NHL hockey team season
The 1983–84 New York Islanders season was the 12th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League . The Islanders entered to the season as the four-time defending Stanley Cup champions, and subsequently went the Stanley Cup Finals for the fifth time in a row, but lost four games to one in a rematch against the Edmonton Oilers .
The Islanders nevertheless set a new North American major professional sports record by winning nineteen consecutive playoff series (two more than the seventeen series won by the Boston Celtics in their eight-year NBA championship dynasty) and unmatched in any major sport since.
Offseason [ edit ] NHL Draft [ edit ] Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team 1 3 Pat LaFontaine United States Verdun Juniors (QMJHL) 1 16 Gerald Diduck Canada Lethbridge Broncos (WHL) 2 37 Garnet McKechney Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 3 57 Mike Neill Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 4 65 Mikko Makela Finland Ilves Tampere (Finland) 5 84 Bob Caulfield United States Detroit Lakes High School (USHS-MN) 5 97 Ron Viglasi Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL) 6 117 Darin Illikainen United States Hermantown High School (USHS-MN) 7 137 Jim Sprenger United States Cloquet High School (USHS-MN) 8 157 Dale Henry Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 9 177 Kevin Vescio Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL) 10 197 Dave Shellington Canada Cornwall Royals (OHL) 11 217 John Bjorkman United States Warroad High School (USHS-MN) 12 237 Peter McGeough United States Bishop Hendricken High School (USHS-RI)
Regular season [ edit ] All Star Game [ edit ] The 35th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum . The Campbell Conference defeated the Wales Conference 9–3. Denis Potvin , Bryan Trottier , Mike Bossy , and head coach Al Arbour participated in the All-Star Game as representatives of the Wales Conference.
Season standings [ edit ] [1] Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Record vs. opponents [ edit ] Patrick Division record vs. opponents
Vs. Wales Conference [ edit ] Vs. Patrick Division
Vs. Adams Division
Vs. Campbell Conference [ edit ] Vs. Norris Division
Vs. Smythe Division
Schedule and results [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] 1983–84 game log October: 6–6–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4, 1983 NY Islanders 3–7 Quebec Quebec Coliseum 0–1–0 0 2 October 6, 1983 NY Islanders 7–4 Montreal Smith Montreal Forum 16,685 1–1–0 2 3 October 8, 1983 NY Islanders 8–7 Washington OT Capital Centre 2–1–0 4 4 October 11, 1983 Los Angeles 2–5 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3–1–0 6 5 October 15, 1983 Philadelphia 5–1 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3–2–0 6 6 October 16, 1983 NY Islanders 3–2 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 4–2–0 8 7 October 18, 1983 Calgary 4–3 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–3–0 8 8 October 22, 1983 NY Rangers 3–2 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–4–0 8 9 October 23, 1983 NY Islanders 5–6 NY Rangers OT Madison Square Garden 4–5–0 8 10 October 25, 1983 Winnipeg 4–2 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–6–0 8 11 October 29, 1983 New Jersey 3–5 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5–6–0 10 12 October 30, 1983 NY Islanders 6–2 Philadelphia The Spectrum 6–6–0 12
November: 10–2–1 (home: 7–1–0; road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1, 1983 Vancouver 3–6 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8–5–0 16 14 November 4, 1983 NY Islanders 6–1 New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena 9–5–0 18 15 November 5, 1983 Buffalo 0–4 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10–5–0 20 16 November 8, 1983 Philadelphia 1–4 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11–5–0 22 17 November 11, 1983 NY Islanders 6–5 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena 12–5–0 24 18 November 12, 1983 Pittsburgh 4–2 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11–7–0 22 19 November 15, 1983 Hartford 4–6 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12–7–0 24 20 November 18, 1983 NY Islanders 1–7 Washington Capital Centre 12–8–0 24 21 November 19, 1983 Washington 2–6 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13–8–0 26 22 November 22, 1983 Quebec 2–3 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14–8–0 28 23 November 23, 1983 NY Islanders 4–2 Philadelphia The Spectrum 15–8–0 30 24 November 26, 1983 Chicago 3–9 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16–8–0 32 25 November 29, 1983 NY Islanders 5–5 St. Louis OT St. Louis Arena 16–8–1 33
December: 10–3–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1, 1983 NY Islanders 2–6 Calgary Olympic Saddledome 16–9–1 33 27 December 4, 1983 NY Islanders 4–2 Edmonton Melanson Northlands Coliseum 17,498 17–9–1 35 28 December 6, 1983 NY Islanders 5–2 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum 18–9–1 37 29 December 7, 1983 NY Islanders 4–4 Los Angeles OT The Forum 18–9–2 38 30 December 10, 1983 NY Islanders 4–2 Minnesota Met Center 19–9–2 40 31 December 13, 1983 Edmonton 5–8 NY Islanders Smith Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,850 20–9–2 42 32 December 15, 1983 Detroit 2–4 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 21–9–2 44 33 December 17, 1983 NY Rangers 1–7 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 22–9–2 46 34 December 20, 1983 Pittsburgh 3–11 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 23–9–2 48 35 December 22, 1983 Washington 1–6 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 24–9–2 50 36 December 23, 1983 NY Islanders 3–7 Washington Capital Centre 24–10–2 50 37 December 28, 1983 NY Islanders 6–5 Los Angeles OT The Forum 25–10–2 52 38 December 30, 1983 NY Islanders 3–4 Winnipeg OT Winnipeg Arena 25–11–2 52 39 December 31, 1983 NY Islanders 7–3 Minnesota Met Center 26–11–2 54
January: 5–8–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 3, 1984 Boston 4–2 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 26–12–2 54 41 January 5, 1984 NY Islanders 2–4 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 26–13–2 54 42 January 7, 1984 Chicago 3–5 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 27–13–2 56 43 January 8, 1984 NY Islanders 4–5 NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 27–14–2 56 44 January 10, 1984 New Jersey 2–4 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 28–14–8 58 45 January 12, 1984 Montreal 3–7 NY Islanders Smith Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,850 29–14–2 60 46 January 14, 1984 NY Rangers 2–4 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 30–14–2 62 47 January 16, 1984 NY Islanders 0–2 Boston Boston Garden 30–15–2 62 48 January 18, 1984 NY Islanders 9–1 Chicago Chicago Stadium 31–15–2 64 49 January 21, 1984 NY Islanders 1–7 Philadelphia The Spectrum 31–16–2 64 50 January 24, 1984 NY Islanders 0–4 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 31–17–2 64 51 January 26, 1984 Quebec 5–1 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 31–18–2 64 52 January 28, 1984 Detroit 4–3 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 31–19–2 64 NHL All-Star Game in East Rutherford, New Jersey
February: 9–4–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2, 1984 St. Louis 5–2 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 31–20–2 64 54 February 4, 1984 Pittsburgh 5–6 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 32–20–2 66 55 February 5, 1984 NY Islanders 5–4 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena 33–20–2 68 56 February 7, 1984 Edmonton 3–5 NY Islanders Melanson Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,806 34–20–2 70 57 February 11, 1984 Vancouver 4–6 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 35–20–2 72 58 February 13, 1984 NY Islanders 1–3 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens 35–21–2 72 59 February 15, 1984 NY Islanders 2–3 NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 35–22–2 72 60 February 18, 1984 NY Rangers 3–4 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 36–22–2 74 61 February 19, 1984 NY Islanders 5–4 New Jersey OT Brendan Byrne Arena 37–22–2 76 62 February 23, 1984 St. Louis 1–5 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 38–22–2 78 63 February 25, 1984 New Jersey 1–7 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 39–22–1 80 64 February 26, 1984 NY Islanders 3–5 Philadelphia The Spectrum 39–23–2 80 65 February 29, 1984 NY Islanders 4–3 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena 40–23–2 82
March: 9–3–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 3, 1984 NY Islanders 11–6 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens 41–23–2 84 67 March 6, 1984 Philadelphia 2–5 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 42–23–2 86 68 March 8, 1984 Toronto 5–9 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 43–23–2 88 69 March 10, 1984 Calgary 5–4 NY Islanders OT Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 43–24–2 88 70 March 11, 1984 NY Islanders 6–4 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena 44–24–2 90 71 March 13, 1984 NY Islanders 5–1 New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena 45–24–2 92 72 March 17, 1984 Washington 2–1 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 45–25–2 92 73 March 18, 1984 NY Islanders 4–5 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 45–26–2 92 74 March 20, 1984 New Jersey 2–5 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 46–26–2 94 75 March 22, 1984 NY Islanders 3–3 Boston OT Boston Garden 46–26–3 95 76 March 24, 1984 Minnesota 4–4 NY Islanders OT Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 46–26–4 96 77 March 25, 1984 NY Islanders 5–3 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 47–26–4 98 78 March 27, 1984 Montreal 0–7 NY Islanders Smith Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,850 48–26–4 100 79 March 31, 1984 NY Islanders 3–1 Washington Capital Centre 49–26–4 102
April: 1–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 1, 1984 NY Islanders 2–1 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena 50–26–4 104
Legend : Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)
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Playoffs [ edit ] 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs Prince of Wales Conference Finals vs. (A4) Montreal Canadiens : NY Islanders won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 April 24, 1984 NY Islanders 0–3 Montreal Smith Montreal Forum 16,904 0–1 2 April 26, 1984 NY Islanders 2–4 Montreal Smith Montreal Forum 17,836 0–2 3 April 28, 1984 Montreal 2–5 NY Islanders Smith Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,861 1–2 4 May 1, 1984 Montreal 1–3 NY Islanders Smith Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,861 2–2 5 May 3, 1984 NY Islanders 3–1 Montreal Smith Montreal Forum 18,095 3–2 6 May 5, 1984 Montreal 1–4 NY Islanders Smith Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,861 4–2
Stanley Cup Finals vs. Edmonton Oilers : Edmonton won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 May 10, 1984 Edmonton 1–0 NY Islanders Smith Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,861 1–0 2 May 12, 1984 Edmonton 1–6 NY Islanders Smith Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,861 1–1 3 May 15, 1984 NY Islanders 2–7 Edmonton Smith Northlands Coliseum 17,498 1–2 4 May 17, 1984 NY Islanders 2–7 Edmonton Smith Northlands Coliseum 17,498 1–3 5 May 19, 1984 NY Islanders 2–5 Edmonton Melanson Northlands Coliseum 17,498 1–4
Legend : Win Loss
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Player statistics [ edit ] Regular season Scoring Goaltending
Playoffs Scoring Goaltending
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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;
Playoffs [ edit ] Stanley Cup Finals [ edit ] New York Islanders vs. Edmonton Oilers
Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes May 10 Edmonton 1 New York 0 May 12 Edmonton 1 New York 6 May 15 New York 2 Edmonton 7 May 17 New York 2 Edmonton 7 May 19 New York 2 Edmonton 5
Edmonton wins the series 4–1.
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