1984–85 New York Islanders season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1984–85
Year:	1984
Team:	New York Islanders
Conference:	Wales
Conferencerank:	6th
Division:	Patrick
Divisionrank:	3rd
Generalmanager:	Bill Torrey
Coach:	Al Arbour
Captain:	Denis Potvin
Altcaptain:	None
Arena:	Nassau Coliseum

The 1984–85 New York Islanders season was the 13th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.

Offseason

NHL Draft

See main article: 1984 NHL Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	20	Duncan MacPherson	Defense	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	41	Bruce Melanson	Right wing	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3	62	Jeff Norton	Defense	Cushing Academy (USHS-MA)
4	70	Doug Wieck	Left wing	Mayo High School (USHS-MN)
4	83	Ari Haanpaa	Right wing	Ilves (Finland)
5	104	Mike Murray	Center	London Knights (OHL)
6	125	Jim Wilharm	Defense	Minnetonka High School (USHS-MN)
7	146	Kelly Murphy	Defense	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
8	167	Franco DeSantis	Defense	Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)
9	187	Tom Warden	Defense	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
10	208	David Volek	Right wing	HC Slavia Praha (Czechoslovakia)
11	228	Russ Becker	Defense	Virginia High School (USHS-MN)
12	249	Allister Brown	Defense	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 12, 1984	2–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	0–1–0
2	W	October 13, 1984	7–6 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	W	October 16, 1984	6–4	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	2–1–0
4	W	October 17, 1984	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	3–1–0
5	W	October 20, 1984	8–3	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	4–1–0
6	L	October 21, 1984	5–6	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	4–2–0
7	W	October 23, 1984	6–5	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	5–2–0
8	L	October 27, 1984	3–8	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	5–3–0
9	W	October 30, 1984	7–3	New York Rangers (1984–85)	6–3–0
10	L	November 1, 1984	5–6 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	6–4–0
11	L	November 3, 1984	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	6–5–0
12	L	November 4, 1984	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	6–6–0
13	W	November 6, 1984	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	7–6–0
14	L	November 9, 1984	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	7–7–0
15	W	November 10, 1984	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	8–7–0
16	W	November 15, 1984	6–1	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	9–7–0
17	W	November 17, 1984	10–4	New York Rangers (1984–85)	10–7–0
18	T	November 18, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	10–7–1
19	W	November 20, 1984	5–3	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	11–7–1
20	W	November 23, 1984	5–1	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	12–7–1
21	W	November 24, 1984	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	13–7–1
22	L	November 28, 1984	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	13–8–1
23	W	November 30, 1984	5–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	14–8–1
24	W	December 3, 1984	5–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	15–8–1
25	L	December 5, 1984	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	15–9–1
26	L	December 8, 1984	3–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	15–10–1
27	L	December 11, 1984	5–7	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	15–11–1
28	L	December 12, 1984	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	15–12–1
29	W	December 15, 1984	6–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	16–12–1
30	W	December 18, 1984	7–4	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	17–12–1
31	W	December 21, 1984	1–0	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	18–12–1
32	W	December 22, 1984	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	19–12–1
33	L	December 26, 1984	5–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	19–13–1
34	L	December 27, 1984	4–5 OT	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	19–14–1
35	W	December 29, 1984	5–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	20–14–1
36	L	December 31, 1984	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	20–15–1
37	W	January 2, 1985	7–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	21–15–1
38	L	January 5, 1985	3–7	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	21–16–1
39	W	January 8, 1985	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	22–16–1
40	W	January 10, 1985	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	23–16–1
41	W	January 12, 1985	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	24–16–1
42	W	January 13, 1985	6–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	25–16–1
43	L	January 15, 1985	5–6 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	25–17–1
44	T	January 16, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	25–17–2
45	L	January 19, 1985	5–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	25–18–2
46	L	January 22, 1985	4–5	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	25–19–2
47	W	January 24, 1985	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	26–19–2
48	L	January 26, 1985	1–5	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	26–20–2
49	L	January 27, 1985	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	26–21–2
50	T	January 29, 1985	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	26–21–3
51	L	February 1, 1985	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	26–22–3
52	W	February 2, 1985	4–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	27–22–3
53	W	February 5, 1985	7–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	28–22–3
54	W	February 7, 1985	7–5	New York Rangers (1984–85)	29–22–3
55	W	February 9, 1985	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	30–22–3
56	T	February 16, 1985	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	30–22–4
57	L	February 17, 1985	3–9	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	30–23–4
58	W	February 19, 1985	8–4	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	31–23–4
59	L	February 21, 1985	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	31–24–4
60	W	February 23, 1985	7–1	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	32–24–4
61	L	February 24, 1985	3–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	32–25–4
62	L	February 27, 1985	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	32–26–4
63	L	March 2, 1985	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	32–27–4
64	W	March 3, 1985	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	33–27–4
65	L	March 5, 1985	4–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	33–28–4
66	T	March 7, 1985	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	33–28–5
67	W	March 9, 1985	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	34–28–5
68	W	March 12, 1985	6–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	35–28–5
69	W	March 13, 1985	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	36–28–5
70	W	March 16, 1985	6–4	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	37–28–5
71	L	March 17, 1985	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	37–29–5
72	W	March 19, 1985	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	38–29–5
73	L	March 21, 1985	1–5	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	38–30–5
74	W	March 24, 1985	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	39–30–5
75	L	March 26, 1985	5–7	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	39–31–5
76	L	March 28, 1985	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	39–32–5
77	L	March 30, 1985	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	39–33–5
78	W	April 2, 1985	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	40–33–5
79	L	April 4, 1985	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	40–34–5
80	T	April 6, 1985	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	40–34–6

Playoffs

Round 1 (3) New York Islanders vs (2) Washington Capitals

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 10	NY Islanders	3 – 4	Washington	OT	0 – 1
2	April 11	NY Islanders	1 –2	Washington	2OT	0 – 2
3	April 13	Washington	1 – 2	NY Islanders		1 – 2
4	April 14	Washington	4 – 6	NY Islanders		2 – 2
5	April 16	NY Islanders	2 – 1	Washington		3 – 2

New York Wins Series 3-2

Round 2 (3) New York Islanders vs (1) Philadelphia Flyers

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 18	NY Islanders	0 – 3	Philadelphia		0 – 1
2	April 21	NY Islanders	2 – 5	Philadelphia		0 – 2
3	April 23	Philadelphia	5 – 3	NY Islanders		0 – 3
4	April 25	Philadelphia	2 – 6	NY Islanders		1 – 3
5	April 28	NY Islanders	0 – 1	Philadelphia		1 – 4

Philadelphia Wins Series 4-1

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 76 58 59 117 38 37 14 4 7 C 72 42 60 102 51 42 12 0 4 LW 80 42 58 100 95 50 8 1 3 D 77 17 51 68 96 36 6 0 1 C 68 28 31 59 47 5 4 5 3 C 67 19 35 54 32 9 1 0 1 RW 78 20 31 51 106 -8 2 0 4 D 69 16 34 50 58 -1 8 0 4 RW 78 17 24 41 174 -12 1 0 1 LW 58 13 25 38 36 -4 2 0 2 D 78 12 23 35 90 0 2 1 3 LW 54 15 17 32 73 0 5 0 2 D 54 3 19 22 30 8 3 0 0 C 44 8 12 20 51 -8 1 0 1 RW 51 10 8 18 26 -9 0 2 2 D 48 1 12 13 89 10 0 0 0 D 56 0 13 13 35 -6 0 0 0 C 27 2 9 11 9 -3 1 0 0 D 65 2 8 10 80 2 0 0 0 D 57 1 8 9 83 10 0 0 0 D 15 1 7 8 14 5 0 0 0 C 29 2 5 7 2 -11 0 1 0 RW 36 2 5 7 58 6 0 0 0 LW 38 5 0 5 50 -7 0 0 1 C 8 4 1 5 2 4 1 0 0 RW 19 3 1 4 24 -7 0 0 0 LW 16 2 1 3 19 1 0 0 1 LW 10 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0 D 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 G 41 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0 RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 37 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 2335 41 19 17 3 141 3.62 2 2090 37 18 14 3 133 3.82 0 425 8 3 3 0 35 4.94 0 Team: 4850 80 40 34 6 309 3.82 2

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 10 5 6 11 4 1 2 0 0 LW 10 1 8 9 10 1 0 0 0 C 10 4 2 6 8 0 1 0 1 C 10 3 3 6 14 -4 1 0 2 D 10 3 2 5 10 0 1 0 1 RW 10 2 2 4 29 1 0 0 0 D 10 0 4 4 4 5 0 0 0 D 7 1 2 3 10 2 1 0 0 C 9 1 2 3 4 -3 0 0 0 C 10 0 3 3 17 0 0 0 0 RW 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 C 10 0 2 2 6 -2 0 0 0 D 10 0 2 2 16 0 0 0 0 RW 10 0 2 2 47 -5 0 0 0 RW 4 1 0 1 6 -2 0 0 0 LW 10 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 RW 4 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 D 10 0 0 0 26 -7 0 0 0 LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0 D 4 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 D 10 0 0 0 17 -3 0 0 0 G 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO 342 6 3 3 19 3.33 0 281 5 1 3 8 1.71 0 Team: 623 10 4 6 27 2.60 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;

References

• Islanders on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-07-27 . 1984-85 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.