1991–92 New York Islanders season

1991–92 New York Islanders
Division	5th Patrick
Conference	7th Wales
1991–92 record	34–35–11
Home record	20–15–5
Road record	14–20–6
Goals for	291
Goals against	299
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Brent Sutter (Oct.) Patrick Flatley (Oct.–Apr.)
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Ray Ferraro, Derek King (40)
Assists	Pierre Turgeon (49)
Points	Pierre Turgeon (87)
Penalty minutes	Mick Vukota (293)
Plus/minus	Benoit Hogue (+30)
Wins	Glenn Healy (14)
Goals against average	Mark Fitzpatrick (3.20)

The 1991–92 New York Islanders season was the 20th season in the franchise's history. Denis Potvin's number 5 and Mike Bossy's number 22 were retired by the franchise.

Regular season

Pat LaFontaine, frustrated with his situation on Long Island, turned down a four year, $6 million contract offer and refused to report to the Islanders for the start of the 1991–92 NHL season. Three weeks into the season, on 25 October 1991, LaFontaine was traded, along with teammate Randy Wood, to the Buffalo Sabres for four players, including former first overall pick Pierre Turgeon.

Also in October, Captain Brent Sutter is traded to the Chicago Blackhawks. Forward Patrick Flatley is named team captain.

Although they finished last in the NHL in penalty-killing percentage (76.50%), the Islanders had a good power-play unit, finishing third in the NHL with 22.12% (75 for 339).

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
New York Rangers	80	50	25	5	321	246	105
Washington Capitals	80	45	27	8	330	257	98
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	39	32	9	343	308	87
New Jersey Devils	80	38	31	11	289	259	87
New York Islanders	80	34	35	11	291	299	79
Philadelphia Flyers	80	32	37	11	252	273	75

Wales Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	PAT	80	50	25	5	321	246	105
2	Washington Capitals	PAT	80	45	27	8	330	257	98
3	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	41	28	11	267	207	93
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	PAT	80	39	32	9	343	308	87
5	New Jersey Devils	PAT	80	38	31	11	289	259	87
6	Boston Bruins	ADM	80	36	32	12	270	275	84
7	New York Islanders	PAT	80	34	35	11	291	299	79
8	Philadelphia Flyers	PAT	80	32	37	11	252	273	75
9	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	31	37	12	289	299	74
10	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	26	41	13	247	283	65
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	20	48	12	255	318	52

Divisions: ADM – Adams, PAT – Patrick

p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1991	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	1–0–0
2	L	October 9, 1991	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	1–1–0
3	W	October 12, 1991	5–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	2–1–0
4	T	October 13, 1991	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	2–1–1
5	L	October 15, 1991	6–7 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	2–2–1
6	L	October 17, 1991	5–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	2–3–1
7	L	October 19, 1991	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	2–4–1
8	T	October 22, 1991	1–1 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	2–4–2
9	L	October 26, 1991	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	2–5–2
10	W	October 29, 1991	8–4	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	3–5–2
11	L	October 31, 1991	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	3–6–2
12	L	November 2, 1991	4–7	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	3–7–2
13	W	November 4, 1991	6–4	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	4–7–2
14	L	November 6, 1991	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	4–8–2
15	L	November 9, 1991	3–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	4–9–2
16	L	November 10, 1991	0–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	4–10–2
17	W	November 14, 1991	4–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	5–10–2
18	W	November 16, 1991	4–2	New York Rangers (1991–92)	6–10–2
19	W	November 19, 1991	7–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	7–10–2
20	L	November 20, 1991	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	7–11–2
21	T	November 23, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	7–11–3
22	L	November 27, 1991	2–3	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	7–12–3
23	W	November 29, 1991	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	8–12–3
24	W	November 30, 1991	8–1	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	9–12–3
25	L	December 5, 1991	4–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	9–13–3
26	L	December 7, 1991	2–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	9–14–3
27	T	December 10, 1991	7–7 OT	St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	9–14–4
28	W	December 11, 1991	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	10–14–4
29	T	December 14, 1991	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	10–14–5
30	W	December 17, 1991	4–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	11–14–5
31	L	December 19, 1991	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	11–15–5
32	L	December 21, 1991	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	11–16–5
33	L	December 23, 1991	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	11–17–5
34	T	December 26, 1991	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	11–17–6
35	W	December 28, 1991	5–4	New York Rangers (1991–92)	12–17–6
36	L	December 29, 1991	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	12–18–6
37	L	January 1, 1992	5–8	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	12–19–6
38	L	January 3, 1992	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	12–20–6
39	W	January 4, 1992	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	13–20–6
40	W	January 7, 1992	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	14–20–6
41	W	January 9, 1992	2–1	Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	15–20–6
42	L	January 11, 1992	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	15–21–6
43	L	January 12, 1992	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	15–22–6
44	W	January 14, 1992	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	16–22–6
45	W	January 16, 1992	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	17–22–6
46	L	January 23, 1992	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	17–23–6
47	L	January 25, 1992	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	17–24–6
48	W	January 30, 1992	8–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	18–24–6
49	T	February 1, 1992	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	18–24–7
50	W	February 2, 1992	6–3	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	19–24–7
51	W	February 4, 1992	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	20–24–7
52	W	February 6, 1992	5–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	21–24–7
53	L	February 7, 1992	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	21–25–7
54	W	February 11, 1992	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	22–25–7
55	L	February 14, 1992	2–9	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	22–26–7
56	W	February 15, 1992	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	23–26–7
57	W	February 17, 1992	5–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	24–26–7
58	W	February 20, 1992	6–2	New York Rangers (1991–92)	25–26–7
59	W	February 22, 1992	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	26–26–7
60	L	February 23, 1992	1–4	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	26–27–7
61	L	February 25, 1992	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	26–28–7
62	W	February 28, 1992	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	27–28–7
63	L	February 29, 1992	1–3	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	27–29–7
64	L	March 3, 1992	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	27–30–7
65	T	March 5, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	27–30–8
66	L	March 7, 1992	2–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	27–31–8
67	W	March 8, 1992	6–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	28–31–8
68	W	March 10, 1992	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	29–31–8
69	L	March 12, 1992	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	29–32–8
70	W	March 14, 1992	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	30–32–8
71	L	March 15, 1992	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	30–33–8
72	T	March 18, 1992	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	30–33–9
73	T	March 21, 1992	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	30–33–10
74	L	March 24, 1992	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	30–34–10
75	W	March 26, 1992	7–4	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	31–34–10
76	W	March 28, 1992	4–1	New York Rangers (1991–92)	32–34–10
77	L	March 29, 1992	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	32–35–10
78	W	April 12, 1992	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	33–35–10
79	T	April 13, 1992	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	33–35–11
80	W	April 15, 1992	7–0	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	34–35–11

Playoffs

For the second straight year, the Islanders failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Pierre Turgeon C 69 38 49 87 16 8 13 0 6 Ray Ferraro C 80 40 40 80 92 25 7 0 4 Derek King LW 80 40 38 78 46 -10 21 0 6 Benoit Hogue C 72 30 45 75 67 30 8 0 5 Steve Thomas LW 71 28 42 70 71 11 3 0 2 David Volek W 74 18 42 60 35 0 4 1 2 Tom Kurvers D 74 9 47 56 30 -18 6 0 1 Pat Flatley RW 38 8 28 36 31 14 4 1 0 Uwe Krupp D 59 6 29 35 43 13 2 0 0 Adam Creighton C 66 15 9 24 102 -4 2 0 2 Dave McLlwain C/RW 54 8 15 23 28 -8 1 1 1 Jeff Norton D 28 1 18 19 18 2 0 1 0 Tom Fitzgerald RW 45 6 11 17 28 -3 0 2 2 Joe Reekie D 54 4 12 16 85 15 0 0 0 Bill Berg LW 47 5 9 14 28 -18 1 0 1 Jeff Finley D 51 1 10 11 26 -6 0 0 0 Brent Sutter C 8 4 6 10 6 -5 1 0 1 Hubie McDonough C 33 7 2 9 15 -4 1 1 0 Marty McInnis RW 15 3 5 8 0 6 0 0 0 Rob DiMaio RW 50 5 2 7 43 -23 0 2 0 Daniel Marois RW 12 2 5 7 18 2 0 0 0 Rich Pilon D 65 1 6 7 183 -1 0 0 0 Wayne McBean D 25 2 4 6 18 11 0 1 1 Mick Vukota RW 74 0 6 6 293 -6 0 0 0 Scott Lachance D 17 1 4 5 9 13 0 0 0 Randy Wood LW/C 8 2 2 4 21 -3 0 0 0 Brad Dalgarno RW 15 2 1 3 12 -8 1 0 0 Graeme Townshend RW 7 1 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 Dave Chyzowski LW 12 1 1 2 17 -4 0 0 0 Claude Loiselle C 11 1 1 2 13 -3 0 0 0 Mark Fitzpatrick G 30 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 Dean Chynoweth D 11 1 0 1 23 -3 0 0 0 Brad Lauer LW 8 1 0 1 2 -2 0 1 0 Ken Baumgartner LW 44 0 1 1 202 -10 0 0 0 Glenn Healy G 37 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 Gary Nylund D 7 0 1 1 10 -3 0 0 0 Dennis Vaske D 39 0 1 1 39 5 0 0 0 Rick Green D 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Randy Hillier D 8 0 0 0 11 -3 0 0 0 Richard Kromm LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Danny Lorenz G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Parks C 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Brad Turner D 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Steve Weeks G 23 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Glenn Healy 1960 37 14 16 4 124 3.80 1 1045 921 .881 Mark Fitzpatrick 1743 30 11 13 5 93 3.20 0 949 856 .902 Steve Weeks 1032 23 9 4 2 62 3.60 0 566 504 .890 Danny Lorenz 120 2 0 2 0 10 5.00 0 60 50 .833 Team: 4855 80 34 35 11 289 3.57 1 2620 2331 .890

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; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Scott Lachance	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)
2	26	Zigmund Palffy	Czechoslovakia	HK Nitra (Czechoslovakia)
3	48	Jamie McLennan	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
4	70	Milan Hnilicka	Czechoslovakia	Poldi SONP Kladno (Czechoslovakia)
5	92	Steve Junker	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6	114	Rob Valicevic	United States	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (SOJHL)
7	136	Andreas Johansson	Sweden	Falu IF (Sweden)
8	158	Todd Sparks	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
9	180	John Johnson	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
10	202	Rob Canavan	United States	Hingham High School (USHS-MA)
11	224	Marcus Thuresson	Sweden	Leksands IF (Sweden)
12	246	Marty Schriner	United States	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
S	4	Jim Bonner	United States	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
S	10	Jack Duffy	United States	Yale University (ECAC)

See also

• 1991–92 NHL season