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Billy Smith's 1979-1980 season

Wins
15
NHL#22
Save pct
.898
NHL#12
GAA
2.96
NHL#12
Shutouts
2
NHL#7
Games
38
47%
47% of 80

Goaltender Billy Smith was 28 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 38 games and won 15 of them, at .898. In the playoffs he played 20 games and won 15.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Billy Smith plays the 1979-1980 season for New York Islanders

    NYINew York Islanders

    Billy was 28 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–5PHI
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .839
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    • The game
      AFM1–5NYI
      W
      game 3/803
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .950
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    • The game
      NYI2–3BOS
      L
      game 4/802
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA59:39TOIL
      .921
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    • The game
      EDM3–3NYI
      game 6/802
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOI
      .885
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    • The game
      CHI4–6NYI
      W
      game 8/802
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .846
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    • The game
      NYI2–2VAN
      game 9/804
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOI
      .920
      View the game
    • November 1979
    • The game
      LAK1–4NYI
      W
      game 12/801
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5AFM
      L
      game 13/803
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .833
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    • The game
      NYR5–10NYI
      W
      game 15/803
      His night
      .762SV%
      16SV21SA5GA59:54TOIW
      .762
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    • The game
      DET5–4NYI
      L
      game 16/804
      His night
      .815SV%
      22SV27SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .815
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–4LAK
      game 19/803
      His night
      .897SV%
      35SV39SA4GA60:00TOI
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–7CLR
      L
      game 20/803
      His night
      .833SV%in relief
      5SV6SA1GA19:59TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8011 of 20 started
      4
      wins
      NHL#17
      .877
      SV%
      NHL#17
      3.4
      GAA
      NHL#16
      NYI
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5EDM
      L
      game 21/803
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA59:42TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • December 1979
    • The game
      NYI4–0WIN
      W
      game 22/805
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      33SV33SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–1NYI
      L
      game 23/805
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .839
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    • The game
      MTL1–4NYI
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
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    • The game
      NYI3–3PIT
      game 28/802
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA60:00TOI
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR2–3NYI
      W
      game 30/804
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–8CHI
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA25:25TOIL
      .765
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–3NYI
      L
      game 36/803
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA58:40TOIL
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–3NYI
      W
      game 37/803
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      game 39/803
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:13TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8021 of 40 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#17
      .892
      SV%
      NHL#8
      3.2
      GAA
      NHL#11
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#6
      NYI
      17-17-0W-L-OT40Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN2–5NYI
      W
      game 41/805
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE1–3NYI
      W
      game 43/803
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–3DET
      W
      game 45/804
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–7WSH
      L
      game 47/806
      His night
      .794SV%
      27SV34SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .794
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–4BOS
      L
      game 49/803
      His night
      .824SV%
      14SV17SA3GA58:49TOIL
      .824
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    • February 1980
    • The game
      LAK1–4NYI
      W
      game 52/803
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE0–5NYI
      W
      game 53/803
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–3CLR
      W
      game 55/804
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3LAK
      L
      game 56/803
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:00TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS5–2NYI
      L
      game 59/804
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .828
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    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8031 of 60 started
      14
      wins
      NHL#11
      .895
      SV%
      NHL#7
      3.1
      GAA
      NHL#8
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#5
      NYI
      28-24-0W-L-OT64Points
      Playoff spot
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–8NYR
      L
      game 61/804
      His night
      .818SV%in relief
      9SV11SA2GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • March 1980
    • The game
      BOS5–3NYI
      L
      game 67/803
      His night
      .400SV%
      2SV5SA3GA08:47TOI
      .400
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–1BUF
      game 74/803
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOI
      .963
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2MTL
      game 76/803
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOI
      .926
      View the game
    • April 1980
    • The game
      NYI1–1MNS
      game 78/804
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOI
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–2NYI
      W
      game 80/805
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Billy Smith closes the 1979-1980 season with 15 wins

    NYINew York Islanders
    Wins
    15
    Games
    38of 80
    48%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .898
    GAA
    2.96
    Starts
    36
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders meet Los Angeles Kings

    NYIvsLAK
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      LAK1–8NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 2
      LAK6–3NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      6SV6SA2GA39:51TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • New York Islandersare1–1withLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 3
      NYI4–3LAK
      W
      2
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA66:55TOIW
      .870
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 4
      NYI6–0LAK
      W
      2
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      20SV20SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders knock Los Angeles Kings out 3–1

    NYI3–1LAK
    Advance
    4Games3Wins.920SV%1.6GAA
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders meet Boston Bruins

    NYIvsBOS
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI2–1BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA61:02TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      NYI5–4BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA61:24TOIW
      .879
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS3–5NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .914
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS4–3NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      .897SV%
      35SV39SA4GA77:13TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      NYI4–2BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    NYI4–1BOS
    Advance
    5Games4Wins.909SV%2.6GAA
    7 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Islanders meet Buffalo Sabres

    NYIvsBUF
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI4–1BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • May 1980
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      NYI2–1BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      .976SV%
      41SV42SA1GA81:20TOIW
      .976
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      BUF4–7NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BUF7–4NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA39:55TOIL
      .792
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      BUF2–5NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA59:56TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    Semifinal

    New York Islanders knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    NYI4–2BUF
    Advance
    5Games4Wins.913SV%2.6GAA
    3 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    New York Islanders play the Stanley Cup Final against Philadelphia Flyers

    NYIvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI4–3PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA64:07TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      NYI3–8PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      .769SV%
      20SV26SA6GA40:00TOIL
      .769
      View the game
    • New York Islandersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI2–6NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA59:54TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI2–5NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYI3–6PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      .806SV%
      25SV31SA6GA59:59TOIL
      .806
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead3–2againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 6
      PHI4–5NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA67:06TOIW
      .840
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Champions

    New York Islanders

    beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 in the final

    6Games4Wins.874SV%3.9GAA
    The run in numbers

    Billy Smith ends the 1979-1980 playoffs with 15 wins

    NYINew York Islanders
    Wins
    15
    Games
    20
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .903
    GAA
    2.80
    Starts
    19
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    25
    playoff wins
    LAK3–1→BOS4–1→BUF4–2→PHI4–2