1973–74 New York Islanders season

The 1973–74 New York Islanders season was the second season for the New York Islanders franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Islanders finished in eighth place in the East Division with a 19–41–18 record and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second straight year.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 10, 1973||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||0–0–1

|2||L||October 13, 1973||0–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||0–1–1

|3||L||October 14, 1973||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||0–2–1

|4||T||October 16, 1973||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||0–2–2

|5||L||October 20, 1973||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||0–3–2

|6||T||October 21, 1973||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||0–3–3

|7||T||October 25, 1973||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||0–3–4

|8||W||October 27, 1973||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1973–74) ||1–3–4

|9||L||October 28, 1973||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||1–4–4

|10||T||November 1, 1973||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||1–4–5

|11||W||November 3, 1973||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||2–4–5

|12||T||November 7, 1973||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||2–4–6

|13||T||November 10, 1973||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||2–4–7

|14||L||November 11, 1973||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1973–74) ||2–5–7

|15||L||November 14, 1973||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||2–6–7

|16||L||November 17, 1973||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||2–7–7

|17||L||November 20, 1973||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||2–8–7

|18||W||November 22, 1973||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||3–8–7

|19||L||November 24, 1973||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||3–9–7

|20||W||November 27, 1973||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||4–9–7

|21||L||December 1, 1973||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||4–10–7

|22||L||December 2, 1973||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||4–11–7

|23||L||December 4, 1973||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||4–12–7

|24||L||December 6, 1973||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||4–13–7

|25||L||December 8, 1973||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||4–14–7

|26||W||December 11, 1973||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||5–14–7

|27||L||December 13, 1973||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||5–15–7

|28||T||December 15, 1973||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||5–15–8

|29||L||December 16, 1973||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||5–16–8

|30||T||December 18, 1973||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) ||5–16–9

|31||W||December 22, 1973||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||6–16–9

|32||T||December 23, 1973||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||6–16–10

|33||L||December 26, 1973||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||6–17–10

|34||T||December 28, 1973||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||6–17–11

|35||W||December 29, 1973||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) ||7–17–11

|36||L||January 2, 1974||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||7–18–11

|37||W||January 3, 1974||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) ||8–18–11

|38||L||January 5, 1974||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||8–19–11

|39||L||January 8, 1974||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||8–20–11

|40||L||January 10, 1974||3–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||8–21–11

|41||W||January 12, 1974||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||9–21–11

|42||W||January 15, 1974||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||10–21–11

|43||T||January 19, 1974||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||10–21–12

|44||W||January 22, 1974||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||11–21–12

|45||L||January 26, 1974||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||11–22–12

|46||W||January 27, 1974||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||12–22–12

|47||W||January 31, 1974||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||13–22–12

|48||T||February 2, 1974||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) ||13–22–13

|49||L||February 3, 1974||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||13–23–13

|50||W||February 5, 1974||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||14–23–13

|51||L||February 6, 1974||0–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1973–74) ||14–24–13

|52||L||February 9, 1974||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||14–25–13

|53||L||February 12, 1974||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||14–26–13

|54||T||February 14, 1974||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||14–26–14

|55||L||February 16, 1974||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||14–27–14

|56||W||February 19, 1974||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||15–27–14

|57||L||February 24, 1974||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||15–28–14

|58||T||February 26, 1974||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) ||15–28–15

|59||L||February 28, 1974||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||15–29–15

|60||L||March 2, 1974||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||15–30–15

|61||L||March 3, 1974||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||15–31–15

|62||L||March 5, 1974||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||15–32–15

|63||L||March 9, 1974||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||15–33–15

|64||L||March 10, 1974||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1973–74) ||15–34–15

|65||L||March 12, 1974||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||15–35–15

|66||L||March 14, 1974||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||15–36–15

|67||L||March 16, 1974||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1973–74) ||15–37–15

|68||L||March 17, 1974||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||15–38–15

|69||W||March 19, 1974||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||16–38–15

|70||T||March 20, 1974||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||16–38–16

|71||T||March 23, 1974||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||16–38–17

|72||W||March 24, 1974||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||17–38–17

|73||T||March 27, 1974||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||17–38–18

|74||L||March 28, 1974||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||17–39–18

|75||L||March 30, 1974||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) ||17–40–18

|76||W||April 2, 1974||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||18–40–18

|77||L||April 4, 1974||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||18–41–18

|78||W||April 6, 1974||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||19–41–18

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 77 17 37 54 175−16603 RW 78 23 27 50 34−11403 C 67 23 20 43 6−7252 D/RW 68 19 23 42 28−5600 RW 77 21 20 41 118−17305 RW 78 15 14 29 28−15202 D 78 5 23 28 100−26200 C 60 12 15 27 6−7201 LW 62 8 14 22 86000 LW 54 5 16 21 65−16000 LW 78 6 11 17 204−13000 D 66 2 15 17 58−7111 C 42 5 9 14 181000 LW 55 6 7 13 26−19201 RW 55 4 9 13 16−6000 C 63 2 10 12 7−6000 D 70 1 10 11 61−17001 D 69 1 7 8 845000 C 12 3 1 4 81200 RW 22 2 1 3 43000 C 19 2 1 3 4−3010 G 36 0 0 0 00000 D/LW 7 0 0 0 00000 C 6 0 0 0 00000 D 8 0 0 0 02000 G 2 0 0 0 00000 G 46 0 0 0 110000 RW 1 0 0 0 01000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 1945 36 9 17 6 101 3.12 0 2615 46 9 23 12 134 3.07 0 120 2 1 1 0 6 3.00 0 Team: 4680 78 19 41 18 241 3.09 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; Draft picks The 1973 NHL amateur draft was held on May 15, 1973, at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal.National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario,

Pick # Player PositionNationality College/junior/club team 1 Denis Potvin Defence Ottawa 67's (OHA) 33 Dave Lewis Defence Saskatoon Blades (WCHL) 49 Andre St. Laurent Centre Montreal Junior Canadiens (QMJHL) 65 Ron Kennedy Right wing New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) 81 Keith Smith Defence Brown University (ECAC) 97 Don Cutts Goaltender Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NCAA) 110 Denis Andersen Defence New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) 113 Mike Kennedy Right wing Kitchener Rangers (OHA) 126 Denis Desgagnes Centre Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL) 129 Bob Lorimer Defence Michigan Technological University (NCAA) Reference:

See also 1973–74 NHL season

References