The New York Islanders used 31 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 47-33-0 record. Bryan Trottier led the team with 104 points (42 goals, 62 assists) in 79 games. Glenn Resch played the most games in goal (45).
| # | 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 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 42 | 62 | 104 | 1.32 | 15 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 68 | — |
| 2 | Mike Bossy 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 75 | 🔥 2 | 51 | 41 | 92 | 1.23 | 15 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 3 | Clark Gillies 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 73 | 🧊 1 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 0.74 | 7 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 49 | — |
| 4 | Anders Kallur 🇸🇪 C 27 | 76 | 🧊 3 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 0.68 | 5 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 5 | John Tonelli 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 77 | 🔥 2 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 0.57 | 3 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 49 | — |
| 6 | Denis Potvin 🇨🇦 D 26 | 31 | 🧊 2 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 1.32 | 4 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| 7 | Bob Bourne 🇨🇦 C 25 | 73 | 🔥 4 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 0.55 | 3 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 8 | Bobby Nystrom 🇸🇪 RW 27 | 67 | 🔥 2 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 0.58 | 2 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 94 | — |
| 9 | Stefan Persson 🇸🇪 D 25 | 73 | 🔥 2 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 0.53 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 76 | — |
| 10 | Wayne Merrick 🇨🇦 C 27 | 70 | 🔥 2 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 0.50 | 2 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 11 | Billy Harris 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 67 | 🧊 10 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 0.45 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 12 | Duane Sutter 🇨🇦 RW 20 | 56 | 🧊 1 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 0.43 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 55 | — |
| 13 | Dave Lewis 🇨🇦 D 26 | 62 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.34 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 14 | Garry Howatt 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 77 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0.25 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 219 | — |
| 15 | Bob Lorimer 🇨🇦 D 26 | 74 | 🧊 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 0.26 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 16 | Dave Langevin 🇺🇸 D 25 | 76 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.21 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 109 | — |
| 17 | Gord Lane 🇨🇦 D 27 | 55 | 🧊 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.29 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 152 | — |
| 18 | Jean Potvin 🇨🇦 D 31 | 33 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0.45 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 19 | Steve Tambellini 🇨🇦 C 21 | 45 | 🧊 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.29 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 20 | Butch Goring 🇨🇦 C 30 | 12 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.92 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 21 | Lorne Henning 🇨🇦 C 28 | 39 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.23 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 22 | Mike Kaszycki 🇨🇦 C 24 | 16 | 🧊 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.31 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 23 | Yvon Vautour 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 17 | 🧊 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 24 | Ken Morrow 🇺🇸 D 23 | 18 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 25 | Mike Hordy 🇨🇦 D 23 | 9 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 26 | Randy Johnston 🇨🇦 D 21 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 27 | Alex McKendry 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Garth MacGuigan 🇨🇦 C 24 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 28 skaters | 80 | 280 | 465 | 745 | 9.31 | 62 | 2216 | 0 | 0 | 1249 |
| # | 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 | Glenn Resch 🇨🇦 G 31 | 45 | 25 | 2.93 | 0.000 | 0 | 132 | 57:45 | |
| 2 | Billy Smith 🇨🇦 G 29 | 38 | 21 | 2.74 | 0.000 | 0 | 104 | 55:30 | |
| 3 | Richard Brodeur 🇨🇦 G 27 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 | 40:00 |
84% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 10% of its players, against 3% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 80% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 26 |
|
even | 596 (80%) | Trottier, Bossy, Gillies, Tonelli +22 |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+7 | 130 (17%) | Kallur, Nystrom, Persson |
| United States | 2 |
|
-4 | 19 (3%) | Langevin, Morrow |
Bryan Trottier led the New York Islanders in scoring in 1979-80 with 104 points — 42 goals and 62 assists in 79 games. Next came Mike Bossy (92) and Clark Gillies (54).
Mike Bossy scored 51 goals for the New York Islanders in 1979-80, 15 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 31 players in 1979-80: 28 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 280 goals.
Glenn Resch played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in 1979-80: 45 games, 25 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.93 goals against average. Billy Smith was the backup, in 38 games.
The average age was 25.4 years. Duane Sutter was the youngest at 20, and Jean Potvin the oldest at 31.
The New York Islanders used 31 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 26 in Canada, 3 in Sweden and 2 in the United States. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 84% on this roster.