1983–84 New York Islanders season

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.

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)

Offseason

NHL 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  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3 57 Mike Neill  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4 65 Mikko Makela  Finland Ilves Tampere (Finland)
5 84 Bob Caulfield  United States Detroit Lakes High School (USHS-MN)
5 97 Ron Viglasi  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
6 117 Darin Illikainen  United States Hermantown High School (USHS-MN)
7 137 Jim Sprenger  United States Cloquet High School (USHS-MN)
8 157 Dale Henry  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
9 177 Kevin Vescio  Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
10 197 Dave Shellington  Canada Cornwall Royals (OHL)
11 217 John Bjorkman  United States Warroad High School (USHS-MN)
12 237 Peter McGeough  United States Bishop Hendricken High School (USHS-RI)

Regular season

All Star Game

The 35th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Campbell Conference defeated the Wales Conference 9–3. Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, and head coach Al Arbour participated in the All-Star Game as representatives of the Wales Conference.


Season standings

Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Islanders8050264357269104
Washington Capitals8048275308226101
Philadelphia Flyers8044261035029098
New York Rangers804229931430493
New Jersey Devils801756723135041
Pittsburgh Penguins801658625439038

[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
1LOctober 4, 19833–7@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)0–1–0
2WOctober 6, 19837–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)1–1–0
3WOctober 8, 19838–7 OT@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)2–1–0
4WOctober 11, 19835–2Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)3–1–0
5LOctober 15, 19831–5Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)3–2–0
6WOctober 16, 19833–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)4–2–0
7LOctober 18, 19833–4Calgary Flames (1983–84)4–3–0
8LOctober 22, 19832–3New York Rangers (1983–84)4–4–0
9LOctober 23, 19835–6 OT@ New York Rangers (1983–84)4–5–0
10LOctober 25, 19832–4Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)4–6–0
11WOctober 29, 19835–3New Jersey Devils (1983–84)5–6–0
12WOctober 30, 19836–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)6–6–0
13WNovember 1, 19836–3Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)7–6–0
14WNovember 4, 19836–1@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)8–6–0
15WNovember 5, 19834–0Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)9–6–0
16WNovember 8, 19834–1Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)10–6–0
17WNovember 11, 19836–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)11–6–0
18LNovember 12, 19832–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)11–7–0
19WNovember 15, 19836–4Hartford Whalers (1983–84)12–7–0
20LNovember 18, 19831–7@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)12–8–0
21WNovember 19, 19836–2Washington Capitals (1983–84)13–8–0
22WNovember 22, 19833–2Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)14–8–0
23WNovember 23, 19834–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)15–8–0
24WNovember 26, 19839–3Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)16–8–0
25TNovember 29, 19835–5 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)16–8–1
26LDecember 1, 19832–6@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)16–9–1
27WDecember 4, 19834–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)17–9–1
28WDecember 6, 19835–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)18–9–1
29TDecember 7, 19834–4 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)18–9–2
30WDecember 10, 19834–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)19–9–2
31WDecember 13, 19838–5Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)20–9–2
32WDecember 15, 19834–2Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)21–9–2
33WDecember 17, 19837–1New York Rangers (1983–84)22–9–2
34WDecember 20, 198311–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)23–9–2
35WDecember 22, 19836–1Washington Capitals (1983–84)24–9–2
36LDecember 23, 19833–7@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)24–10–2
37WDecember 28, 19836–5 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)25–10–2
38LDecember 30, 19833–4 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)25–11–2
39WDecember 31, 19837–3@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)26–11–2
40LJanuary 3, 19842–4Boston Bruins (1983–84)26–12–2
41LJanuary 5, 19842–4@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)26–13–2
42WJanuary 7, 19845–3Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)27–13–2
43LJanuary 8, 19844–5@ New York Rangers (1983–84)27–14–2
44WJanuary 10, 19844–2New Jersey Devils (1983–84)28–14–2
45WJanuary 12, 19847–3Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)29–14–2
46WJanuary 14, 19844–2New York Rangers (1983–84)30–14–2
47LJanuary 16, 19840–2@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)30–15–2
48WJanuary 18, 19849–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)31–15–2
49LJanuary 21, 19841–7@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)31–16–2
50LJanuary 24, 19840–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)31–17–2
51LJanuary 26, 19841–5Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)31–18–2
52LJanuary 28, 19843–4Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)31–19–2
53LFebruary 2, 19842–5St. Louis Blues (1983–84)31–20–2
54WFebruary 4, 19846–5Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)32–20–2
55WFebruary 5, 19845–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)33–20–2
56WFebruary 7, 19845–3Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)34–20–2
57WFebruary 11, 19846–4Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)35–20–2
58LFebruary 13, 19841–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)35–21–2
59LFebruary 15, 19842–3@ New York Rangers (1983–84)35–22–2
60WFebruary 18, 19844–3New York Rangers (1983–84)36–22–2
61WFebruary 19, 19845–4 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)37–22–2
62WFebruary 23, 19845–1St. Louis Blues (1983–84)38–22–2
63WFebruary 25, 19847–1New Jersey Devils (1983–84)39–22–2
64LFebruary 26, 19843–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)39–23–2
65WFebruary 29, 19844–3@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)40–23–2
66WMarch 3, 198411–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)41–23–2
67WMarch 6, 19845–2Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)42–23–2
68WMarch 8, 19849–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)43–23–2
69LMarch 10, 19844–5 OTCalgary Flames (1983–84)43–24–2
70WMarch 11, 19846–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)44–24–2
71WMarch 13, 19845–1@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)45–24–2
72LMarch 17, 19841–2Washington Capitals (1983–84)45–25–2
73LMarch 18, 19844–5@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)45–26–2
74WMarch 20, 19845–2New Jersey Devils (1983–84)46–26–2
75TMarch 22, 19843–3 OT@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)46–26–3
76TMarch 24, 19844–4 OTMinnesota North Stars (1983–84)46–26–4
77WMarch 25, 19845–3@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)47–26–4
78WMarch 27, 19847–0Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)48–26–4
79WMarch 31, 19843–1@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)49–26–4
80WApril 1, 19842–1@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)50–26–4

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike BossyRW6751671188666011
Bryan TrottierC6840711115970734
Denis PotvinD7822638587551113
John TonelliLW732740676621517
Greg GilbertLW793135665951602
Bob BourneC782234567512552
Brent SutterC69341549694706
Tomas JonssonD721136475412201
Butch GoringC7122244689053
Bob NystromRW74152944809101
Duane SutterRW78172340942201
Stefan PerssonD75924336530402
Clark GilliesLW76121628655302
Anders KallurRW6591423240231
Pat LaFontaineC151361969100
Dave LangevinD69316195326001
Ken MorrowD63311144526001
Gord DineenD43111123210000
Wayne MerrickC316511102000
Paul BoutilierD28011113618000
Pat FlatleyRW1627963100
Billy CarrollC3952712-1002
Mats HallinLW4025727-2000
Gord LaneD37033706000
Mike McEwenD150226-5000
Roland MelansonG37022100000
Billy SmithG42022230000
Garth MacGuiganC301100000
Darcy RegierD501102000
Bruce AffleckD10000-1000
Kelly HrudeyG1200000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Billy Smith227942231321303.422
Roland Melanson201937201121103.270
Kelly Hrudey53512720283.140
Team:483380502642683.332
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Clark GilliesLW211271919300
Mike BossyRW21810184203
Pat FlatleyRW21961514101
Bryan TrottierC21861449100
Brent SutterC204101418013
Greg GilbertLW21571239201
Pat LaFontaineC163698000
Tomas JonssonD2135822200
Paul BoutilierD2117810001
Butch GoringC211562100
Denis PotvinD2015628100
Stefan PerssonD160662000
Anders KallurRW172242011
Duane SutterRW2113448000
John TonelliLW1713431000
Dave LangevinD1204418000
Ken MorrowD2012320001
Bob BourneC81127001
Gord DineenD911228000
Bob NystromRW150228000
Billy CarrollC50000000
Mats HallinLW60007000
Gord LaneD40002000
Roland MelansonG60002000
Wayne MerrickC10000000
Billy SmithG2100017000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Billy Smith119021128542.720
Roland Melanson8760153.450
Team:127721129592.770

[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;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

New York Islanders vs. Edmonton Oilers

Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
May 10Edmonton1New York0
May 12Edmonton1New York6
May 15New York2Edmonton7
May 17New York2Edmonton7
May 19New York2Edmonton5

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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