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1977–78 New York Islanders season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1977–78
year	1977
Team	New York Islanders
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	1st
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	1st
Record	48–17–15
HomeRecord	29–3–8
RoadRecord	19–14–7
GoalsFor	334
GoalsAgainst	210
GeneralManager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Clark Gillies
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
GoalsLeader	Mike Bossy (53)
AssistsLeader	Bryan Trottier (77)
PointsLeader	Bryan Trottier (123)
PIMLeader	Garry Howatt (146)
WinsLeader	Chico Resch (28)
GAALeader	Chico Resch (2.55)
DivisionWin	Yes
ConferenceWin	Yes

The 1977–78 New York Islanders season was the 6th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

NHL draft

Main article: 1977 NHL draft

a	#e03c31	2px}}; width:7%;"	Round	a
1	15	Mike Bossy	Right wing	Laval National (QMJHL)
2	33	John Tonelli	Center	Houston Aeros (WHA)
3	50	Hector Marini	Right wing	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
3	51	Bruce Andres	Right wing	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
4	69	Steve Stoyanovich	Center	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
5	87	Markus Mattsson	Goaltender	Tampere Ilves (Finland)
6	105	Steve Letzgus	Defense	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
7	121	Harald Luckner	Center	Karlstad (Sweden)

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 13, 1977||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 15, 1977||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 16, 1977||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1977–78) ||1–2–0 |- |4||T||October 18, 1977||0–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||1–2–1 |- |5||T||October 21, 1977||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) ||1–2–2 |- |6||W||October 22, 1977||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1977–78) ||2–2–2 |- |7||T||October 26, 1977||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||2–2–3 |- |8||W||October 27, 1977||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||3–2–3 |- |9||W||October 29, 1977||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||4–2–3

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| Legend:

Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 17 || Toronto || 1–4 || NY Islanders || || 1–0 |- | 2 || April 19 || Toronto || 2–3|| NY Islanders || OT || 2–0 |- | 3 || April 21 || NY Islanders || 0–2 || Toronto || || 2–1 |- | 4 || April 23 || NY Islanders || 1–3 || Toronto || || 2–2 |- | 5 || April 25 || Toronto || 1–2 || NY Islanders || OT || 3–2 |- | 6 || April 27 || NY Islanders || 2–5 || Toronto || || 3–3 |- | 7 || April 27 || Toronto || 2–1|| NY Islanders || OT || 3–4

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| Legend:

Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	77	46	77	123	46	52	13	2	6
D	80	30	64	94	81	57	9	0	6
RW	73	53	38	91	6	31	25	0	5
LW	80	35	50	85	76	49	9	0	2
C	80	30	33	63	31	15	2	0	8
RW	80	22	38	60	40	27	1	1	1
RW	80	30	29	59	94	19	3	0	6
D	66	6	50	56	54	19	3	0	0
C	58	13	29	42	24	15	3	0	2
LW	39	12	16	28	12	19	1	0	0
C	79	12	15	27	6	10	0	2	4
D	78	2	23	25	94	44	0	0	1
C	37	10	14	24	8	2	2	0	2
D/RW	71	5	19	24	14	7	0	1	1
C	56	5	17	22	12	14	0	0	0
LW	61	7	12	19	146	7	0	0	0
RW	25	9	6	15	2	16	0	0	2
D	77	3	11	14	58	32	0	1	1
D	52	2	10	12	27	25	0	0	1
D	34	1	10	11	8	11	0	0	0
D	58	0	7	7	44	10	0	0	0
D	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
G	45	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
W	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	38	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0
C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2637	45	28	9	7	112	2.55	3
	2154	38	20	8	8	95	2.65	2
	9	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	4800	80	48	17	15	207	2.59	5

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
C	7	2	3	5	2	1	0
RW	7	3	1	4	14	1	2
RW	7	2	2	4	2	0	1
D	7	2	2	4	6	0	0
C	7	1	3	4	4	0	0
C	7	0	3	3	4	0	0
LW	7	2	0	2	15	1	0
D	7	0	2	2	9	0	0
D	7	0	2	2	6	0	0
C	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
LW	7	0	1	1	62	0	0
D	7	0	1	1	11	0	0
D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0
C	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
RW	7	0	0	0	4	0	0
D	7	0	0	0	16	0	0
C	7	0	0	0	4	0	0
G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	9	0	0
D/RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
	388	7	3	4	15	2.32
	47	1	0	0	1	1.28
Team:	435	7	3	4	16	2.21

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

"1977-78 New York Islanders Schedule".
"1977-78 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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