The New York Islanders used 25 players in the 1981-82 season, with a 60-20-0 record. Mike Bossy led the team with 147 points (64 goals, 83 assists) in 80 games. Billy Smith played the most games in goal (46).
| # | 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 25 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 64 | 83 | 147 | 1.84 | 17 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 2 | Bryan Trottier 🇨🇦 C 25 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 50 | 79 | 129 | 1.61 | 18 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 88 | — |
| 3 | John Tonelli 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 35 | 58 | 93 | 1.16 | 5 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 57 | — |
| 4 | Clark Gillies 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 79 | 🔥 2 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 0.97 | 8 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 75 | — |
| 5 | Bob Bourne 🇨🇦 C 27 | 76 | 🔥 3 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 0.70 | 5 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 77 | — |
| 6 | Duane Sutter 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 77 | 🧊 2 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 0.69 | 4 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
| 7 | Bobby Nystrom 🇸🇪 RW 29 | 74 | 🧊 1 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 0.64 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 103 | — |
| 8 | Brent Sutter 🇨🇦 C 19 | 43 | 🧊 6 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 1.00 | 3 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 114 | — |
| 9 | Anders Kallur 🇸🇪 C 29 | 58 | 🧊 1 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 0.69 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 10 | Wayne Merrick 🇨🇦 C 29 | 68 | 🔥 1 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 0.57 | 1 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 11 | Butch Goring 🇨🇦 C 32 | 67 | 🔥 2 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 0.48 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 12 | Billy Carroll 🇨🇦 C 23 | 72 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 0.40 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 13 | Hector Marini 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 30 | 🧊 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.43 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 14 | Greg Gilbert 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Neil Hawrylin 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 15 skaters | 80 | 334 | 462 | 796 | 9.95 | 65 | 1732 | 0 | 0 | 769 |
| # | 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 31 | 46 | 34 | 2.89 | 0.000 | 0 | 133 | 58:20 | |
| 2 | Roland Melanson 🇨🇦 G 21 | 36 | 27 | 3.17 | 0.000 | 0 | 114 | 58:40 |
76% of this roster was born in Canada, against 81% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 16% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 80% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 19 |
|
-5 | 832 (80%) | Bossy, Trottier, Tonelli, Gillies +15 |
| Sweden | 4 |
|
+12 | 164 (16%) | Nystrom, Persson, Kallur, Jonsson |
| United States | 2 |
|
-2 | 40 (4%) | Langevin, Morrow |
Mike Bossy led the New York Islanders in scoring in 1981-82 with 147 points — 64 goals and 83 assists in 80 games. Next came Bryan Trottier (129) and John Tonelli (93).
Mike Bossy scored 64 goals for the New York Islanders in 1981-82, 17 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 25 players in 1981-82: 23 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 385 goals.
Billy Smith played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in 1981-82: 46 games, 34 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.89 goals against average. Roland Melanson was the backup, in 36 games.
The average age was 25.4 years. Paul Boutilier was the youngest at 18, and Butch Goring the oldest at 32.
The New York Islanders used 25 players in 1981-82 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 19 in Canada, 4 in Sweden and 2 in the United States. League-wide that season, 81% of players were born in Canada, against 76% on this roster.