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The Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cup championships between 1980 and 1983, the eighth of nine dynasties recognized by the NHL in its history. Their 19 consecutive playoff series wins between 1980 and 1984 is a feat that remains unparalleled in the history of professional sports.
The Islanders evened the series, which set the stage for one of the most famous games in NHL history: the "Easter Epic". Kelly Hrudey stopped 73 shots on goal while Pat LaFontaine scored at 8:47 of the fourth overtime—and at 1:56 a.m. on Easter Sunday morning. The win came even though the Islanders had been outshot 75–52.
a The NHL realigned before the 1974–75 season. The Islanders were placed in the Clarence Campbell Conference's Patrick Division. [24] b Before the 1981–82 season, the NHL moved the Patrick Division to the Prince of Wales Conference. [25] c The NHL realigned into Eastern and Western conferences prior to the 1993–94 season. New York was ...
This is a list of franchise records for the New York Islanders, a team forming part of the National Hockey League. It includes every franchise record ever won by the Islanders, regardless of whether a record was set previously.
In the Islanders' inaugural season, three goaltenders played for the team: Billy Smith, Gerry Desjardins and Gerry Gray. Since then, 51 others have played in at least one regular season or playoff game. Smith stayed with the Islanders through 1989 and played in 674 regular season games and 132 playoff games, the most in the team's history.
The 1987 Patrick Division semifinals pitted the third-place New York Islanders against the second-place Washington Capitals in a best-of-seven series. It was the fifth consecutive playoff meeting between the teams; the Islanders had won three of the previous four series, but looked to avenge their earliest exit ever from the playoffs at the hands of the Capitals the previous spring.
Simon Holmstrom scored the tiebreaking, short-handed goal late with 1:33 left in regulation and the New York Islanders beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.
The history of the National Hockey League begins with the end of its predecessor league, the National Hockey Association (NHA), in 1917. After unsuccessfully attempting to resolve disputes with Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, executives of the three other NHA franchises suspended the NHA, and formed the National Hockey League (NHL), replacing the Livingstone team with a ...
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