1980–81 New York Islanders season

The 1980–81 New York Islanders season was the ninth season in the franchise's history. It involved winning the Stanley Cup.

Offseason

NHL draft New York's draft picks at the 1980 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)117Brent Sutter Red Deer Rustlers (AJHL)238Kelly Hrudey Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)359Dave Simpson London Knights (OHA)468Monty Trottier Billings Bighorns (WHL)480Greg Gilbert Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)5101Ken Leiter Michigan State University (WCHA)6122Dan Revell Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)7143Mark Hamway Michigan State University (WCHA)8164Morey Gare Penticton Knights (BCJHL)9185Peter Steblyk Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)10206Glenn Johannesen Red Deer Rustlers (AJHL)

Regular season January 24, 1981 – In a victory over the Quebec Nordiques, Mike Bossy became the second player in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 games.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season

|1||W||October 11, 1980||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 12, 1980||2–1 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||2–0–0

|3||T||October 14, 1980||5–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||2–0–1

|4||W||October 16, 1980||6–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||3–0–1

|5||T||October 18, 1980||5–5 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||3–0–2

|6||T||October 19, 1980||3–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||3–0–3

|7||L||October 21, 1980||3–6 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||3–1–3

|8||L||October 23, 1980||2–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||3–2–3

|9||L||October 25, 1980||1–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||3–3–3

|10||L||October 26, 1980||2–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||3–4–3

|11||W||October 28, 1980||6–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||4–4–3

|12||L||November 1, 1980||3–7 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||4–5–3

|13||W||November 4, 1980||6–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||5–5–3

|14||W||November 6, 1980||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||6–5–3

|15||W||November 8, 1980||7–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||7–5–3

|16||T||November 11, 1980||6–6 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||7–5–4

|17||W||November 12, 1980||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||8–5–4

|18||W||November 15, 1980||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||9–5–4

|19||W||November 17, 1980||2–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||10–5–4

|20||W||November 18, 1980||7–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||11–5–4

|21||W||November 20, 1980||5–0 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||12–5–4

|22||W||November 22, 1980||6–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||13–5–4

|23||T||November 25, 1980||4–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||13–5–5

|24||W||November 27, 1980||4–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||14–5–5

|25||W||November 29, 1980||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||15–5–5

|26||W||November 30, 1980||7–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||16–5–5

|27||W||December 2, 1980||5–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||17–5–5

|28||L||December 4, 1980||3–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||17–6–5

|29||L||December 6, 1980||3–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||17–7–5

|30||W||December 7, 1980||5–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||18–7–5

|31||W||December 10, 1980||3–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||19–7–5

|32||T||December 13, 1980||4–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||19–7–6

|33||W||December 14, 1980||5–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||20–7–6

|34||W||December 16, 1980||6–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||21–7–6

|35||W||December 20, 1980||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||22–7–6

|36||W||December 21, 1980||9–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||23–7–6

|37||T||December 23, 1980||2–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||23–7–7

|38||T||December 27, 1980||5–5 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||23–7–8

|39||W||December 30, 1980||9–3 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||24–7–8

|40||L||January 2, 1981||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||24–8–8

|41||W||January 3, 1981||8–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||25–8–8

|42||W||January 6, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||26–8–8

|43||L||January 7, 1981||3–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||26–9–8

|44||L||January 10, 1981||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||26–10–8

|45||W||January 11, 1981||4–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||27–10–8

|46||W||January 13, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||28–10–8

|47||W||January 17, 1981||6–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||29–10–8

|48||W||January 20, 1981||5–0 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||30–10–8

|49||W||January 22, 1981||3–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||31–10–8

|50||W||January 24, 1981||7–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||32–10–8

|51||L||January 26, 1981||3–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||32–11–8

|52||W||January 28, 1981||6–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||33–11–8

|53||L||January 31, 1981||1–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||33–12–8

|54||L||February 1, 1981||3–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||33–13–8

|55||W||February 3, 1981||8–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||34–13–8

|56||L||February 4, 1981||3–9 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||34–14–8

|57||T||February 7, 1981||5–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||34–14–9

|58||L||February 12, 1981||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||34–15–9

|59||T||February 14, 1981||1–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||34–15–10

|60||L||February 17, 1981||5–8 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||34–16–10

|61||W||February 21, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||35–16–10

|62||W||February 23, 1981||4–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||36–16–10

|63||L||February 25, 1981||4–11 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||36–17–10

|64||W||February 27, 1981||5–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||37–17–10

|65||W||February 28, 1981||2–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||38–17–10

|66||T||March 3, 1981||8–8 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||38–17–11

|67||W||March 7, 1981||3–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||39–17–11

|68||W||March 11, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||40–17–11

|69||W||March 12, 1981||5–0 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||41–17–11

|70||T||March 14, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||41–17–12

|71||T||March 17, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||41–17–13

|72||W||March 20, 1981||5–3 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||42–17–13

|73||W||March 22, 1981||6–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||43–17–13

|74||W||March 24, 1981||5–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||44–17–13

|75||T||March 28, 1981||4–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||44–17–14

|76||W||March 29, 1981||5–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||45–17–14

|77||L||March 31, 1981||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||45–18–14

|78||W||April 2, 1981||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||46–18–14

|79||W||April 4, 1981||4–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||47–18–14

|80||W||April 5, 1981||7–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||48–18–14

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 79 68 51 119 323728210 C 73 31 72 103 7449925 LW 80 33 45 78 9926903 C 78 35 41 76 6234975 D 74 20 56 76 10438904 RW 78 36 28 64 3225764 D 80 9 52 61 8224602 C 78 23 37 60 04411 LW 70 20 32 52 578203 RW 79 14 30 44 1456300 C 61 19 17 36 17-12204 C 71 16 15 31 3012102 LW 70 4 15 19 17412000 RW 23 7 11 18 26-8101 D 75 1 16 17 12240000 D 80 2 11 13 2019000 D 73 1 12 13 7745000 D 60 3 9 12 124-6011 RW 14 4 7 11 399100 C 18 4 4 8 63001 D 18 2 3 5 25-4201 C 3 2 2 4 02001 C 9 1 2 3 244000 D 13 0 3 3 103000 G 32 0 1 1 00000 G 11 0 0 0 40000 G 41 0 0 0 330000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 2363 41 22 10 8 129 3.28 2 1817 32 18 7 5 93 3.07 3 620 11 8 1 1 32 3.10 0 Team: 4800 80 48 18 14 254 3.17 5 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 18 17 18 35 4903 C 18 11 18 29 34421 D 18 8 17 25 16612 C 18 10 10 20 6422 C 18 6 12 18 8001 LW 18 6 9 15 28300 D 17 6 8 14 6400 LW 16 5 8 13 16002 RW 18 6 6 12 20001 C 18 3 9 12 4011 C 14 4 6 10 19111 RW 9 3 6 9 14000 RW 12 4 3 7 10020 D 18 3 4 7 8001 D 12 1 5 6 32000 D 18 1 4 5 27000 D 7 0 5 5 6000 RW 12 3 1 4 10000 D 18 0 3 3 25000 LW 8 0 2 2 15000 G 17 0 1 1 2000 C 1 0 0 0 0000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO 994 17 14 3 42 2.54 0 92 3 1 0 6 3.91 0 Team: 1086 18 15 3 48 2.65 0

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. Minnesota North Stars

Date Visitors Score Home Score NotesMay 12 Minnesota 3New York 6 May 14 Minnesota 3 New York 6 May 17 New York7 Minnesota 5 May 19 New York2 Minnesota 4 May 21 Minnesota 1 New York 5

Awards and records Butch Goring, Conn Smythe Trophy

References

External links Islanders on Hockey Database