1984–85 New York Islanders season

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

1984–85 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	6th Wales
1984–85 record	40–34–6
Home record	26–11–3
Road record	14–23–3
Goals for	345
Goals against	312
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Denis Potvin
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Bossy (58)
Assists	Brent Sutter (60)
Points	Mike Bossy (117)
Penalty minutes	Duane Sutter (174)
Wins	Kelly Hrudey (19)
Goals against average	Kelly Hrudey (3.63)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Offseason

NHL Draft

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

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	20	7	348	241	113
Washington Capitals	80	46	25	9	322	240	101
New York Islanders	80	40	34	6	345	312	86
New York Rangers	80	26	44	10	295	345	62
New Jersey Devils	80	22	48	10	264	346	54
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	24	51	5	276	385	53

^[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

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Patrick Division 1984–85 NHL records[2] Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total New Jersey — 3−2−2 2−5 2−5 5−2 2−4−1 14−18−3 N.Y. Islanders 2−3−2 — 4−3 3−3−1 5−2 3−4 17−15−3 N.Y. Rangers 5−2 3−4 — 0−7 4−3 2−5 14−21−0 Philadelphia 5−2 3−3−1 7−0 — 5−2 5−1−1 25−8−2 Pittsburgh 2−5 2−5 3−4 2–5 — 0−6−1 9−25−1 Washington 4−2−1 4−3 5−2 1–5−1 6−0–1 — 20−13−2 Vs. Adams Division 1984–85 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total New Jersey 0−3 0−3 0−3 1−1−1 1−1−1 2−11−2 N.Y. Islanders 1−2 2−1 1−1−1 1−2 0−3 5−9−1 N.Y. Rangers 0−1−2 1−1−1 0−1−2 0−2−1 1−2 2−7−6 Philadelphia 2−1 1−1−1 2−0−1 1−2 1−1−1 7−5−3 Pittsburgh 1−2 0−2−1 1−2 1−2 0−3 3−11−1 Washington 2−1 1−2 1−2 1−1−1 2−1 7−7−1 Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Norris Division 1984–85 NHL records Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total New Jersey 0−3 1−1−1 1−1−1 0−2−1 3−0 5−7−3 N.Y. Islanders 3−0 2−1 1−1−1 3−0 2−1 11−3−1 N.Y. Rangers 0−3 1−2 1−2 2−0−1 2−0−1 6−7−2 Philadelphia 2−1 2−0−1 3−0 3−0 2−1 12−2−1 Pittsburgh 1−2 1−1−1 1−2 1−2 2−1 6−8−1 Washington 3−0 2−1 2−0−1 2−0−1 2−0−1 11−1−3 Vs. Smythe Division 1984–85 NHL records Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total New Jersey 0−2−1 1−2 0−3 0−3 0−2−1 1−12−2 N.Y. Islanders 1−2 0−2−1 2−1 2−1 2−1 7−7−1 N.Y. Rangers 0−2−1 1−1−1 1−2 2−1 0−3 4−9−2 Philadelphia 2−1 3−0 1−1−1 3−0 0−3 9−5−1 Pittsburgh 2−0−1 1−1−1 0−3 2−1 1−2 6−7−2 Washington 2−1 0−1−2 2−1 3−0 1−2 8−5−2

Schedule and results

1984–85 regular season[3]
October Game Result 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
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1985 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Division Semifinals vs. (P2) Washington Capitals – Islanders win 3–2 Game 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
Division Finals vs. (P1) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–1 Game 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
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Mike Bossy RW 76 58 59 117 38 37 14 4 7 Brent Sutter C 72 42 60 102 51 42 12 0 4 John Tonelli LW 80 42 58 100 95 50 8 1 3 Denis Potvin D 77 17 51 68 96 36 6 0 1 Bryan Trottier C 68 28 31 59 47 5 4 5 3 Pat LaFontaine C 67 19 35 54 32 9 1 0 1 Pat Flatley RW 78 20 31 51 106 -8 2 0 4 Tomas Jonsson D 69 16 34 50 58 -1 8 0 4 Duane Sutter RW 78 17 24 41 174 -12 1 0 1 Greg Gilbert LW 58 13 25 38 36 -4 2 0 2 Paul Boutilier D 78 12 23 35 90 0 2 1 3 Clark Gillies LW 54 15 17 32 73 0 5 0 2 Stefan Persson D 54 3 19 22 30 8 3 0 0 Bob Bourne C 44 8 12 20 51 -8 1 0 1 Anders Kallur RW 51 10 8 18 26 -9 0 2 2 Gord Dineen D 48 1 12 13 89 10 0 0 0 Dave Langevin D 56 0 13 13 35 -6 0 0 0 Roger Kortko C 27 2 9 11 9 -3 1 0 0 Gerald Diduck D 65 2 8 10 80 2 0 0 0 Gord Lane D 57 1 8 9 83 10 0 0 0 Ken Morrow D 15 1 7 8 14 5 0 0 0 Butch Goring C 29 2 5 7 2 -11 0 1 0 Bob Nystrom RW 36 2 5 7 58 6 0 0 0 Mats Hallin LW 38 5 0 5 50 -7 0 0 1 Scott Howson C 8 4 1 5 2 4 1 0 0 Alan Kerr RW 19 3 1 4 24 -7 0 0 0 Dale Henry LW 16 2 1 3 19 1 0 0 1 Ron Handy LW 10 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0 Ken Leiter D 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Kelly Hrudey G 41 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0 Mark Hamway RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roland Melanson G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Smith G 37 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 Vern Smith D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Kelly Hrudey 2335 41 19 17 3 141 3.62 2 Billy Smith 2090 37 18 14 3 133 3.82 0 Roland Melanson 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 Mike Bossy RW 10 5 6 11 4 1 2 0 0 John Tonelli LW 10 1 8 9 10 1 0 0 0 Bryan Trottier C 10 4 2 6 8 0 1 0 1 Brent Sutter C 10 3 3 6 14 -4 1 0 2 Denis Potvin D 10 3 2 5 10 0 1 0 1 Bob Nystrom RW 10 2 2 4 29 1 0 0 0 Stefan Persson D 10 0 4 4 4 5 0 0 0 Tomas Jonsson D 7 1 2 3 10 2 1 0 0 Pat LaFontaine C 9 1 2 3 4 -3 0 0 0 Roger Kortko C 10 0 3 3 17 0 0 0 0 Anders Kallur RW 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Bourne C 10 0 2 2 6 -2 0 0 0 Paul Boutilier D 10 0 2 2 16 0 0 0 0 Duane Sutter RW 10 0 2 2 47 -5 0 0 0 Pat Flatley RW 4 1 0 1 6 -2 0 0 0 Clark Gillies LW 10 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 Alan Kerr RW 4 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 Gord Dineen D 10 0 0 0 26 -7 0 0 0 Mats Hallin LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly Hrudey G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gord Lane D 1 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0 Dave Langevin D 4 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Ken Morrow D 10 0 0 0 17 -3 0 0 0 Billy Smith G 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Billy Smith 342 6 3 3 19 3.33 0 Kelly Hrudey 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;