1975–76 New York Islanders season

The 1975–76 New York Islanders season was the fourth season for the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 8, 1975||1–1 || align="left"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||0–0–1

|2||W||October 11, 1975||7–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||1–0–1

|3||T||October 12, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||1–0–2

|4||W||October 14, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||2–0–2

|5||W||October 17, 1975||2–0 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||3–0–2

|6||L||October 18, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||3–1–2

|7||T||October 21, 1975||5–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||3–1–3

|8||W||October 23, 1975||3–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||4–1–3

|9||W||October 25, 1975||7–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1975–76) ||5–1–3

|10||T||October 27, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||5–1–4

|11||W||November 1, 1975||7–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||6–1–4

|12||W||November 4, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||7–1–4

|13||L||November 5, 1975||6–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||7–2–4

|14||W||November 8, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||8–2–4

|15||L||November 12, 1975||1–5 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||8–3–4

|16||L||November 13, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||8–4–4

|17||L||November 15, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||8–5–4

|18||L||November 18, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||8–6–4

|19||T||November 20, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||8–6–5

|20||W||November 22, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||9–6–5

|21||W||November 26, 1975||9–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||10–6–5

|22||L||November 27, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||10–7–5

|23||W||November 29, 1975||8–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||11–7–5

|24||L||November 30, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||11–8–5

|25||W||December 2, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||12–8–5

|26||W||December 4, 1975||6–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||13–8–5

|27||L||December 6, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||13–9–5

|28||W||December 7, 1975||3–0 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||14–9–5

|29||W||December 9, 1975||6–0 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||15–9–5

|30||T||December 12, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||15–9–6

|31||W||December 13, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||16–9–6

|32||W||December 17, 1975||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1975–76) ||17–9–6

|33||W||December 18, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||18–9–6

|34||W||December 20, 1975||7–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||19–9–6

|35||L||December 21, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||19–10–6

|36||W||December 30, 1975||6–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||20–10–6

|37||T||January 3, 1976||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||20–10–7

|38||L||January 4, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||20–11–7

|39||W||January 6, 1976||8–1 || align="left"| Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||21–11–7

|40||L||January 8, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||21–12–7

|41||W||January 13, 1976||1–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||22–12–7

|42||T||January 17, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||22–12–8

|43||W||January 21, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||23–12–8

|44||W||January 22, 1976||8–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||24–12–8

|45||W||January 24, 1976||5–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||25–12–8

|46||W||January 27, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||26–12–8

|47||W||January 28, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||27–12–8

|48||T||January 31, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||27–12–9

|49||T||February 3, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||27–12–10

|50||W||February 4, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1975–76) ||28–12–10

|51||L||February 6, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||28–13–10

|52||L||February 8, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||28–14–10

|53||L||February 10, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||28–15–10

|54||T||February 12, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||28–15–11

|55||T||February 14, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||28–15–12

|56||W||February 15, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||29–15–12

|57||L||February 17, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1975–76) ||29–16–12

|58||W||February 18, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||30–16–12

|59||L||February 21, 1976||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||30–17–12

|60||W||February 22, 1976||4–0 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||31–17–12

|61||W||February 24, 1976||7–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||32–17–12

|62||T||February 26, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||32–17–13

|63||W||February 28, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||33–17–13

|64||W||March 2, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||34–17–13

|65||T||March 4, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||34–17–14

|66||W||March 6, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||35–17–14

|67||W||March 7, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||36–17–14

|68||W||March 9, 1976||4–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||37–17–14

|69||T||March 13, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||37–17–15

|70||W||March 14, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||38–17–15

|71||L||March 16, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||38–18–15

|72||W||March 20, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||39–18–15

|73||L||March 23, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||39–19–15

|74||T||March 24, 1976||1–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||39–19–16

|75||W||March 26, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||40–19–16

|76||W||March 29, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||41–19–16

|77||L||March 31, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1975–76) ||41–20–16

|78||T||April 1, 1976||1–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||41–20–17

|79||W||April 3, 1976||10–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1975–76) ||42–20–17

|80||L||April 4, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||42–21–17

Legend:

Playoffs The Islanders continued to show growth in the playoffs defeating the Vancouver Canucks in the preliminary round and the favored Buffalo Sabres in 6 games in the second round. The Islanders fell to the vastly superior Montreal Canadiens team that won 58 games that year and only lost one time in the entire playoffs. That one time was in Game 4 of the semi-finals, when they fell to the Islanders 5–2. The playoff run was generally viewed as a success since the Islanders had won 2 playoff series, and lost to the eventual champions. Additionally, the Isles still possessed a young core with players whom were still improving.

Round 1 vs. Vancouver

Round 2 vs. Buffalo

Round 3 vs. Montreal

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 78 31 67 98 100121804 C 80 32 63 95 21281115 D 78 17 55 72 7416912 RW 80 32 38 70 54221604 C 76 21 41 62 58181002 LW 80 34 27 61 96201506 LW 80 22 35 57 8012524 D/RW 80 25 31 56 2717623 RW 80 23 25 48 10624204 LW 80 21 13 34 19726002 C 67 9 17 26 5614002 D 80 6 18 24 15135000 D 73 0 19 19 5429000 C 80 7 10 17 166040 RW 64 9 7 16 105002 D 71 0 16 16 7237000 C 31 6 7 13 23011 C 14 2 3 5 13−2001 D 59 0 2 2 689000 D 4 0 2 2 24000 G 44 0 1 1 00000 G 39 0 1 1 100000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 2546 44 23 11 8 88 2.07 7 2254 39 19 10 9 98 2.61 3 Team: 4800 80 42 21 17 186 2.33 10 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG D 13 5 14 19 32201 C 13 6 9 15 0101 LW 13 5 5 10 23001 LW 13 4 6 10 10100 RW 13 3 6 9 30100 C 13 1 7 8 8000 RW 13 5 2 7 10100 RW 13 4 2 6 8002 LW 13 2 4 6 16001 C 13 1 5 6 15000 D/RW 8 2 3 5 0100 D 13 1 3 4 24000 D 13 1 3 4 12001 C 13 2 0 2 2110 C 6 1 1 2 0100 D 13 0 1 1 44000 D 13 0 1 1 2000 D 6 0 0 0 0000 G 7 0 0 0 0000 G 8 0 0 0 11000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO 437 8 4 3 21 2.88 0 357 7 3 3 18 3.03 0 Team: 794 13 7 6 39 2.95 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 Below are the selections of the 1975 NHL amateur draft:

Pick # Player PositionNationality NHL team College/junior/club team11 Pat Price Defence New York Islanders Vancouver Blazers (WHA)29 Dave Salvian Left wing New York Islanders St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)47 Joe Fortunato Left wing New York Islanders Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)65 Andre Lepage Goaltender New York Islanders Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)83 Denny McLean Left wing New York Islanders Calgary Centennials (WCHL)101 Mike Sleep Right wing New York Islanders New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)119 Richie Hansen Centre New York Islanders Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)137 Bob Sunderland Defence New York Islanders Boston University (ECAC)153 Dan Blair Right wing New York Islanders Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)168 Joey Girardin Defence New York Islanders Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)183 Geoff Green Right wing New York Islanders Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)194 Kari Makkonen Right wing New York Islanders Pori (Finland) Reference:

See also 1975–76 NHL season

References