1984–85 New York Islanders season

1984–85 New York Islanders
1984–85 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	6th Wales
1984–85 record	40–34–6
Home record	26–11–3
Road record	14–23–3
Goals for	345
Goals against	312
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Denis Potvin
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Bossy (58)
Assists	Brent Sutter (60)
Points	Mike Bossy (117)
Penalty minutes	Duane Sutter (174)
Wins	Kelly Hrudey (19)
Goals against average	Kelly Hrudey (3.63)
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 New York Islanders season was the 13th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	20	Duncan MacPherson	Defense	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	41	Bruce Melanson	Right wing	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3	62	Jeff Norton	Defense	Cushing Academy (USHS-MA)
4	70	Doug Wieck	Left wing	Mayo High School (USHS-MN)
4	83	Ari Haanpaa	Right wing	Ilves (Finland)
5	104	Mike Murray	Center	London Knights (OHL)
6	125	Jim Wilharm	Defense	Minnetonka High School (USHS-MN)
7	146	Kelly Murphy	Defense	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
8	167	Franco DeSantis	Defense	Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)
9	187	Tom Warden	Defense	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
10	208	David Volek	Right wing	HC Slavia Praha (Czechoslovakia)
11	228	Russ Becker	Defense	Virginia High School (USHS-MN)
12	249	Allister Brown	Defense	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	20	7	348	241	113
Washington Capitals	80	46	25	9	322	240	101
New York Islanders	80	40	34	6	345	312	86
New York Rangers	80	26	44	10	295	345	62
New Jersey Devils	80	22	48	10	264	346	54
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	24	51	5	276	385	53

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1984–85 NHL records^[2]
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
New Jersey	—	3−2−2	2−5	2−5	5−2	2−4−1	14−18−3
N.Y. Islanders	2−3−2	—	4−3	3−3−1	5−2	3−4	17−15−3
N.Y. Rangers	5−2	3−4	—	0−7	4−3	2−5	14−21−0
Philadelphia	5−2	3−3−1	7−0	—	5−2	5−1−1	25−8−2
Pittsburgh	2−5	2−5	3−4	2–5	—	0−6−1	9−25−1
Washington	4−2−1	4−3	5−2	1–5−1	6−0–1	—	20−13−2

Vs. Adams Division

1984–85 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
New Jersey	0−3	0−3	0−3	1−1−1	1−1−1	2−11−2
N.Y. Islanders	1−2	2−1	1−1−1	1−2	0−3	5−9−1
N.Y. Rangers	0−1−2	1−1−1	0−1−2	0−2−1	1−2	2−7−6
Philadelphia	2−1	1−1−1	2−0−1	1−2	1−1−1	7−5−3
Pittsburgh	1−2	0−2−1	1−2	1−2	0−3	3−11−1
Washington	2−1	1−2	1−2	1−1−1	2−1	7−7−1

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1984–85 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
New Jersey	0−3	1−1−1	1−1−1	0−2−1	3−0	5−7−3
N.Y. Islanders	3−0	2−1	1−1−1	3−0	2−1	11−3−1
N.Y. Rangers	0−3	1−2	1−2	2−0−1	2−0−1	6−7−2
Philadelphia	2−1	2−0−1	3−0	3−0	2−1	12−2−1
Pittsburgh	1−2	1−1−1	1−2	1−2	2−1	6−8−1
Washington	3−0	2−1	2−0−1	2−0−1	2−0−1	11−1−3

Vs. Smythe Division

1984–85 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
New Jersey	0−2−1	1−2	0−3	0−3	0−2−1	1−12−2
N.Y. Islanders	1−2	0−2−1	2−1	2−1	2−1	7−7−1
N.Y. Rangers	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−2	2−1	0−3	4−9−2
Philadelphia	2−1	3−0	1−1−1	3−0	0−3	9−5−1
Pittsburgh	2−0−1	1−1−1	0−3	2−1	1−2	6−7−2
Washington	2−1	0−1−2	2−1	3−0	1−2	8−5−2

Schedule and results

1984–85 regular season^[3]

October

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 12, 1984	2–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	0–1–0
2	W	October 13, 1984	7–6 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	W	October 16, 1984	6–4	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	2–1–0
4	W	October 17, 1984	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	3–1–0
5	W	October 20, 1984	8–3	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	4–1–0
6	L	October 21, 1984	5–6	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	4–2–0
7	W	October 23, 1984	6–5	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	5–2–0
8	L	October 27, 1984	3–8	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	5–3–0
9	W	October 30, 1984	7–3	New York Rangers (1984–85)	6–3–0

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
10	L	November 1, 1984	5–6 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	6–4–0
11	L	November 3, 1984	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	6–5–0
12	L	November 4, 1984	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	6–6–0
13	W	November 6, 1984	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	7–6–0
14	L	November 9, 1984	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	7–7–0
15	W	November 10, 1984	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	8–7–0
16	W	November 15, 1984	6–1	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	9–7–0
17	W	November 17, 1984	10–4	New York Rangers (1984–85)	10–7–0
18	T	November 18, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	10–7–1
19	W	November 20, 1984	5–3	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	11–7–1
20	W	November 23, 1984	5–1	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	12–7–1
21	W	November 24, 1984	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	13–7–1
22	L	November 28, 1984	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	13–8–1
23	W	November 30, 1984	5–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	14–8–1

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
24	W	December 3, 1984	5–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	15–8–1
25	L	December 5, 1984	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	15–9–1
26	L	December 8, 1984	3–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	15–10–1
27	L	December 11, 1984	5–7	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	15–11–1
28	L	December 12, 1984	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	15–12–1
29	W	December 15, 1984	6–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	16–12–1
30	W	December 18, 1984	7–4	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	17–12–1
31	W	December 21, 1984	1–0	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	18–12–1
32	W	December 22, 1984	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	19–12–1
33	L	December 26, 1984	5–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	19–13–1
34	L	December 27, 1984	4–5 OT	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	19–14–1
35	W	December 29, 1984	5–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	20–14–1
36	L	December 31, 1984	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	20–15–1

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
37	W	January 2, 1985	7–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	21–15–1
38	L	January 5, 1985	3–7	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	21–16–1
39	W	January 8, 1985	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	22–16–1
40	W	January 10, 1985	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	23–16–1
41	W	January 12, 1985	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	24–16–1
42	W	January 13, 1985	6–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	25–16–1
43	L	January 15, 1985	5–6 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	25–17–1
44	T	January 16, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	25–17–2
45	L	January 19, 1985	5–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	25–18–2
46	L	January 22, 1985	4–5	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	25–19–2
47	W	January 24, 1985	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	26–19–2
48	L	January 26, 1985	1–5	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	26–20–2
49	L	January 27, 1985	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	26–21–2
50	T	January 29, 1985	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	26–21–3

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
51	L	February 1, 1985	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	26–22–3
52	W	February 2, 1985	4–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	27–22–3
53	W	February 5, 1985	7–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	28–22–3
54	W	February 7, 1985	7–5	New York Rangers (1984–85)	29–22–3
55	W	February 9, 1985	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	30–22–3
56	T	February 16, 1985	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	30–22–4
57	L	February 17, 1985	3–9	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	30–23–4
58	W	February 19, 1985	8–4	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	31–23–4
59	L	February 21, 1985	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	31–24–4
60	W	February 23, 1985	7–1	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	32–24–4
61	L	February 24, 1985	3–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	32–25–4
62	L	February 27, 1985	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	32–26–4

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
63	L	March 2, 1985	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	32–27–4
64	W	March 3, 1985	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	33–27–4
65	L	March 5, 1985	4–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	33–28–4
66	T	March 7, 1985	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	33–28–5
67	W	March 9, 1985	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	34–28–5
68	W	March 12, 1985	6–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	35–28–5
69	W	March 13, 1985	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	36–28–5
70	W	March 16, 1985	6–4	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	37–28–5
71	L	March 17, 1985	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	37–29–5
72	W	March 19, 1985	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	38–29–5
73	L	March 21, 1985	1–5	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	38–30–5
74	W	March 24, 1985	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	39–30–5
75	L	March 26, 1985	5–7	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	39–31–5
76	L	March 28, 1985	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	39–32–5
77	L	March 30, 1985	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	39–33–5

April

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
78	W	April 2, 1985	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	40–33–5
79	L	April 4, 1985	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	40–34–5
80	T	April 6, 1985	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	40–34–6

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1992 Stanley Cup playoffs^[3]

Division Semifinals vs. (P2) Washington Capitals – Islanders win 3–2

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 10	NY Islanders	3 – 4	Washington	OT	0 – 1
2	April 11	NY Islanders	1 –2	Washington	2OT	0 – 2
3	April 13	Washington	1 – 2	NY Islanders		1 – 2
4	April 14	Washington	4 – 6	NY Islanders		2 – 2
5	April 16	NY Islanders	2 – 1	Washington		3 – 2

Division Finals vs. (P1) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–1

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Series
1	April 18	NY Islanders	0 – 3	Philadelphia	0 – 1
2	April 21	NY Islanders	2 – 5	Philadelphia	0 – 2
3	April 23	Philadelphia	5 – 3	NY Islanders	0 – 3
4	April 25	Philadelphia	2 – 6	NY Islanders	1 – 3
5	April 28	NY Islanders	0 – 1	Philadelphia	1 – 4

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Bossy	RW	76	58	59	117	38	37	14	4	7
Brent Sutter	C	72	42	60	102	51	42	12	0	4
John Tonelli	LW	80	42	58	100	95	50	8	1	3
Denis Potvin	D	77	17	51	68	96	36	6	0	1
Bryan Trottier	C	68	28	31	59	47	5	4	5	3
Pat LaFontaine	C	67	19	35	54	32	9	1	0	1
Pat Flatley	RW	78	20	31	51	106	-8	2	0	4
Tomas Jonsson	D	69	16	34	50	58	-1	8	0	4
Duane Sutter	RW	78	17	24	41	174	-12	1	0	1
Greg Gilbert	LW	58	13	25	38	36	-4	2	0	2
Paul Boutilier	D	78	12	23	35	90	0	2	1	3
Clark Gillies	LW	54	15	17	32	73	0	5	0	2
Stefan Persson	D	54	3	19	22	30	8	3	0	0
Bob Bourne	C	44	8	12	20	51	-8	1	0	1
Anders Kallur	RW	51	10	8	18	26	-9	0	2	2
Gord Dineen	D	48	1	12	13	89	10	0	0	0
Dave Langevin	D	56	0	13	13	35	-6	0	0	0
Roger Kortko	C	27	2	9	11	9	-3	1	0	0
Gerald Diduck	D	65	2	8	10	80	2	0	0	0
Gord Lane	D	57	1	8	9	83	10	0	0	0
Ken Morrow	D	15	1	7	8	14	5	0	0	0
Butch Goring	C	29	2	5	7	2	-11	0	1	0
Bob Nystrom	RW	36	2	5	7	58	6	0	0	0
Mats Hallin	LW	38	5	0	5	50	-7	0	0	1
Scott Howson	C	8	4	1	5	2	4	1	0	0
Alan Kerr	RW	19	3	1	4	24	-7	0	0	0
Dale Henry	LW	16	2	1	3	19	1	0	0	1
Ron Handy	LW	10	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Ken Leiter	D	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Kelly Hrudey	G	41	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0
Mark Hamway	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roland Melanson	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	37	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0
Vern Smith	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Kelly Hrudey	2335	41	19	17	3	141	3.62	2
Billy Smith	2090	37	18	14	3	133	3.82	0
Roland Melanson	425	8	3	3	0	35	4.94	0
Team:	4850	80	40	34	6	309	3.82	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Mike Bossy	RW	10	5	6	11	4	1	2	0
John Tonelli	LW	10	1	8	9	10	1	0	0
Bryan Trottier	C	10	4	2	6	8	0	1	1
Brent Sutter	C	10	3	3	6	14	-4	1	2
Denis Potvin	D	10	3	2	5	10	0	1	1
Bob Nystrom	RW	10	2	2	4	29	1	0	0
Stefan Persson	D	10	0	4	4	4	5	0	0
Tomas Jonsson	D	7	1	2	3	10	2	1	0
Pat LaFontaine	C	9	1	2	3	4	-3	0	0
Roger Kortko	C	10	0	3	3	17	0	0	0
Anders Kallur	RW	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Bourne	C	10	0	2	2	6	-2	0	0
Paul Boutilier	D	10	0	2	2	16	0	0	0
Duane Sutter	RW	10	0	2	2	47	-5	0	0
Pat Flatley	RW	4	1	0	1	6	-2	0	0
Clark Gillies	LW	10	1	0	1	9	0	0	0
Alan Kerr	RW	4	1	0	1	4	0	1	0
Gord Dineen	D	10	0	0	0	26	-7	0	0
Mats Hallin	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Hrudey	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gord Lane	D	1	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0
Dave Langevin	D	4	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0
Ken Morrow	D	10	0	0	0	17	-3	0	0
Billy Smith	G	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Billy Smith	342	6	3	3	19	3.33
Kelly Hrudey	281	5	1	3	8	1.71
Team:	623	10	4	6	27	2.60

^[4]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "1984-85 New York Islanders Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
^ "1984-85 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 27, 2009.

External links

Islanders on Hockey Database

[nhl-gd-standings-1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-3] "1984-85 New York Islanders Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.

[4] "1984-85 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 27, 2009.

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