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Billy Smith's 1975-1976 season

Wins
19
NHL#12
Save pct
.908
NHL#7
GAA
2.62
NHL#10
Shutouts
3
NHL#6
Games
39
48%
48% of 80

Goaltender Billy Smith was 24 years old when the 1975-1976 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 39 games and won 19 of them, at .908. In the playoffs he played 8 games and won 4.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1975-1976Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Billy Smith plays the 1975-1976 season for New York Islanders

    NYINew York Islanders

    Billy was 24 years old when the 1975-1976 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI1–1KCS
      game 1/801
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA60:00TOI
      .950
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    • The game
      NYI3–3BOS
      game 3/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOI
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–0AFM
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      18SV18SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–5NYI
      game 7/801
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA59:55TOI
      .844
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    • The game
      NYI4–4MTL
      game 10/801
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOI
      .862
      View the game
    • November 1975
    • The game
      WSH3–7NYI
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
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    • The game
      NYI6–7PIT
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      .714SV%
      15SV21SA6GA31:47TOI
      .714
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4LAK
      L
      game 16/802
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA59:14TOIL
      .879
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4VAN
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA59:10TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2BOS
      game 19/801
      His night
      .951SV%
      39SV41SA2GA60:00TOI
      .951
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    • The game
      KCS2–5NYI
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .946
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8011 of 20 started
      3
      wins
      NHL#16
      .894
      SV%
      NHL#12
      3.2
      GAA
      NHL#13
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#6
      NYI
      9-6-0W-L-OT23Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI9–1MNS
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .944
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    • The game
      MTL2–1NYI
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA59:12TOIL
      .920
      View the game
    • December 1975
    • The game
      PIT1–6NYI
      W
      game 26/801
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
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    • The game
      BUF4–2NYI
      L
      game 27/801
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA59:25TOIL
      .919
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    • The game
      NYI3–0NYR
      W
      game 32/801
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYI
      W
      game 33/803
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5CHI
      L
      game 35/801
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA59:29TOIL
      .846
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    • The game
      KCS1–8NYI
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
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    • The game
      TOR5–3NYI
      L
      game 40/803
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA59:56TOIL
      .821
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8020 of 40 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#16
      .907
      SV%
      NHL#6
      2.7
      GAA
      NHL#5
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#6
      NYI
      21-12-0W-L-OT49Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI5–2WSH
      W
      game 43/801
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .905
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    • The game
      DET1–8NYI
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–5NYI
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS3–4NYI
      W
      game 46/801
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA59:55TOIW
      .870
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    • February 1976
    • The game
      NYI6–5NYR
      W
      game 50/801
      His night
      .881SV%
      37SV42SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .881
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    • The game
      NYI3–4DET
      L
      game 51/801
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA42:21TOIL
      .840
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2KCS
      game 54/801
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA60:00TOI
      .895
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–4NYI
      game 55/801
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA59:55TOI
      .886
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–1BUF
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–1NYI
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA59:13TOIL
      .926
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    • The game
      NYI5–3DET
      W
      game 58/801
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .914
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    • The game
      BOS2–1NYI
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA59:29TOIL
      .931
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    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8032 of 60 started
      15
      wins
      NHL#11
      .910
      SV%
      NHL#4
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#3
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#6
      NYI
      31-17-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      KCS2–2NYI
      game 62/801
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA60:00TOI
      .882
      View the game
    • March 1976
    • The game
      WSH3–6NYI
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:55TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–3PIT
      W
      game 67/801
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .914
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–3CHI
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:55TOIW
      .880
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    • The game
      MNS3–1NYI
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:50TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    • April 1976
    • The game
      AFM1–1NYI
      game 78/801
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA59:34TOI
      .952
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    • The game
      NYR2–10NYI
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      .875SV%
      7SV8SA1GA20:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Billy Smith closes the 1975-1976 season with 19 wins

    NYINew York Islanders
    Wins
    19
    Games
    39of 80
    49%
    Shutouts
    3
    SV%
    .908
    GAA
    2.62
    Starts
    39
    Events
    3
    career best in shutouts
    50
    career wins
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders meet Vancouver Canucks

    NYIvsVAN
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Vancouver Canucks
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    2 days later
    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders knock Vancouver Canucks out 2–0

    NYI2–0VAN
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    3 days later
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders meet Buffalo Sabres

    NYIvsBUF
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI3–5BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      .750SV%in relief
      3SV4SA1GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      .930SV%
      40SV43SA3GA74:04TOIL
      .930
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    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      BUF3–5NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      BUF2–4NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • New York Islandersare2–2withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      NYI4–3BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      BUF2–3NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .882
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    NYI4–2BUF
    Advance
    6Games4Wins.903SV%2.5GAA
    5 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Islanders meet Montréal Canadiens

    NYIvsMTL
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI2–3MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:41TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYI3–4MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      .810SV%
      17SV21SA4GA42:42TOIL
      .810
      View the game
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock New York Islanders out 4–1

    NYI1–4MTL
    Eliminated
    2Games0Wins.860SV%4.1GAA
    The run in numbers

    Billy Smith ends the 1975-1976 playoffs with 4 wins

    NYINew York Islanders
    Wins
    4
    Games
    8
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .892
    GAA
    2.89
    Starts
    7
    VAN2–0→BUF4–2→MTL1–4