1975–76 New York Islanders season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1975–76
Year:	1975
Team:	New York Islanders
Record:	42–21–17
Conference:	Campbell
Division:	Patrick
Divisionrank:	2nd
Generalmanager:	Bill Torrey
Coach:	Al Arbour
Captain:	Ed Westfall
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsfor:	297
Goalsagainst:	190
Goalsleader:	Clark Gillies (34)
Assistsleader:	Denis Potvin (67)
Pointsleader:	Denis Potvin (98)
Pimleader:	Garry Howatt (197)
Winsleader:	Chico Resch (23)
Gaaleader:	Chico Resch (2.61)

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

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 8, 1975	1–1	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	0–0–1
2	W	October 11, 1975	7–0	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	1–0–1
3	T	October 12, 1975	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	1–0–2
4	W	October 14, 1975	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	2–0–2
5	W	October 17, 1975	2–0	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	3–0–2
6	L	October 18, 1975	2–5	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	3–1–2
7	T	October 21, 1975	5–5	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	3–1–3
8	W	October 23, 1975	3–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	4–1–3
9	W	October 25, 1975	7–1	New York Rangers (1975–76)	5–1–3
10	T	October 27, 1975	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	5–1–4
11	W	November 1, 1975	7–3	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	6–1–4
12	W	November 4, 1975	5–3	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	7–1–4
13	L	November 5, 1975	6–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	7–2–4
14	W	November 8, 1975	4–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	8–2–4
15	L	November 12, 1975	1–5	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	8–3–4
16	L	November 13, 1975	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	8–4–4
17	L	November 15, 1975	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	8–5–4
18	L	November 18, 1975	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	8–6–4
19	T	November 20, 1975	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	8–6–5
20	W	November 22, 1975	5–2	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	9–6–5
21	W	November 26, 1975	9–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	10–6–5
22	L	November 27, 1975	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	10–7–5
23	W	November 29, 1975	8–2	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	11–7–5
24	L	November 30, 1975	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	11–8–5
25	W	December 2, 1975	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	12–8–5
26	W	December 4, 1975	6–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	13–8–5
27	L	December 6, 1975	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	13–9–5
28	W	December 7, 1975	3–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	14–9–5
29	W	December 9, 1975	6–0	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	15–9–5
30	T	December 12, 1975	3–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	15–9–6
31	W	December 13, 1975	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	16–9–6
32	W	December 17, 1975	3–0	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	17–9–6
33	W	December 18, 1975	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	18–9–6
34	W	December 20, 1975	7–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	19–9–6
35	L	December 21, 1975	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	19–10–6
36	W	December 30, 1975	6–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	20–10–6
37	T	January 3, 1976	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	20–10–7
38	L	January 4, 1976	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	20–11–7
39	W	January 6, 1976	8–1	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	21–11–7
40	L	January 8, 1976	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	21–12–7
41	W	January 13, 1976	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	22–12–7
42	T	January 17, 1976	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	22–12–8
43	W	January 21, 1976	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	23–12–8
44	W	January 22, 1976	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	24–12–8
45	W	January 24, 1976	5–0	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	25–12–8
46	W	January 27, 1976	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	26–12–8
47	W	January 28, 1976	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	27–12–8
48	T	January 31, 1976	2–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	27–12–9
49	T	February 3, 1976	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	27–12–10
50	W	February 4, 1976	6–5	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	28–12–10
51	L	February 6, 1976	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	28–13–10
52	L	February 8, 1976	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	28–14–10
53	L	February 10, 1976	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	28–15–10
54	T	February 12, 1976	2–2	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	28–15–11
55	T	February 14, 1976	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	28–15–12
56	W	February 15, 1976	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	29–15–12
57	L	February 17, 1976	1–3	New York Rangers (1975–76)	29–16–12
58	W	February 18, 1976	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	30–16–12
59	L	February 21, 1976	1–2	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	30–17–12
60	W	February 22, 1976	4–0	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	31–17–12
61	W	February 24, 1976	7–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	32–17–12
62	T	February 26, 1976	2–2	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	32–17–13
63	W	February 28, 1976	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	33–17–13
64	W	March 2, 1976	2–1	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	34–17–13
65	T	March 4, 1976	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	34–17–14
66	W	March 6, 1976	6–3	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	35–17–14
67	W	March 7, 1976	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	36–17–14
68	W	March 9, 1976	4–0	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	37–17–14
69	T	March 13, 1976	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	37–17–15
70	W	March 14, 1976	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	38–17–15
71	L	March 16, 1976	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	38–18–15
72	W	March 20, 1976	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	39–18–15
73	L	March 23, 1976	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	39–19–15
74	T	March 24, 1976	1–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	39–19–16
75	W	March 26, 1976	3–2	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	40–19–16
76	W	March 29, 1976	5–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	41–19–16
77	L	March 31, 1976	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	41–20–16
78	T	April 1, 1976	1–1	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	41–20–17
79	W	April 3, 1976	10–2	New York Rangers (1975–76)	42–20–17
80	L	April 4, 1976	2–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	42–21–17

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 3 vs. Montreal

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 78 31 67 98 100 12 18 0 4 C 80 32 63 95 21 28 11 1 5 D 78 17 55 72 74 16 9 1 2 RW 80 32 38 70 54 22 16 0 4 C 76 21 41 62 58 18 10 0 2 LW 80 34 27 61 96 20 15 0 6 LW 80 22 35 57 80 12 5 2 4 D/RW 80 25 31 56 27 17 6 2 3 RW 80 23 25 48 106 24 2 0 4 LW 80 21 13 34 197 26 0 0 2 C 67 9 17 26 56 14 0 0 2 D 80 6 18 24 151 35 0 0 0 D 73 0 19 19 54 29 0 0 0 C 80 7 10 17 16 6 0 4 0 RW 64 9 7 16 10 5 0 0 2 D 71 0 16 16 72 37 0 0 0 C 31 6 7 13 2 3 0 1 1 C 14 2 3 5 13 −2 0 0 1 D 59 0 2 2 68 9 0 0 0 D 4 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 G 44 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 G 39 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA 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 32 2 0 1 C 13 6 9 15 0 1 0 1 LW 13 5 5 10 23 0 0 1 LW 13 4 6 10 10 1 0 0 RW 13 3 6 9 30 1 0 0 C 13 1 7 8 8 0 0 0 RW 13 5 2 7 10 1 0 0 RW 13 4 2 6 8 0 0 2 LW 13 2 4 6 16 0 0 1 C 13 1 5 6 15 0 0 0 D/RW 8 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 D 13 1 3 4 24 0 0 0 D 13 1 3 4 12 0 0 1 C 13 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 C 6 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 D 13 0 1 1 44 0 0 0 D 13 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 D 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 8 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA 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

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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	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
11		Defence			Vancouver Blazers (WHA)
29		Left Wing		New York Islanders	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
47		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		Right Wing		New York Islanders	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
119		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		Right Wing		New York Islanders	Pori (Finland)
align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"	^Reference: Web site: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. September 12, 2013.

See also

• 1975–76 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1975–76 New York Islanders Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-07-27 . 1975-76 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.