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 (NHL).

Offseason

NHL draft

Round Pick Player Position School/Club team120Duncan MacPhersonDefenseSaskatoon Blades (WHL)241Bruce MelansonRight wingOshawa Generals (OHL)362Jeff NortonDefenseCushing Academy (USHS-MA)470Doug WieckLeft wingMayo High School (USHS-MN)483Ari HaanpaaRight wingIlves (Finland)5104Mike MurrayCenterLondon Knights (OHL)6125Jim WilharmDefenseMinnetonka High School (USHS-MN)7146Kelly MurphyDefenseNotre Dame Hounds (SJHL)8167Franco DeSantisDefenseVerdun Juniors (QMJHL)9187Tom WardenDefenseNorth Bay Centennials (OHL)10208David VolekRight wingHC Slavia Praha (Czechoslovakia)11228Russ BeckerDefenseVirginia High School (USHS-MN)12249Allister BrownDefenseUniversity of New Hampshire (ECAC)

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 12, 1984||2–7 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||0–1–0

|2||W||October 13, 1984||7–6 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 16, 1984||6–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||2–1–0

|4||W||October 17, 1984||6–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) ||3–1–0

|5||W||October 20, 1984||8–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||4–1–0

|6||L||October 21, 1984||5–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||4–2–0

|7||W||October 23, 1984||6–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||5–2–0

|8||L||October 27, 1984||3–8 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1984–85) ||5–3–0

|9||W||October 30, 1984||7–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1984–85) ||6–3–0

|10||L||November 1, 1984||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||6–4–0

|11||L||November 3, 1984||4–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||6–5–0

|12||L||November 4, 1984||2–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) ||6–6–0

|13||W||November 6, 1984||6–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||7–6–0

|14||L||November 9, 1984||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||7–7–0

|15||W||November 10, 1984||5–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||8–7–0

|16||W||November 15, 1984||6–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||9–7–0

|17||W||November 17, 1984||10–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1984–85) ||10–7–0

|18||T||November 18, 1984||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||10–7–1

|19||W||November 20, 1984||5–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||11–7–1

|20||W||November 23, 1984||5–1 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||12–7–1

|21||W||November 24, 1984||6–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||13–7–1

|22||L||November 28, 1984||2–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||13–8–1

|23||W||November 30, 1984||5–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||14–8–1

|24||W||December 3, 1984||5–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||15–8–1

|25||L||December 5, 1984||4–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||15–9–1

|26||L||December 8, 1984||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||15–10–1

|27||L||December 11, 1984||5–7 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||15–11–1

|28||L||December 12, 1984||3–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||15–12–1

|29||W||December 15, 1984||6–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||16–12–1

|30||W||December 18, 1984||7–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||17–12–1

|31||W||December 21, 1984||1–0 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||18–12–1

|32||W||December 22, 1984||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||19–12–1

|33||L||December 26, 1984||5–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||19–13–1

|34||L||December 27, 1984||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||19–14–1

|35||W||December 29, 1984||5–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||20–14–1

|36||L||December 31, 1984||3–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||20–15–1

|37||W||January 2, 1985||7–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) ||21–15–1

|38||L||January 5, 1985||3–7 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||21–16–1

|39||W||January 8, 1985||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||22–16–1

|40||W||January 10, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||23–16–1

|41||W||January 12, 1985||5–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||24–16–1

|42||W||January 13, 1985||6–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||25–16–1

|43||L||January 15, 1985||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||25–17–1

|44||T||January 16, 1985||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||25–17–2

|45||L||January 19, 1985||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||25–18–2

|46||L||January 22, 1985||4–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) ||25–19–2

|47||W||January 24, 1985||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||26–19–2

|48||L||January 26, 1985||1–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||26–20–2

|49||L||January 27, 1985||2–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||26–21–2

|50||T||January 29, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||26–21–3

|51||L||February 1, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||26–22–3

|52||W||February 2, 1985||4–0 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||27–22–3

|53||W||February 5, 1985||7–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||28–22–3

|54||W||February 7, 1985||7–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1984–85) ||29–22–3

|55||W||February 9, 1985||4–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||30–22–3

|56||T||February 16, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||30–22–4

|57||L||February 17, 1985||3–9 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||30–23–4

|58||W||February 19, 1985||8–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||31–23–4

|59||L||February 21, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||31–24–4

|60||W||February 23, 1985||7–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1984–85) ||32–24–4

|61||L||February 24, 1985||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||32–25–4

|62||L||February 27, 1985||1–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||32–26–4

|63||L||March 2, 1985||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||32–27–4

|64||W||March 3, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||33–27–4

|65||L||March 5, 1985||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||33–28–4

|66||T||March 7, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||33–28–5

|67||W||March 9, 1985||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||34–28–5

|68||W||March 12, 1985||6–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||35–28–5

|69||W||March 13, 1985||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||36–28–5

|70||W||March 16, 1985||6–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||37–28–5

|71||L||March 17, 1985||3–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||37–29–5

|72||W||March 19, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||38–29–5

|73||L||March 21, 1985||1–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||38–30–5

|74||W||March 24, 1985||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||39–30–5

|75||L||March 26, 1985||5–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||39–31–5

|76||L||March 28, 1985||2–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||39–32–5

|77||L||March 30, 1985||3–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||39–33–5

|78||W||April 2, 1985||4–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||40–33–5

|79||L||April 4, 1985||0–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||40–34–5

|80||T||April 6, 1985||5–5 OT|| align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||40–34–6

Legend:

Playoffs

| 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

| 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:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 76 58 59 117 38371447 C 72 42 60 102 51421204 LW 80 42 58 100 9550813 D 77 17 51 68 9636601 C 68 28 31 59 475453 C 67 19 35 54 329101 RW 78 20 31 51 106-8204 D 69 16 34 50 58-1804 RW 78 17 24 41 174-12101 LW 58 13 25 38 36-4202 D 78 12 23 35 900213 LW 54 15 17 32 730502 D 54 3 19 22 308300 C 44 8 12 20 51-8101 RW 51 10 8 18 26-9022 D 48 1 12 13 8910000 D 56 0 13 13 35-6000 C 27 2 9 11 9-3100 D 65 2 8 10 802000 D 57 1 8 9 8310000 D 15 1 7 8 145000 C 29 2 5 7 2-11010 RW 36 2 5 7 586000 LW 38 5 0 5 50-7001 C 8 4 1 5 24100 RW 19 3 1 4 24-7000 LW 16 2 1 3 191001 LW 10 0 2 2 0-1000 D 5 0 2 2 20000 G 41 0 1 1 170000 RW 2 0 0 0 00000 G 8 0 0 0 00000 G 37 0 0 0 250000 D 1 0 0 0 00000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA 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 41200 LW 10 1 8 9 101000 C 10 4 2 6 80101 C 10 3 3 6 14-4102 D 10 3 2 5 100101 RW 10 2 2 4 291000 D 10 0 4 4 45000 D 7 1 2 3 102100 C 9 1 2 3 4-3000 C 10 0 3 3 170000 RW 10 2 0 2 00000 C 10 0 2 2 6-2000 D 10 0 2 2 160000 RW 10 0 2 2 47-5000 RW 4 1 0 1 6-2000 LW 10 1 0 1 90000 RW 4 1 0 1 40100 D 10 0 0 0 26-7000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 G 5 0 0 0 00000 D 1 0 0 0 2-3000 D 4 0 0 0 4-1000 D 10 0 0 0 17-3000 G 6 0 0 0 60000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA 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

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

External links Islanders on Hockey Database