 0 1 Finley, JeffJeff Finley D 51 1 10 11 26 -6 0 0 0 Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 8 4 6 10 6 -5 1 0 1 McDonough, HubieHubie McDonough C 33 7 2 9 15 -4 1 1 0 McInnis, MartyMarty McInnis RW 15 3 5 8 0 6 0 0 0 DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio RW 50 5 2 7 43 -23 0 2 0 Marois, DanielDaniel Marois RW 12 2 5 7 18 2 0 0 0 Pilon, RichRich Pilon D 65 1 6 7 183 -1 0 0 0 McBean, WayneWayne McBean D 25 2 4 6 18 11 0 1 1 Vukota, MickMick Vukota RW 74 0 6 6 293 -6 0 0 0 Lachance, ScottScott Lachance D 17 1 4 5 9 13 0 0 0 Wood, RandyRandy Wood LW/C 8 2 2 4 21 -3 0 0 0 Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno RW 15 2 1 3 12 -8 1 0 0 Townshend, GraemeGraeme Townshend RW 7 1 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle C 11 1 1 2 13 -3 0 0 0 Chyzowski, DaveDave Chyzowski LW 12 1 1 2 17 -4 0 0 0 Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick G 30 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 Lauer, BradBrad Lauer LW 8 1 0 1 2 -2 0 1 0 Chynoweth, DeanDean Chynoweth D 11 1 0 1 23 -3 0 0 0 Nylund, GaryGary Nylund D 7 0 1 1 10 -3 0 0 0 Healy, GlennGlenn Healy G 37 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 Vaske, DennisDennis Vaske D 39 0 1 1 39 5 0 0 0 Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner LW 44 0 1 1 202 -10 0 0 0 Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parks, GregGreg Parks C 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Turner, BradBrad Turner D 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Green, RickRick Green D 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier D 8 0 0 0 11 -3 0 0 0 Lorenz, DannyDanny Lorenz G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks G 23 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Healy, GlennGlenn Healy 1960 37 14 16 4 124 3.80 1 1045 921 .881 Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick 1743 30 11 13 5 93 3.20 0 949 856 .902 Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks 1032 23 9 4 2 62 3.60 0 566 504 .890 Lorenz, DannyDanny Lorenz 120 2 0 2 0 10 5.00 0 60 50 .833 Team: 4855 80 34 35 11 289 3.57 1 2620 2331 .890

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; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage

Awards and Records

• Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Mark Fitzpatrick

See Also

• 1991–92 NHL season