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The New York Islanders are an American ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. Since their inaugural season in 1972, the team has played its home games in Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.[1] In thirty-six completed seasons, the team has won the Stanley Cup championship four times and has qualified for the playoffs twenty-one times. They have played more than 230 playoff games, winning 130. As of the end of the 2007–08 season, New York has won more than 1,200 regular season games, the 14th-highest victory total among NHL teams.[2]

The Islanders were founded in 1972 during the 1972–73 season, and won their first of four consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1980. The team has since lost the Conference Finals in 1993 to eventual Stanley Cup champions Montreal Canadiens. Since then, the Islanders only qualified for the playoffs once between 1994 and 2001. The Islanders have never won the Presidents' Trophy, although they led the NHL in regular-season points in three seasons before the league began awarding the trophy; they won the Stanley Cup in two out of the three seasons. The Islanders last qualified for the playoffs in 2007; their most recent playoff series victory was in 1993. They last reached the Stanley Cup finals in 1984, their fifth consecutive appearance and first finals loss. As of 2009 The Islanders are the last North American team to win four consecutive league championships.

Table key[]

Bold Won the Stanley Cup
Finish Final position in division or league standings
GA Goals against (goals scored by the Islanders' opponents)
GF Goals for (goals scored by the Islanders)
GP Number of games played
L Number of losses
OTL Number of losses in overtime (since the 1999–00 season)
Pts Number of points
T Number of ties
TG Two-game total goals series
W Number of wins

Year by year[]

Key
Stanley Cup champions Conference champions * Division champions ^ Led league in points ¤
Statistics
NHL season Islanders season Division Regular season
Finish GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
1972–73 1972–73 East 8th 78 12 60 6 30 170 347
1973–74 1973–74 East 8th 78 19 41 18 56 182 247
1974–75 1974–75 Patrick 3rd 80 33 25 22 88 264 221
1975–76 1975–76 Patrick 2nd 80 42 21 17 101 297 190
1976–77 1976–77 Patrick 2nd 80 47 21 12 106 288 193
1977–78 1977–78 Patrick ^ 1st 80 48 17 15 111 334 210
1978–79 1978–79 Patrick ^ 1st 80 51 15 14 116 ¤ 358 214
1979–80 1979–80 Patrick 2nd 80 39 28 13 91 281 247
1980–81 1980–81 Patrick ^ 1st 80 48 18 14 110 ¤ 355 260
1981–82 1981–82 Patrick ^ 1st 80 54 16 10 118 ¤ 385 250
1982–83 1982–83 Patrick 2nd 80 42 26 12 96 302 226
1983–84 1983–84 Patrick ^ 1st 80 50 26 4 104 357 269
1984–85 1984–85 Patrick 3rd 80 40 34 6 86 345 312
1985–86 1985–86 Patrick 3rd 80 39 29 12 90 327 284
1986–87 1986–87 Patrick 3rd 80 35 33 12 82 279 281
1987–88 1987–88 Patrick 1st[c] 80 39 31 10 88 308 267
1988–89 1988–89 Patrick 6th 80 28 47 5 61 265 325
1989–90 1989–90 Patrick 4th 80 31 38 11 73 281 288
1990–91 1990–91 Patrick 6th 80 25 45 10 60 223 290
1991–92 1991–92 Patrick 5th 80 34 35 11 79 291 299
1992–93 1992–93 Patrick ^ 3rd 84 40 37 7 87 335 297
1993–94 1993–94 Atlantic 4th 84 36 36 12 84 282 264
1994–95[e] 1994–95 Atlantic 7th 48 15 28 5 35 126 158
1995–96 1995–96 Atlantic 7th 82 22 50 10 54 229 315
1996–97 1996–97 Atlantic 7th 82 29 41 12 70 240 250
1997–98 1997–98 Atlantic 4th 82 30 41 11 71 212 225
1998–99 1998–99 Atlantic 5th 82 24 48 10 58 194 244
1999–2000 1999–2000 Atlantic 5th 82 24 49 8 1[f] 57 194 275
2000–01 2000–01 Atlantic 5th 82 21 51 7 3 52 185 268
2001–02 2001–02 Atlantic 2nd 82 42 28 8 4 96 239 220
2002–03 2002–03 Atlantic 3rd 82 35 34 11 2 83 224 231
2003–04 2003–04 Atlantic 3rd 82 38 29 11 4 91 237 210
2004–05[g] 2004–05 Atlantic
2005–06 2005–06 Atlantic 4th 82 36 40 [h] 6 78 230 278
2006–07 2006–07 Atlantic 4th 82 40 30 12 92 248 240
2007–08 2007–08 Atlantic 5th 82 35 38 9 79 194 243
2008–09 2008–09 Atlantic 5th 82 26 47 9 61 201 279
2009–10 2009–10 Atlantic 5th 82 34 37 11 79 222 264

All-time records[]

Statistic GP W L T OT
New York Islanders regular season record (1972–present) 2826 1233 1203 347 43
New York Islanders postseason record (1972–present) 234 133 106
All-time regular and postseason record 3030 1356 1291 347 41

Notes[]

  • a The NHL realigned before the 1974–75 season. The Islanders were placed in the Clarence Campbell Conference's Patrick Division.[3]
  • b Before the 1981–82 season, the NHL moved the Patrick Division to the Prince of Wales Conference.[4]
  • c Despite finishing the 1987-88 regular season with the most points in the Patrick Division, the Islanders did not win the division title because they lost to the New Jersey Devils in the Patrick Division Semifinals.
  • d The NHL realigned into Eastern and Western conferences prior to the 1993–94 season. New York was placed in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division.[5]
  • e The season was shortened to 48 games because of the 1994–95 NHL lockout.
  • f Beginning with the 1999–00 season, teams received one point for losing a regular season game in overtime.[6]
  • g The season was canceled because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.[7]
  • h Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.[8]

References[]

General
Specific
  1. (2007) 2008 ESPN Sports Almanac. New York City: ESPN Books. ISBN 1-933060-38-7. 
  2. Team Index. Hockey-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved on December 14, 2008.
  3. McFarlane, Brian (1990). 100 Years of Hockey. Summerhill Press, 120. ISBN 0-929091-26-4. 
  4. McFarlane, Brian (1990). 100 Years of Hockey. Summerhill Press, 197. ISBN 0-929091-26-4. 
  5. Lapointe, Joe. "Hockey; N.H.L. Redraws Map In Realignment Plan", The New York Times, April 1, 1993. Retrieved on December 5, 2008. 
  6. Lapointe, Joe. "Hockey: Preview '99-'00; Overtime Is Now Five Minutes in Hockey Heaven", The New York Times, September 30, 1999. Retrieved on December 6, 2008. 
  7. Lockout over salary cap shuts down NHL. Associated Press. ESPN (February 16, 2005). Retrieved on December 5, 2008.
  8. "Shootouts are fan-friendly", The Washington Times, October 19, 2005. Retrieved on December 5, 2008. 
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