1973–74 New York Islanders season

1973–74 New York Islanders
Division	8th East
1973–74 record	19–41–18
Goals for	182
Goals against	247
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Ed Westfall
Alternate captains	Billy Harris Bert Marshall Ralph Stewart
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Ralph Stewart (23)
Assists	Denis Potvin (37)
Points	Denis Potvin (54)
Penalty minutes	Garry Howatt (204)
Wins	Billy Smith and Gerry Desjardins (9)
Goals against average	Chico Resch (3.00)

The 1973–74 New York Islanders season was the second season for the New York Islanders franchise in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Islanders finished in eighth place in the East Division with a 19–41–18 record and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second straight year.

Offseason

NHL Draft

See also: 1973 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	1.	Denis Potvin	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)

Regular season

Final standings

East Division

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	78	52	17	9	349	221	+128	113
2	Montreal Canadiens	78	45	24	9	293	240	+53	99
3	New York Rangers	78	40	24	14	300	251	+49	94
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	35	27	16	274	230	+44	86
5	Buffalo Sabres	78	32	34	12	242	250	−8	76
6	Detroit Red Wings	78	29	39	10	255	319	−64	68
7	Vancouver Canucks	78	24	43	11	224	296	−72	59
8	New York Islanders	78	19	41	18	182	247	−65	56

Record vs. opponents

Vs. East Division

1973–74 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	DET	MTL	NYI	NYR	TOR	VAN	Total
Boston	—	4–1	4–1–1	4–2	4–1	4–1	4–2	4–0–1	28–8–2
Buffalo	1–4	—	5–1	0–3–2	3–0–2	2–2–1	2–3–1	2–4	15–17–6
Detroit	1–4–1	1–5	—	2–3	4–1	2–3–1	2–2–1	2–3	14–21–3
Montreal	2–4	3–0–2	3–2	—	4–1–1	4–2	2–3	4–0–1	22–12–4
N.Y. Islanders	1–4	0–3–2	1–4	1–4–1	—	1–4	0–4–2	2–1–3	6–24–8
N.Y. Rangers	1–4	2–2–1	3–2–1	2–4	4–1	—	1–2–2	4–1–1	17–16–5
Toronto	2–4	3–2–1	2–2–1	3–2	4–0–2	2–1–2	—	0–4–1	16–15–7
Vancouver	0–4–1	4–2	3–2	0–4–1	1–2–3	1–4–1	4–0–1	—	13–18–7

Vs. West Division

1973–74 NHL records
Team	ATL	CAL	CHI	LAK	MIN	PHI	PIT	STL	Total
Boston	2–3	4–1	0–2–3	3–1–1	3–0–2	3–1–1	5–0	4–1	24–9–7
Buffalo	1–3–1	3–2	2–0–3	4–1	3–1–1	0–5	2–3	2–2–1	17–17–6
Detroit	1–3–1	4–1	0–4–1	3–1–1	2–1–2	0–5	2–2–1	3–1–1	15–18–7
Montreal	2–3	3–1–1	2–2–1	3–1–1	4–1	2–2–1	4–0–1	3–2	23–12–5
N.Y. Islanders	3–1–1	2–1–2	1–2–2	1–3–1	3–1–1	0–5	1–2–2	2–2–1	13–17–10
N.Y. Rangers	2–1–2	5–0	1–3–1	2–1–2	4–0–1	2–1–2	4–1	3–1–1	23–8–9
Toronto	4–0–1	4–0–1	1–3–1	2–1–2	3–1–1	0–4–1	3–1–1	2–2–1	19–12–9
Vancouver	2–3	4–1	0–4–1	2–3	0–4–1	1–3–1	1–4	1–3–1	11–25–4

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 10, 1973	1–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	0–0–1
2	L	October 13, 1973	0–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	0–1–1
3	L	October 14, 1973	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	0–2–1
4	T	October 16, 1973	4–4	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	0–2–2
5	L	October 20, 1973	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	0–3–2
6	T	October 21, 1973	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	0–3–3
7	T	October 25, 1973	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	0–3–4
8	W	October 27, 1973	3–2	New York Rangers (1973–74)	1–3–4
9	L	October 28, 1973	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	1–4–4
10	T	November 1, 1973	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	1–4–5
11	W	November 3, 1973	6–4	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	2–4–5
12	T	November 7, 1973	1–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	2–4–6
13	T	November 10, 1973	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	2–4–7
14	L	November 11, 1973	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	2–5–7
15	L	November 14, 1973	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	2–6–7
16	L	November 17, 1973	0–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	2–7–7
17	L	November 20, 1973	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	2–8–7
18	W	November 22, 1973	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	3–8–7
19	L	November 24, 1973	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	3–9–7
20	W	November 27, 1973	4–2	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	4–9–7
21	L	December 1, 1973	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	4–10–7
22	L	December 2, 1973	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	4–11–7
23	L	December 4, 1973	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	4–12–7
24	L	December 6, 1973	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	4–13–7
25	L	December 8, 1973	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	4–14–7
26	W	December 11, 1973	6–3	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	5–14–7
27	L	December 13, 1973	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	5–15–7
28	T	December 15, 1973	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	5–15–8
29	L	December 16, 1973	0–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	5–16–8
30	T	December 18, 1973	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	5–16–9
31	W	December 22, 1973	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	6–16–9
32	T	December 23, 1973	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	6–16–10
33	L	December 26, 1973	0–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	6–17–10
34	T	December 28, 1973	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	6–17–11
35	W	December 29, 1973	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	7–17–11
36	L	January 2, 1974	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	7–18–11
37	W	January 3, 1974	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	8–18–11
38	L	January 5, 1974	2–6	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	8–19–11
39	L	January 8, 1974	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	8–20–11
40	L	January 10, 1974	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	8–21–11
41	W	January 12, 1974	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	9–21–11
42	W	January 15, 1974	4–3	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	10–21–11
43	T	January 19, 1974	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	10–21–12
44	W	January 22, 1974	4–3	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	11–21–12
45	L	January 26, 1974	0–4	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	11–22–12
46	W	January 27, 1974	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	12–22–12
47	W	January 31, 1974	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	13–22–12
48	T	February 2, 1974	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	13–22–13
49	L	February 3, 1974	2–4	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	13–23–13
50	W	February 5, 1974	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	14–23–13
51	L	February 6, 1974	0–6	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	14–24–13
52	L	February 9, 1974	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	14–25–13
53	L	February 12, 1974	1–4	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	14–26–13
54	T	February 14, 1974	2–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	14–26–14
55	L	February 16, 1974	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	14–27–14
56	W	February 19, 1974	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	15–27–14
57	L	February 24, 1974	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	15–28–14
58	T	February 26, 1974	1–1	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	15–28–15
59	L	February 28, 1974	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	15–29–15
60	L	March 2, 1974	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	15–30–15
61	L	March 3, 1974	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	15–31–15
62	L	March 5, 1974	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	15–32–15
63	L	March 9, 1974	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	15–33–15
64	L	March 10, 1974	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	15–34–15
65	L	March 12, 1974	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	15–35–15
66	L	March 14, 1974	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	15–36–15
67	L	March 16, 1974	1–3	New York Rangers (1973–74)	15–37–15
68	L	March 17, 1974	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	15–38–15
69	W	March 19, 1974	5–1	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	16–38–15
70	T	March 20, 1974	1–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	16–38–16
71	T	March 23, 1974	1–1	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	16–38–17
72	W	March 24, 1974	6–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	17–38–17
73	T	March 27, 1974	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	17–38–18
74	L	March 28, 1974	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	17–39–18
75	L	March 30, 1974	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	17–40–18
76	W	April 2, 1974	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	18–40–18
77	L	April 4, 1974	0–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	18–41–18
78	W	April 6, 1974	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	19–41–18

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Denis Potvin D 77 17 37 54 175 −16 6 0 3 Billy Harris RW 78 23 27 50 34 −11 4 0 3 Ralph Stewart C 67 23 20 43 6 −7 2 5 2 Ed Westfall D/RW 68 19 23 42 28 −5 6 0 0 Bob Nystrom RW 77 21 20 41 118 −17 3 0 5 Craig Cameron RW 78 15 14 29 28 −15 2 0 2 Jean Potvin D 78 5 23 28 100 −26 2 0 0 Lorne Henning C 60 12 15 27 6 −7 2 0 1 Germain Gagnon LW 62 8 14 22 8 6 0 0 0 Brian Spencer LW 54 5 16 21 65 −16 0 0 0 Garry Howatt LW 78 6 11 17 204 −13 0 0 0 Dave Lewis D 66 2 15 17 58 −7 1 1 1 Andre St. Laurent C 42 5 9 14 18 1 0 0 0 Ernie Hicke LW 55 6 7 13 26 −19 2 0 1 Billy MacMillan RW 55 4 9 13 16 −6 0 0 0 Dave Hudson C 63 2 10 12 7 −6 0 0 0 Gerry Hart D 70 1 10 11 61 −17 0 0 1 Bert Marshall D 69 1 7 8 84 5 0 0 0 Doug Rombough C 12 3 1 4 8 1 2 0 0 Bob Cook RW 22 2 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 Tom Miller C 19 2 1 3 4 −3 0 1 0 Gerry Desjardins G 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan Lefley D/LW 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Marchinko C 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Neil Nicholson D 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Glenn Resch G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Smith G 46 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 Vic Teal RW 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Gerry Desjardins 1945 36 9 17 6 101 3.12 0 Billy Smith 2615 46 9 23 12 134 3.07 0 Glenn Resch 120 2 1 1 0 6 3.00 0 Team: 4680 78 19 41 18 241 3.09 0

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;

Draft picks

The 1973 NHL Amateur Draft was held on May 15, 1973, at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal.

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	Denis Potvin	Defence	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
33	Dave Lewis	Defence	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
49	Andre St. Laurent	Centre	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
65	Ron Kennedy	Right Wing	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
81	Keith Smith	Defence	Canada	Brown University (ECAC)
97	Don Cutts	Goaltender	Canada	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NCAA)
110	Denis Andersen	Defence	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
113	Mike Kennedy	Right Wing	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
126	Denis Desgagnes	Centre	Canada	Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)
129	Bob Lorimer	Defence	Canada	Michigan Technological University (NCAA)
Reference: "1973 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved January 13, 2014.

See also

• 1973–74 NHL season

References

• "1973–74 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.