1983–84 New York Islanders season

1983–84 New York Islanders
Wales Conference champions
Patrick Division champions
Division1st Patrick
Conference1st Wales
1983–84 record50–26–4
Home record28–11–1
Road record22–15–3
Goals for357
Goals against269
Team information
General managerBill Torrey
CoachAl Arbour
CaptainDenis Potvin
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaNassau Coliseum
Team leaders
GoalsMike Bossy (51)
AssistsBryan Trottier (71)
PointsMike Bossy (118)
Penalty minutesDuane Sutter (94)
WinsBilly Smith (23)
Goals against averageBilly Smith (2.72)

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.

As of 2025, this remains the most recent season that the Islanders made it to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Offseason

NHL Draft

See also: 1983 NHL Entry Draft
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

All Star Game

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

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
80 50 26 4 357 269 104
Washington Capitals 80 48 27 5 308 226 101
Philadelphia Flyers 80 44 26 10 350 290 98
New York Rangers 80 42 29 9 314 304 93
New Jersey Devils 80 17 56 7 231 350 41
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 16 58 6 254 390 38

[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. Campbell Conference


Schedule and results

Regular season

1983–84 regular season[3]
October: 6–6–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 4–2–0)
Game 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)
Game 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)
Game 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)
Game 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)
Game 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)
Game 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)
Game 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)

Playoffs

Main article: 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs
1984 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. (P4) New York Rangers – Islanders won 3–2
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location
Attendance		 Series Recap
1 April 4, 1984 NY Rangers 1–4 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1–0
2 April 5, 1984 NY Rangers 3–0 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1–1
3 April 7, 1984 NY Islanders 2–7 NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 1–2
4 April 8, 1984 NY Islanders 4–1 NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 2–2
5 April 10, 1984 NY Rangers 2–3 NY Islanders OT Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3–2
Patrick Division Finals vs. (P2) Washington Capitals – Islanders won 4–1
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location
Attendance		 Series Recap
1 April 12, 1984 Washington 3–2 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 0–1
2 April 13, 1984 Washington 4–5 NY Islanders OT Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1–1
3 April 15, 1984 NY Islanders 3–1 Washington Capital Centre 2–1
4 April 16, 1984 NY Islanders 5–2 Washington Capital Centre 3–1
5 April 18, 1984 Washington 3–5 NY Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–1
Wales Conference Finals vs. (A4) Montreal Canadiens – Islanders won 4–2
Game 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. (S1) Edmonton Oilers – Oilers won 4–1
Game 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

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Bossy RW 67 51 67 118 8 66 6 0 11
Bryan Trottier C 68 40 71 111 59 70 7 3 4
Denis Potvin D 78 22 63 85 87 55 11 1 3
John Tonelli LW 73 27 40 67 66 21 5 1 7
Greg Gilbert LW 79 31 35 66 59 51 6 0 2
Bob Bourne C 78 22 34 56 75 12 5 5 2
Brent Sutter C 69 34 15 49 69 4 7 0 6
Tomas Jonsson D 72 11 36 47 54 12 2 0 1
Butch Goring C 71 22 24 46 8 9 0 5 3
Bob Nystrom RW 74 15 29 44 80 9 1 0 1
Duane Sutter RW 78 17 23 40 94 2 2 0 1
Stefan Persson D 75 9 24 33 65 30 4 0 2
Clark Gillies LW 76 12 16 28 65 5 3 0 2
Anders Kallur RW 65 9 14 23 24 0 2 3 1
Pat LaFontaine C 15 13 6 19 6 9 1 0 0
Dave Langevin D 69 3 16 19 53 26 0 0 1
Ken Morrow D 63 3 11 14 45 26 0 0 1
Gord Dineen D 43 1 11 12 32 10 0 0 0
Wayne Merrick C 31 6 5 11 10 2 0 0 0
Paul Boutilier D 28 0 11 11 36 18 0 0 0
Pat Flatley RW 16 2 7 9 6 3 1 0 0
Billy Carroll C 39 5 2 7 12 -1 0 0 2
Mats Hallin LW 40 2 5 7 27 -2 0 0 0
Gord Lane D 37 0 3 3 70 6 0 0 0
Mike McEwen D 15 0 2 2 6 -5 0 0 0
Roland Melanson G 37 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0
Billy Smith G 42 0 2 2 23 0 0 0 0
Garth MacGuigan C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Darcy Regier D 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Bruce Affleck D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Kelly Hrudey G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Billy Smith 2279 42 23 13 2 130 3.42 2
Roland Melanson 2019 37 20 11 2 110 3.27 0
Kelly Hrudey 535 12 7 2 0 28 3.14 0
Team: 4833 80 50 26 4 268 3.33 2
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Clark Gillies LW 21 12 7 19 19 3 0 0
Mike Bossy RW 21 8 10 18 4 2 0 3
Pat Flatley RW 21 9 6 15 14 1 0 1
Bryan Trottier C 21 8 6 14 49 1 0 0
Brent Sutter C 20 4 10 14 18 0 1 3
Greg Gilbert LW 21 5 7 12 39 2 0 1
Pat LaFontaine C 16 3 6 9 8 0 0 0
Tomas Jonsson D 21 3 5 8 22 2 0 0
Paul Boutilier D 21 1 7 8 10 0 0 1
Butch Goring C 21 1 5 6 2 1 0 0
Denis Potvin D 20 1 5 6 28 1 0 0
Stefan Persson D 16 0 6 6 2 0 0 0
Anders Kallur RW 17 2 2 4 2 0 1 1
Duane Sutter RW 21 1 3 4 48 0 0 0
John Tonelli LW 17 1 3 4 31 0 0 0
Dave Langevin D 12 0 4 4 18 0 0 0
Ken Morrow D 20 1 2 3 20 0 0 1
Bob Bourne C 8 1 1 2 7 0 0 1
Gord Dineen D 9 1 1 2 28 0 0 0
Bob Nystrom RW 15 0 2 2 8 0 0 0
Billy Carroll C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mats Hallin LW 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Gord Lane D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Roland Melanson G 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Wayne Merrick C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Smith G 21 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Billy Smith 1190 21 12 8 54 2.72 0
Roland Melanson 87 6 0 1 5 3.45 0
Team: 1277 21 12 9 59 2.77 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;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1984 Stanley Cup Finals

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.

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "1983-84 New York Islanders Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  4. ^ "1983-84 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
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