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1983–84 New York Islanders season

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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. The Islanders entered to the season as the four-time defending Stanley Cup champions, and subsequently went the Stanley Cup Finals for the fifth time in a row, but lost four games to one in a rematch against the Edmonton Oilers.

The Islanders nevertheless set a new North American major professional sports record by winning nineteen consecutive playoff series (two more than the seventeen series won by the Boston Celtics in their eight-year NBA championship dynasty) and unmatched in any major sport since.

Offseason

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NHL Draft

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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

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All Star Game

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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

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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.

Record vs. opponents

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Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

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Vs. Campbell Conference

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Schedule and results

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Regular season

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1983–84 game log
December: 10–3–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location
Attendance
Record Pts Recap
26 December 1, 1983 NY Islanders 2–6 Calgary Olympic Saddledome 16–9–1 33
27 December 4, 1983 NY Islanders 4–2 Edmonton Melanson Northlands Coliseum
17,498
17–9–1 35
28 December 6, 1983 NY Islanders 5–2 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum 18–9–1 37
29 December 7, 1983 NY Islanders 4–4 Los Angeles OT The Forum 18–9–2 38
30 December 10, 1983 NY Islanders 4–2 Minnesota Met Center 19–9–2 40
31 December 13, 1983 Edmonton 5–8 NY Islanders Smith Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
15,850
20–9–2 42
32 December 15, 1983 Detroit 2–4 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 21–9–2 44
33 December 17, 1983 NY Rangers 1–7 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 22–9–2 46
34 December 20, 1983 Pittsburgh 3–11 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 23–9–2 48
35 December 22, 1983 Washington 1–6 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 24–9–2 50
36 December 23, 1983 NY Islanders 3–7 Washington Capital Centre 24–10–2 50
37 December 28, 1983 NY Islanders 6–5 Los Angeles OT The Forum 25–10–2 52
38 December 30, 1983 NY Islanders 3–4 Winnipeg OT Winnipeg Arena 25–11–2 52
39 December 31, 1983 NY Islanders 7–3 Minnesota Met Center 26–11–2 54

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

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1984 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

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Player statistics

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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

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Stanley Cup Finals

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1983–84 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "1983–84 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  5. ^ "1983-84 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 27, 2009.