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Billy Smith's 1980-1981 season

Wins

NHL#8

Save pct

.895

NHL#10

GAA

3.28

NHL#17

Shutouts

NHL#3

Games

51% of 80

Goaltender Billy Smith was 29 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 41 games and won 22 of them, at .895. In the playoffs he played 17 games and won 14.

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

1980-1981Playoffs

Year 1980
46 years ago
Season opener
October 11
Billy Smith plays the 1980-1981 season for New York Islanders
NYINew York Islanders
Billy was 29 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.
- The game
  BOS2–5NYI
  W
  October 11game 1/803
  His night
  .905SV%
  19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .905
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- The game
  STL5–5NYI
  October 14game 3/803
  His night
  .865SV%
  32SV37SA5GA60:00TOI
  .865
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- The game
  EDM5–5NYI
  October 18game 5/803
  His night
  .750SV%
  15SV20SA5GA60:00TOI
  .750
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- The game
  NYI2–4PHI
  L
  October 23game 8/803
  His night
  .864SV%
  19SV22SA3GA59:35TOIL
  .864
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- The game
  PHI3–1NYI
  L
  October 25game 9/803
  His night
  .833SV%in relief
  5SV6SA1GA27:20TOIL
  in relief
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- The game
  NYI2–5BUF
  L
  October 26game 10/803
  His night
  .844SV%
  27SV32SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .844
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- The game
  MTL4–6NYI
  W
  October 28game 11/803
  His night
  .879SV%
  29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .879
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- November 1980
- The game
  LAK7–3NYI
  L
  November 1game 12/803
  His night
  .794SV%
  27SV34SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .794
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- The game
  BUF1–4NYI
  W
  November 15game 18/803
  His night
  .966SV%
  28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .966
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- The game
  NYI2–1MNS
  W
  November 17game 19/804
  His night
  .971SV%
  34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .971
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- Checkpoint
  November 17
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 809 of 20 started
  4
  wins
  NHL#14
  .874
  SV%
  NHL#14
  3.6
  GAA
  NHL#15
  NYI
  11-5-0W-L-OT26Points
  2nd in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYR4–6NYI
  W
  November 22game 22/804
  His night
  .886SV%
  31SV35SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .886
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- The game
  WIN4–4NYI
  November 24game 23/805
  His night
  .871SV%
  27SV31SA4GA60:00TOI
  .871
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- The game
  DET1–5NYI
  W
  November 29game 25/804
  His night
  .958SV%
  23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .958
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- December 1980
- The game
  CLR1–5NYI
  W
  December 2game 27/803
  His night
  .966SV%
  28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .966
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- The game
  NYI3–5LAK
  L
  December 6game 29/803
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA59:21TOIL
  .862
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- The game
  NYI3–2EDM
  W
  December 10game 31/803
  His night
  .909SV%
  20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .909
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- The game
  NYI5–4WIN
  W
  December 14game 33/804
  His night
  .892SV%
  33SV37SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .892
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- The game
  QUE2–5NYI
  W
  December 20game 35/803
  His night
  .947SV%
  36SV38SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .947
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- The game
  CGY2–2NYI
  December 23game 37/804
  His night
  .909SV%
  20SV22SA2GA60:00TOI
  .909
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- The game
  CLR3–9NYI
  W
  December 30game 39/804
  His night
  .906SV%
  29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .906
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- Checkpoint
  December 30
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8019 of 40 started
  11
  wins
  NHL#6
  .893
  SV%
  NHL#7
  3.1
  GAA
  NHL#7
  NYI
  24-8-0W-L-OT56Points
  1st in the whole NHL
Year 1981
45 years ago
- The game
  HFD1–8NYI
  W
  January 3game 41/804
  His night
  .969SV%
  31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .969
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- The game
  NYI3–7PIT
  L
  January 7game 43/803
  His night
  .860SV%
  43SV50SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .860
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- The game
  BOS3–2NYI
  L
  January 10game 44/803
  His night
  .909SV%
  30SV33SA3GA58:58TOIL
  .909
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- The game
  WSH4–6NYI
  W
  January 17game 47/805
  His night
  .897SV%
  35SV39SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .897
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- The game
  NYI3–0DET
  W
  January 22game 49/804
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  34SV34SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  NYI6–4TOR
  W
  January 28game 52/804
  His night
  .875SV%
  28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .875
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- The game
  NYI1–5QUE
  L
  January 31game 53/803
  His night
  .839SV%
  26SV31SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .839
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- February 1981
- The game
  NYI3–9NYR
  L
  February 4game 56/805
  His night
  .750SV%
  21SV28SA7GA41:37TOIL
  .750
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- The game
  NYI3–5PIT
  L
  February 12game 58/803
  His night
  .879SV%
  29SV33SA4GA59:08TOIL
  .879
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- The game
  TOR8–5NYI
  L
  February 17game 60/804
  His night
  .792SV%
  19SV24SA5GA32:54TOI
  .792
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- Checkpoint
  February 17
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8029 of 60 started
  15
  wins
  NHL#8
  .888
  SV%
  NHL#9
  3.5
  GAA
  NHL#12
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#4
  NYI
  34-16-0W-L-OT78Points
  Playoff spot
  2nd in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI5–1VAN
  W
  February 27game 64/806
  His night
  .964SV%
  27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .964
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- The game
  NYI2–1LAK
  W
  February 28game 65/803
  His night
  .964SV%
  27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .964
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- March 1981
- The game
  EDM8–8NYI
  March 3game 66/803
  His night
  .805SV%
  33SV41SA8GA60:00TOI
  .805
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- The game
  NYI6–3WIN
  W
  March 11game 68/804
  His night
  .944SV%in relief
  17SV18SA1GA40:00TOIW
  in relief
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- The game
  NYI5–0EDM
  W
  March 12game 69/802
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  36SV36SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  PHI3–3NYI
  March 14game 70/804
  His night
  .885SV%
  23SV26SA3GA60:00TOI
  .885
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- The game
  MTL3–3NYI
  March 17game 71/803
  His night
  .900SV%
  27SV30SA3GA60:00TOI
  .900
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- The game
  NYI5–3STL
  W
  March 24game 74/804
  His night
  .914SV%
  32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .914
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- The game
  PIT4–4NYI
  March 28game 75/803
  His night
  .886SV%
  31SV35SA4GA60:00TOI
  .886
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- April 1981
- The game
  NYR1–2NYI
  W
  April 2game 78/806
  His night
  .958SV%
  23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .958
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- The game
  NYI7–3BUF
  W
  April 5game 80/802
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .875
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The season in numbers
April 5
Billy Smith closes the 1980-1981 season with 22 wins
NYINew York Islanders
Wins
22
Games
41of 80
51%
Shutouts
2
SV%
.895
GAA
3.28
Starts
39
3 days later
Playoffs
April 8
New York Islanders are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 8
New York Islanders meet Toronto Maple Leafs
NYIvsTOR
Swedes on New York Islanders
Stefan Persson
Anders Kallur
Robert Nyström
Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
Börje Salming
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- Game 1
  TOR2–9NYI
  W
  April 83
  His night
  .967SV%
  29SV30SA1GA43:39TOIW
  .967
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- New York Islanderslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 2
  TOR1–5NYI
  W
  April 93
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA59:56TOIW
  .962
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- New York Islanderslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 3
  NYI6–1TOR
  W
  April 114
  His night
  .957SV%
  22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .957
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Preliminary round
April 11
New York Islanders knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 3–0
NYI3–0TOR
Advance
3Games3Wins.962SV%1.1GAA
5 days later
Quarterfinal
April 16
New York Islanders meet Edmonton Oilers
NYIvsEDM
Swedes on New York Islanders
Robert Nyström
Anders Kallur
Stefan Persson
Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  EDM2–8NYI
  W
  April 162
  His night
  .929SV%
  26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .929
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- New York Islanderslead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 2
  EDM3–6NYI
  W
  April 172
  His night
  .864SV%
  19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .864
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- New York Islanderslead2–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 3
  NYI2–5EDM
  L
  April 192
  His night
  .846SV%
  22SV26SA4GA49:49TOIL
  .846
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- New York Islanderslead2–1againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 5
  EDM4–3NYI
  L
  April 222
  His night
  .818SV%
  18SV22SA4GA59:15TOIL
  .818
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead3–2againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 6
  NYI5–2EDM
  W
  April 242
  His night
  .913SV%
  21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .913
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Quarterfinal
April 24
New York Islanders knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–2
NYI4–2EDM
Advance
5Games3Wins.876SV%3.1GAA
4 days later
Semifinal
April 28
New York Islanders meet New York Rangers
NYIvsNYR
Swedes on New York Islanders
Robert Nyström
Anders Kallur
Swedes on New York Rangers
Anders Hedberg
Peter Wallin
Ulf Nilsson
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- Game 1
  NYR2–5NYI
  W
  April 285
  His night
  .900SV%
  18SV20SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .900
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2
  NYR3–7NYI
  W
  April 305
  His night
  .850SV%
  17SV20SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .850
  View the game
- May 1981
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 3
  NYI5–1NYR
  W
  May 25
  His night
  .960SV%
  24SV25SA1GA59:43TOIW
  .960
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead3–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4
  NYI5–2NYR
  W
  May 55
  His night
  .931SV%
  27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .931
  View the game
Semifinal
May 5
New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–0
NYI4–0NYR
Advance
4Games4Wins.915SV%2.0GAA
7 days later
Stanley Cup Final
May 12
New York Islanders play the Stanley Cup Final against Minnesota North Stars
NYIvsMNS
Swedes on New York Islanders
Anders Kallur
Robert Nyström
Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
Kent-Erik Andersson
View the whole round
- Game 1
  MNS3–6NYI
  W
  May 123
  His night
  .885SV%
  23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .885
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstMinnesota North Stars
- Game 2
  MNS3–6NYI
  W
  May 143
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .893
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstMinnesota North Stars
- Game 3
  NYI7–5MNS
  W
  May 173
  His night
  .821SV%
  23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIW
  .821
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead3–0againstMinnesota North Stars
- Game 4
  NYI2–4MNS
  L
  May 193
  His night
  .882SV%
  30SV34SA4GA59:00TOIL
  .882
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead3–1againstMinnesota North Stars
- Game 5
  MNS1–5NYI
  W
  May 213
  His night
  .960SV%
  24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .960
  View the game
May 21
Stanley Cup Champions
New York Islanders
beat Minnesota North Stars 4–1 in the final
5Games4Wins.887SV%3.2GAA
The run in numbers
May 21
Billy Smith ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 14 wins
NYINew York Islanders
Wins
14
Games
17
Shutouts
0
SV%
.903
GAA
2.54
Starts
17
TOR3–0→EDM4–2→NYR4–0→MNS4–1

Billy Smith plays the 1980-1981 season for New York Islanders

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Billy Smith closes the 1980-1981 season with 22 wins

New York Islanders are in the playoffs

New York Islanders meet Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Islanders knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 3–0

New York Islanders meet Edmonton Oilers

New York Islanders knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–2

New York Islanders meet New York Rangers

New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–0

New York Islanders play the Stanley Cup Final against Minnesota North Stars

New York Islanders

Billy Smith ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 14 wins