1984–85 New York Islanders season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1984–85 New York Islanders
Division3rd Patrick
Conference6th Wales
Team information
General managerBill Torrey
CoachAl Arbour
CaptainDenis Potvin
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaNassau Coliseum

The 1984–85 New York Islanders season was the 13th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.

Offseason[]

NHL Draft[]

Main article: 1984 NHL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 20 Duncan MacPherson Defense Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2 41 Bruce Melanson Right Wing Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3 62 Jeff Norton Defense Cushing Academy (USHS-MA)
4 70 Doug Wieck Left Wing Mayo High School (USHS-MN)
4 83 Ari Haanpaa Right Wing Ilves (Finland)
5 104 Mike Murray Center London Knights (OHL)
6 125 Jim Wilharm Defense Minnetonka High School (USHS-MN)
7 146 Kelly Murphy Defense Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
8 167 Franco DeSantis Defense Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)
9 187 Tom Warden Defense North Bay Centennials (OHL)
10 208 David Volek Right Wing HC Slavia Praha (Czechoslovakia)
11 228 Russ Becker Defense Virginia High School (USHS-MN)
12 249 Allister Brown Defense University of New Hampshire (ECAC)

Regular season[]

Season Standings[]

Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
Philadelphia Flyers 80 53 20 7 348 241 113
Washington Capitals 80 46 25 9 322 240 101
New York Islanders 80 40 34 6 345 312 86
New York Rangers 80 26 44 10 295 345 62
New Jersey Devils 80 22 48 10 264 346 54
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 24 51 5 276 385 53

[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 12, 1984 2–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 0–1–0
2 W October 13, 1984 7–6 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 1–1–0
3 W October 16, 1984 6–4 New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 2–1–0
4 W October 17, 1984 6–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 3–1–0
5 W October 20, 1984 8–3 Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 4–1–0
6 L October 21, 1984 5–6 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 4–2–0
7 W October 23, 1984 6–5 Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 5–2–0
8 L October 27, 1984 3–8 Boston Bruins (1984–85) 5–3–0
9 W October 30, 1984 7–3 New York Rangers (1984–85) 6–3–0
10 L November 1, 1984 5–6 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 6–4–0
11 L November 3, 1984 4–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 6–5–0
12 L November 4, 1984 2–6 @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) 6–6–0
13 W November 6, 1984 6–3 St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 7–6–0
14 L November 9, 1984 4–5 OT @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 7–7–0
15 W November 10, 1984 5–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 8–7–0
16 W November 15, 1984 6–1 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 9–7–0
17 W November 17, 1984 10–4 New York Rangers (1984–85) 10–7–0
18 T November 18, 1984 3–3 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 10–7–1
19 W November 20, 1984 5–3 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 11–7–1
20 W November 23, 1984 5–1 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 12–7–1
21 W November 24, 1984 6–3 Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 13–7–1
22 L November 28, 1984 2–5 @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 13–8–1
23 W November 30, 1984 5–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 14–8–1
24 W December 3, 1984 5–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 15–8–1
25 L December 5, 1984 4–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 15–9–1
26 L December 8, 1984 3–4 OT Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 15–10–1
27 L December 11, 1984 5–7 New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 15–11–1
28 L December 12, 1984 3–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 15–12–1
29 W December 15, 1984 6–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 16–12–1
30 W December 18, 1984 7–4 Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 17–12–1
31 W December 21, 1984 1–0 @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 18–12–1
32 W December 22, 1984 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 19–12–1
33 L December 26, 1984 5–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 19–13–1
34 L December 27, 1984 4–5 OT Washington Capitals (1984–85) 19–14–1
35 W December 29, 1984 5–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 20–14–1
36 L December 31, 1984 3–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 20–15–1
37 W January 2, 1985 7–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 21–15–1
38 L January 5, 1985 3–7 Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 21–16–1
39 W January 8, 1985 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 22–16–1
40 W January 10, 1985 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 23–16–1
41 W January 12, 1985 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 24–16–1
42 W January 13, 1985 6–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 25–16–1
43 L January 15, 1985 5–6 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 25–17–1
44 T January 16, 1985 3–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 25–17–2
45 L January 19, 1985 5–6 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 25–18–2
46 L January 22, 1985 4–5 Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 25–19–2
47 W January 24, 1985 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 26–19–2
48 L January 26, 1985 1–5 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 26–20–2
49 L January 27, 1985 2–5 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 26–21–2
50 T January 29, 1985 4–4 OT Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 26–21–3
51 L February 1, 1985 2–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 26–22–3
52 W February 2, 1985 4–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 27–22–3
53 W February 5, 1985 7–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 28–22–3
54 W February 7, 1985 7–5 New York Rangers (1984–85) 29–22–3
55 W February 9, 1985 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 30–22–3
56 T February 16, 1985 4–4 OT Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 30–22–4
57 L February 17, 1985 3–9 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 30–23–4
58 W February 19, 1985 8–4 Calgary Flames (1984–85) 31–23–4
59 L February 21, 1985 2–3 Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 31–24–4
60 W February 23, 1985 7–1 Boston Bruins (1984–85) 32–24–4
61 L February 24, 1985 3–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 32–25–4
62 L February 27, 1985 1–3 @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 32–26–4
63 L March 2, 1985 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 32–27–4
64 W March 3, 1985 3–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 33–27–4
65 L March 5, 1985 4–5 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 33–28–4
66 T March 7, 1985 4–4 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 33–28–5
67 W March 9, 1985 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 34–28–5
68 W March 12, 1985 6–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 35–28–5
69 W March 13, 1985 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 36–28–5
70 W March 16, 1985 6–4 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 37–28–5
71 L March 17, 1985 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 37–29–5
72 W March 19, 1985 3–2 Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 38–29–5
73 L March 21, 1985 1–5 Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 38–30–5
74 W March 24, 1985 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 39–30–5
75 L March 26, 1985 5–7 Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 39–31–5
76 L March 28, 1985 2–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 39–32–5
77 L March 30, 1985 3–4 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 39–33–5
78 W April 2, 1985 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 40–33–5
79 L April 4, 1985 0–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 40–34–5
80 T April 6, 1985 5–5 OT New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 40–34–6

Playoffs[]

Round 1 (3) New York Islanders vs (2) Washington Capitals

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 10 NY Islanders 3 – 4 Washington OT 0 – 1
2 April 11 NY Islanders 1 –2 Washington 2OT 0 – 2
3 April 13 Washington 1 – 2 NY Islanders 1 - 2
4 April 14 Washington 4 – 6 NY Islanders 2 - 2
5 April 16 NY Islanders 2 – 1 Washington 3 - 2

New York Wins Series 3-2

Round 2 (3) New York Islanders vs (1) Philadelphia Flyers

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 18 NY Islanders 0 – 3 Philadelphia 0 – 1
2 April 21 NY Islanders 2 – 5 Philadelphia 0 – 2
3 April 23 Philadelphia 5 – 3 NY Islanders 0 – 3
4 April 25 Philadelphia 2 – 6 NY Islanders 1 – 3
5 April 28 NY Islanders 0 – 1 Philadelphia 1 – 4

Philadelphia Wins Series 4-1

Player statistics[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Bossy RW 76 58 59 117 38 37 14 4 7
Brent Sutter C 72 42 60 102 51 42 12 0 4
John Tonelli LW 80 42 58 100 95 50 8 1 3
Denis Potvin D 77 17 51 68 96 36 6 0 1
Bryan Trottier C 68 28 31 59 47 5 4 5 3
Pat LaFontaine C 67 19 35 54 32 9 1 0 1
Pat Flatley RW 78 20 31 51 106 -8 2 0 4
Tomas Jonsson D 69 16 34 50 58 -1 8 0 4
Duane Sutter RW 78 17 24 41 174 -12 1 0 1
Greg Gilbert LW 58 13 25 38 36 -4 2 0 2
Paul Boutilier D 78 12 23 35 90 0 2 1 3
Clark Gillies LW 54 15 17 32 73 0 5 0 2
Stefan Persson D 54 3 19 22 30 8 3 0 0
Bob Bourne C 44 8 12 20 51 -8 1 0 1
Anders Kallur RW 51 10 8 18 26 -9 0 2 2
Gord Dineen D 48 1 12 13 89 10 0 0 0
Dave Langevin D 56 0 13 13 35 -6 0 0 0
Roger Kortko C 27 2 9 11 9 -3 1 0 0
Gerald Diduck D 65 2 8 10 80 2 0 0 0
Gord Lane D 57 1 8 9 83 10 0 0 0
Ken Morrow D 15 1 7 8 14 5 0 0 0
Butch Goring C 29 2 5 7 2 -11 0 1 0
Bob Nystrom RW 36 2 5 7 58 6 0 0 0
Mats Hallin LW 38 5 0 5 50 -7 0 0 1
Scott Howson C 8 4 1 5 2 4 1 0 0
Alan Kerr RW 19 3 1 4 24 -7 0 0 0
Dale Henry LW 16 2 1 3 19 1 0 0 1
Ron Handy LW 10 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Ken Leiter D 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Kelly Hrudey G 41 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0
Mark Hamway RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roland Melanson G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Smith G 37 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Vern Smith D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Kelly Hrudey 2335 41 19 17 3 141 3.62 2
Billy Smith 2090 37 18 14 3 133 3.82 0
Roland Melanson 425 8 3 3 0 35 4.94 0
Team: 4850 80 40 34 6 309 3.82 2
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Bossy RW 10 5 6 11 4 1 2 0 0
John Tonelli LW 10 1 8 9 10 1 0 0 0
Bryan Trottier C 10 4 2 6 8 0 1 0 1
Brent Sutter C 10 3 3 6 14 -4 1 0 2
Denis Potvin D 10 3 2 5 10 0 1 0 1
Bob Nystrom RW 10 2 2 4 29 1 0 0 0
Stefan Persson D 10 0 4 4 4 5 0 0 0
Tomas Jonsson D 7 1 2 3 10 2 1 0 0
Pat LaFontaine C 9 1 2 3 4 -3 0 0 0
Roger Kortko C 10 0 3 3 17 0 0 0 0
Anders Kallur RW 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Bourne C 10 0 2 2 6 -2 0 0 0
Paul Boutilier D 10 0 2 2 16 0 0 0 0
Duane Sutter RW 10 0 2 2 47 -5 0 0 0
Pat Flatley RW 4 1 0 1 6 -2 0 0 0
Clark Gillies LW 10 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 0
Alan Kerr RW 4 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0
Gord Dineen D 10 0 0 0 26 -7 0 0 0
Mats Hallin LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly Hrudey G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gord Lane D 1 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0
Dave Langevin D 4 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Ken Morrow D 10 0 0 0 17 -3 0 0 0
Billy Smith G 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Billy Smith 342 6 3 3 19 3.33 0
Kelly Hrudey 281 5 1 3 8 1.71 0
Team: 623 10 4 6 27 2.60 0

[2]

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;

References[]

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "1984-85 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
Retrieved from ""