The New York Islanders used 27 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 51-29-0 record. Mike Bossy led the team with 119 points (68 goals, 51 assists) in 79 games. Billy Smith played the most games in goal (41).
| # | 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 | Mike Bossy 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 79 | 🧊 4 | 68 | 51 | 119 | 1.51 | 28 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 2 | Bryan Trottier 🇨🇦 C 24 | 73 | 🔥 1 | 31 | 72 | 103 | 1.41 | 9 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 74 | — |
| 3 | Clark Gillies 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 80 | 🔥 2 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 0.97 | 9 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 99 | — |
| 4 | Bob Bourne 🇨🇦 C 26 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 0.97 | 9 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 5 | Anders Kallur 🇸🇪 C 28 | 78 | 🧊 6 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 0.82 | 7 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 6 | Butch Goring 🇨🇦 C 31 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 0.77 | 4 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | John Tonelli 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 70 | 🔥 1 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 0.74 | 2 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 57 | — |
| 8 | Bobby Nystrom 🇸🇪 RW 28 | 79 | 🔥 3 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 0.56 | 3 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 145 | — |
| 9 | Steve Tambellini 🇨🇦 C 22 | 61 | 🔥 5 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 0.59 | 2 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — |
| 10 | Wayne Merrick 🇨🇦 C 28 | 71 | 🔥 4 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 0.44 | 1 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 11 | Garry Howatt 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 70 | 🔥 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0.27 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 174 | — |
| 12 | Duane Sutter 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 23 | 🧊 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0.78 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 13 | Hector Marini 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 14 | 🔥 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.79 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 14 | Billy Carroll 🇨🇦 C 22 | 18 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.44 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 15 | Brent Sutter 🇨🇦 C 18 | 3 | 🔥 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Lorne Henning 🇨🇦 C 29 | 9 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| Team totals · 16 skaters | 80 | 317 | 409 | 726 | 9.07 | 76 | 1792 | 0 | 0 | 817 |
| # | 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 | Billy Smith 🇨🇦 G 30 | 41 | 22 | 3.15 | 0.000 | 0 | 129 | 57:32 | |
| 2 | Glenn Resch 🇨🇦 G 32 | 32 | 21 | 2.91 | 0.000 | 0 | 93 | 56:41 | |
| 3 | Roland Melanson 🇨🇦 G 20 | 11 | 9 | 2.91 | 0.000 | 0 | 32 | 56:21 |
81% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 11% of its players, against 3% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 79% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 22 |
|
-1 | 727 (79%) | Bossy, Trottier, Gillies, Bourne +18 |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+8 | 169 (18%) | Kallur, Persson, Nystrom |
| United States | 2 |
|
-4 | 30 (3%) | Langevin, Morrow |
Mike Bossy led the New York Islanders in scoring in 1980-81 with 119 points — 68 goals and 51 assists in 79 games. Next came Bryan Trottier (103) and Clark Gillies (78).
Mike Bossy scored 68 goals for the New York Islanders in 1980-81, 28 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 27 players in 1980-81: 24 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 355 goals.
Billy Smith played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in 1980-81: 41 games, 22 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.15 goals against average. Glenn Resch was the backup, in 32 games.
The average age was 25.9 years. Brent Sutter was the youngest at 18, and Jean Potvin the oldest at 32.
The New York Islanders used 27 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 22 in Canada, 3 in Sweden and 2 in the United States. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 81% on this roster.