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1983–84 New York Islanders
Wales Conference champions
Patrick Division champions
Division1st Patrick
Conference1st Wales
1983–84 record50–26–4
Goals for357
Goals against269
Team information
General managerBill Torrey
CoachAl Arbour
CaptainDenis Potvin
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaNassau Coliseum
Team leaders
GoalsMike Bossy (51)
AssistsBryan Trottier (71)
PointsMike Bossy (118)
Penalty minutesDuane Sutter (94)
WinsBilly Smith (23)
Goals against averageBilly Smith (2.72)

The 1983–84 New York Islanders season was the 12th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. This season involved participating in the Stanley Cup Finals, but losing the Cup to the Edmonton Oilers.

Offseason

NHL Draft

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

Season 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

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Bossy RW 67 51 67 118 8 66 6 0 11
Bryan Trottier C 68 40 71 111 59 70 7 3 4
Denis Potvin D 78 22 63 85 87 55 11 1 3
John Tonelli LW 73 27 40 67 66 21 5 1 7
Greg Gilbert LW 79 31 35 66 59 51 6 0 2
Bob Bourne C 78 22 34 56 75 12 5 5 2
Brent Sutter C 69 34 15 49 69 4 7 0 6
Tomas Jonsson D 72 11 36 47 54 12 2 0 1
Butch Goring C 71 22 24 46 8 9 0 5 3
Bob Nystrom RW 74 15 29 44 80 9 1 0 1
Duane Sutter RW 78 17 23 40 94 2 2 0 1
Stefan Persson D 75 9 24 33 65 30 4 0 2
Clark Gillies LW 76 12 16 28 65 5 3 0 2
Anders Kallur RW 65 9 14 23 24 0 2 3 1
Pat LaFontaine C 15 13 6 19 6 9 1 0 0
Dave Langevin D 69 3 16 19 53 26 0 0 1
Ken Morrow D 63 3 11 14 45 26 0 0 1
Gord Dineen D 43 1 11 12 32 10 0 0 0
Wayne Merrick C 31 6 5 11 10 2 0 0 0
Paul Boutilier D 28 0 11 11 36 18 0 0 0
Pat Flatley RW 16 2 7 9 6 3 1 0 0
Billy Carroll C 39 5 2 7 12 -1 0 0 2
Mats Hallin LW 40 2 5 7 27 -2 0 0 0
Gord Lane D 37 0 3 3 70 6 0 0 0
Mike McEwen D 15 0 2 2 6 -5 0 0 0
Roland Melanson G 37 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0
Billy Smith G 42 0 2 2 23 0 0 0 0
Garth MacGuigan C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Darcy Regier D 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Bruce Affleck D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Kelly Hrudey G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Billy Smith 2279 42 23 13 2 130 3.42 2
Roland Melanson 2019 37 20 11 2 110 3.27 0
Kelly 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
Clark Gillies LW 21 12 7 19 19 3 0 0
Mike Bossy RW 21 8 10 18 4 2 0 3
Pat Flatley RW 21 9 6 15 14 1 0 1
Bryan Trottier C 21 8 6 14 49 1 0 0
Brent Sutter C 20 4 10 14 18 0 1 3
Greg Gilbert LW 21 5 7 12 39 2 0 1
Pat LaFontaine C 16 3 6 9 8 0 0 0
Tomas Jonsson D 21 3 5 8 22 2 0 0
Paul Boutilier D 21 1 7 8 10 0 0 1
Butch Goring C 21 1 5 6 2 1 0 0
Denis Potvin D 20 1 5 6 28 1 0 0
Stefan Persson D 16 0 6 6 2 0 0 0
Anders Kallur RW 17 2 2 4 2 0 1 1
Duane Sutter RW 21 1 3 4 48 0 0 0
John Tonelli LW 17 1 3 4 31 0 0 0
Dave Langevin D 12 0 4 4 18 0 0 0
Ken Morrow D 20 1 2 3 20 0 0 1
Bob Bourne C 8 1 1 2 7 0 0 1
Gord Dineen D 9 1 1 2 28 0 0 0
Bob Nystrom RW 15 0 2 2 8 0 0 0
Billy Carroll C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mats Hallin LW 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Gord Lane D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Roland Melanson G 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Wayne Merrick C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Smith G 21 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Billy Smith 1190 21 12 8 54 2.72 0
Roland Melanson 87 6 0 1 5 3.45 0
Team: 1277 21 12 9 59 2.77 0

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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;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1984 Stanley Cup Finals

New York Islanders vs. Edmonton Oilers

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

Edmonton wins the series 4–1.

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "1983-84 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
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