The New York Islanders used 40 players in the 1988-89 season, with a 30-44-6 record. Pat LaFontaine led the team with 88 points (45 goals, 43 assists) in 79 games. Kelly Hrudey played the most games in goal (50).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerald Diduck 🇨🇦 D 23 | 65 | 🧊 3 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 0.49 | 6 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 155 | — |
| 2 | Tomas Jonsson 🇸🇪 D 28 | 53 | 🔥 1 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 0.60 | 4 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 3 | Jeff Norton 🇺🇸 D 23 | 69 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 0.45 | 1 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 74 | — |
| 4 | Reed Larson 🇺🇸 D 32 | 33 | 🧊 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0.61 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 35 | — |
| 5 | Marc Bergevin 🇨🇦 D 23 | 58 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0.26 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 6 | Rich Pilon 🇨🇦 D 20 | 62 | 🧊 24 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0.23 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 242 | — |
| 7 | Gary Nylund 🇨🇦 D 25 | 46 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.26 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 74 | — |
| 8 | Steve Konroyd 🇨🇦 D 28 | 21 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.29 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 9 | Ken Morrow 🇺🇸 D 32 | 34 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.12 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 10 | Wayne Mcbean 🇨🇦 D 20 | 19 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 11 | Dean Chynoweth 🇨🇦 D 20 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | — |
| 12 | Jeff Finley 🇨🇦 D 21 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 13 | Christopher Pryor 🇺🇸 D 28 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| Team totals · 13 skaters | 80 | 36 | 131 | 167 | 2.09 | 18 | 666 | 0 | 0 | 801 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ▼ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Hrudey 🇨🇦 G 28 | 50 | 20 | 3.66 | 0.000 | 0 | 183 | 55:59 | |
| 2 | Billy Smith 🇨🇦 G 38 | 17 | 4 | 3.18 | 0.000 | 0 | 54 | 42:56 | |
| 3 | Jeff Hackett 🇨🇦 G 20 | 13 | 4 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 39 | 50:53 | |
| 4 | Mark Fitzpatrick 🇨🇦 G 20 | 11 | 3 | 3.73 | 0.000 | 0 | 41 | 56:57 |
70% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on United States: 20% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 53% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 28 |
|
-6 | 366 (53%) | Sutter, Trottier, King, Kerr +24 |
| United States | 8 |
|
+5 | 181 (26%) | LaFontaine, Norton, Wood, Larson +4 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+2 | 57 (8%) | Makela, Helminen |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
even | 59 (8%) | Volek |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-1 | 32 (5%) | Jonsson |
Pat LaFontaine led the New York Islanders in scoring in 1988-89 with 88 points — 45 goals and 43 assists in 79 games. Next came Brent Sutter (63) and David Volek (59).
Pat LaFontaine scored 45 goals for the New York Islanders in 1988-89, 16 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 40 players in 1988-89: 36 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 265 goals.
Kelly Hrudey played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in 1988-89: 50 games, 20 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.66 goals against average. Billy Smith was the backup, in 17 games.
The average age was 24.4 years. Rich Pilon was the youngest at 20, and Billy Smith the oldest at 38.
The New York Islanders used 40 players in 1988-89 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 28 in Canada, 8 in the United States and 2 in Finland. The other 2 came from Czechia and Sweden. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 70% on this roster.