The New York Islanders used 21 players in the 1979-80 playoffs, with a 15-5-1 record. Bryan Trottier led the team with 29 points (12 goals, 17 assists) in 21 games. Billy Smith played the most games in goal (20).
| # | 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 | Bryan Trottier 🇨🇦 C 23 | 21 | 🔥 7 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 1.38 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 2 | Mike Bossy 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 16 | 🔥 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 1.44 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 3 | Bob Bourne 🇨🇦 C 25 | 21 | 🔥 1 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.95 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 4 | Butch Goring 🇨🇦 C 30 | 21 | 🔥 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0.90 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 5 | Denis Potvin 🇨🇦 D 26 | 21 | 🔥 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0.90 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 6 | Bobby Nystrom 🇸🇪 RW 27 | 20 | 🔥 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0.90 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 50 | — |
| 7 | John Tonelli 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 21 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0.76 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 8 | Clark Gillies 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 21 | 🔥 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.76 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 9 | Stefan Persson 🇸🇪 D 25 | 21 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.71 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 10 | Duane Sutter 🇨🇦 RW 20 | 21 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.48 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 74 | — |
| 11 | Lorne Henning 🇨🇦 C 28 | 21 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 12 | Wayne Merrick 🇨🇦 C 27 | 21 | 🧊 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.29 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 13 | Garry Howatt 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 21 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 84 | — |
| 14 | Alex McKendry 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Bob Lorimer 🇨🇦 D 26 | 21 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.19 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 16 | Gord Lane 🇨🇦 D 27 | 21 | 🧊 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.19 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 85 | — |
| 17 | Ken Morrow 🇺🇸 D 23 | 20 | 🧊 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 18 | Dave Langevin 🇺🇸 D 25 | 21 | 🧊 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 19 | Jean Potvin 🇨🇦 D 31 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 19 skaters | 21 | 88 | 132 | 220 | 10.48 | 25 | 660 | 0 | 0 | 539 |
| # | 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 29 | 20 | 15 | 2.80 | 0.000 | 0 | 56 | 59:56 | |
| 2 | Glenn Resch 🇨🇦 G 31 | 4 | 0 | 2.25 | 0.000 | 0 | 9 | 29:25 |
81% of this roster was born in Canada, against 83% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 10% of its players, against 3% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 82% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 17 |
|
-2 | 181 (82%) | Trottier, Bossy, Bourne, Goring +13 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+7 | 33 (15%) | Nystrom, Persson |
| United States | 2 |
|
even | 6 (3%) | Morrow, Langevin |
Bryan Trottier led the New York Islanders in scoring in the 1979-80 playoffs with 29 points — 12 goals and 17 assists in 21 games. Next came Mike Bossy (23) and Bob Bourne (20).
Bryan Trottier scored 12 goals for the New York Islanders in the 1979-80 playoffs, 4 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 21 players in the 1979-80 playoffs: 19 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 88 goals.
Billy Smith played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in the 1979-80 playoffs: 20 games, 15 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.80 goals against average. Glenn Resch was the backup, in 4 games.
The average age was 25.9 years. Duane Sutter was the youngest at 20, and Jean Potvin the oldest at 31.
The New York Islanders used 21 players in the 1979-80 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 17 in Canada, 2 in Sweden and 2 in the United States. League-wide that season, 83% of players were born in Canada, against 81% on this roster.