1976–77 New York Islanders season

The 1976–77 New York Islanders season was the fifth season for the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 7, 1976||3–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 9, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||2–0–0

|3||W||October 12, 1976||7–0 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||3–0–0

|4||W||October 13, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||4–0–0

|5||T||October 16, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||4–0–1

|6||W||October 19, 1976||6–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||5–0–1

|7||L||October 22, 1976||0–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||5–1–1

|8||W||October 23, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||6–1–1

|9||L||October 25, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||6–2–1

|10||W||October 28, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||7–2–1

|11||T||October 30, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||7–2–2

|12||W||November 1, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||8–2–2

|13||W||November 2, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||9–2–2

|14||W||November 6, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||10–2–2

|15||W||November 9, 1976||8–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||11–2–2

|16||T||November 11, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||11–2–3

|17||W||November 13, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||12–2–3

|18||W||November 18, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||13–2–3

|19||W||November 19, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||14–2–3

|20||L||November 23, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||14–3–3

|21||L||November 25, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||14–4–3

|22||W||November 27, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||15–4–3

|23||L||November 28, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||15–5–3

|24||L||November 30, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||15–6–3

|25||L||December 2, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||15–7–3

|26||W||December 4, 1976||3–0 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||16–7–3

|27||W||December 7, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||17–7–3

|28||W||December 11, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||18–7–3

|29||W||December 12, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||19–7–3

|30||T||December 14, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||19–7–4

|31||W||December 17, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||20–7–4

|32||L||December 18, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||20–8–4

|33||W||December 21, 1976||3–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||21–8–4

|34||W||December 26, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||22–8–4

|35||T||December 28, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||22–8–5

|36||L||January 1, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||22–9–5

|37||T||January 2, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||22–9–6

|38||W||January 7, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||23–9–6

|39||W||January 8, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||24–9–6

|40||W||January 10, 1977||8–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||25–9–6

|41||L||January 12, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||25–10–6

|42||W||January 15, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||26–10–6

|43||T||January 16, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||26–10–7

|44||W||January 18, 1977||7–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||27–10–7

|45||W||January 20, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||28–10–7

|46||L||January 22, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||28–11–7

|47||W||January 23, 1977||7–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||29–11–7

|48||L||January 27, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||29–12–7

|49||L||January 29, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||29–13–7

|50||L||January 30, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||29–14–7

|51||W||February 1, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||30–14–7

|52||W||February 3, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||31–14–7

|53||T||February 5, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||31–14–8

|54||L||February 6, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||31–15–8

|55||W||February 8, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||32–15–8

|56||W||February 12, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||33–15–8

|57||W||February 14, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||34–15–8

|58||L||February 15, 1977||0–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||34–16–8

|59||W||February 19, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||35–16–8

|60||T||February 20, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||35–16–9

|61||W||February 22, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||36–16–9

|62||W||February 25, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||37–16–9

|63||W||February 26, 1977||8–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||38–16–9

|64||L||March 1, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||38–17–9

|65||W||March 3, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||39–17–9

|66||L||March 5, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||39–18–9

|67||W||March 6, 1977||5–0 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||40–18–9

|68||L||March 8, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||40–19–9

|69||W||March 9, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||41–19–9

|70||W||March 12, 1977||8–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||42–19–9

|71||T||March 13, 1977||5–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||42–19–10

|72||W||March 16, 1977||5–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||43–19–10

|73||T||March 19, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||43–19–11

|74||W||March 22, 1977||9–2 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||44–19–11

|75||T||March 23, 1977||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||44–19–12

|76||W||March 26, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||45–19–12

|77||W||March 27, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||46–19–12

|78||L||March 29, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||46–20–12

|79||L||April 2, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||46–21–12

|80||W||April 3, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||47–21–12

Legend:

Playoffs

Preliminary

(4) New York Islanders vs. (12) Chicago Black Hawks

Quarterfinals

(4) New York Islanders vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres

Semifinals

(1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (4) New York Islanders

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 80 25 55 80 10342714 C 76 30 42 72 34281116 RW 80 24 43 67 4418513 RW 80 29 27 56 9122503 LW 80 25 31 56 4626507 LW 70 33 22 55 93181205 C 78 24 29 53 2718402 D/RW 79 14 33 47 821130 D 79 10 36 46 2614110 C 75 16 19 35 3027005 C 80 13 18 31 1021062 LW 70 13 15 28 18214104 D 79 4 24 28 4429011 D 72 4 21 25 6148001 D 71 3 22 25 2526200 C 72 10 13 23 558203 D 80 4 18 22 9829010 RW 43 6 8 14 134011 C 4 1 0 1 0−1000 D 1 0 1 1 01000 G 46 0 1 1 00000 G 36 0 1 1 120000 LW 4 0 0 0 0−1000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 2711 46 26 13 6 103 2.28 4 2089 36 21 8 6 87 2.50 2 Team: 4800 80 47 21 12 190 2.37 6 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 12 7 7 14 8201 C 12 5 6 11 6100 D 12 6 4 10 20200 C 12 2 8 10 2000 LW 12 4 4 8 15004 LW 11 4 4 8 6100 D 12 1 6 7 4000 D/RW 12 1 5 6 0010 D 11 0 4 4 6000 C 12 1 2 3 6001 C 8 2 0 2 4000 RW 12 2 0 2 7002 LW 12 1 1 2 28000 D 12 0 2 2 23000 RW 12 0 2 2 7000 C 12 0 1 1 0000 D 10 0 1 1 2000 RW 1 0 1 1 2000 D 6 0 0 0 6000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 G 10 0 0 0 8000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO 580 10 7 3 27 2.79 0 144 3 1 1 5 2.08 0 Team: 724 12 8 4 32 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; Draft picks New York's draft picks at the 1976 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)114Alex McKendry Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)232Mike Kaszycki Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)350Garth MacGuigan Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)468Ken Morrow Bowling Green University (CCHA)586Mike Hordy Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)6104Yvon Vautour Laval National (QMJHL)

See also 1976–77 NHL season

References