Regular season and playoffsNYI

Billy Smith's 1986-1987 season

Wins

NHL#29

Save pct

.869

NHL#45

GAA

3.53

NHL#27

Shutouts

NHL#6

Games

50% of 80

Goaltender Billy Smith was 35 years old when the 1986-1987 season began, his 16th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 40 games and won 14 of them, at .869. In the playoffs he played 2 games and won 0.

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

1986-1987Playoffs

Year 1986
40 years ago
Season opener
October 9
Billy Smith plays the 1986-1987 season for New York Islanders
NYINew York Islanders
Billy was 35 years old when the 1986-1987 season began. It was his 15th season with the team. His 16th NHL season in all.
- The game
  NYI2–3CHI
  L
  October 9game 1/80
  His night
  .912SV%
  31SV34SA3GA59:05TOIL
  .912
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- The game
  WSH4–7NYI
  W
  October 16game 3/80
  His night
  .857SV%
  24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .857
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- The game
  NYI2–2NYR
  October 19game 5/804
  His night
  .913SV%
  21SV23SA2GA65:00TOI
  .913
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- November 1986
- The game
  NYI4–3BUF
  W
  November 9game 14/801
  His night
  .857SV%
  18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .857
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- The game
  NYI7–3MNS
  W
  November 15game 16/802
  His night
  .906SV%
  29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .906
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- The game
  NYI1–3WIN
  L
  November 16game 17/803
  His night
  .946SV%
  35SV37SA2GA59:39TOIL
  .946
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- The game
  TOR4–6NYI
  W
  November 20game 19/802
  His night
  .852SV%
  23SV27SA4GA59:55TOIW
  .852
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- Checkpoint
  November 20
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 807 of 20 started
  4
  wins
  .896
  SV%
  3.0
  GAA
  NYI
  11-8-0W-L-OT23Points
  7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PHI6–5NYI
  L
  November 29game 23/802
  His night
  .793SV%
  23SV29SA6GA59:48TOIL
  .793
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- December 1986
- The game
  NYI4–3VAN
  W
  December 5game 26/802
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .897
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- The game
  NYI1–3BOS
  L
  December 7game 27/803
  His night
  .885SV%
  23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .885
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- The game
  LAK7–2NYI
  L
  December 9game 28/801
  His night
  .650SV%
  13SV20SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .650
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- The game
  MNS2–4NYI
  W
  December 16game 31/801
  His night
  .939SV%
  31SV33SA2GA59:38TOIW
  .939
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- The game
  NYI4–9PHI
  L
  December 18game 32/802
  His night
  .600SV%
  9SV15SA6GA25:24TOIL
  .600
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- The game
  PIT3–4NYI
  W
  December 23game 34/802
  His night
  .800SV%
  12SV15SA3GA63:25TOIW
  .800
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- The game
  CHI5–3NYI
  L
  December 30game 37/801
  His night
  .857SV%
  24SV28SA4GA59:42TOIL
  .857
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- Checkpoint
  December 30
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8015 of 40 started
  7
  wins
  .861
  SV%
  3.8
  GAA
  NYI
  20-17-0W-L-OT43Points
  6th in the whole NHL
Year 1987
39 years ago
- The game
  NYI2–1NYR
  W
  January 9game 41/803
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .962
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- The game
  TOR2–3NYI
  W
  January 10game 42/802
  His night
  .905SV%
  19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .905
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- The game
  PIT3–3NYI
  January 13game 43/802
  His night
  .927SV%
  38SV41SA3GA65:00TOI
  .927
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- The game
  PHI4–2NYI
  L
  January 17game 45/803
  His night
  .840SV%
  21SV25SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .840
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- The game
  CGY3–1NYI
  L
  January 20game 47/802
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA59:17TOIL
  .897
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- The game
  NYI5–8DET
  L
  January 21game 48/801
  His night
  .714SV%in relief
  10SV14SA4GA33:59TOIL
  in relief
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- The game
  NYI2–1QUE
  W
  January 24game 49/80
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA62:28TOIW
  .962
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- The game
  WIN2–2NYI
  January 27game 50/802
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA65:00TOI
  .943
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- The game
  NYI3–3WSH
  January 30game 51/80
  His night
  .870SV%
  20SV23SA3GA65:00TOI
  .870
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- The game
  HFD2–4NYI
  W
  January 31game 52/801
  His night
  .905SV%
  19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .905
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- February 1987
- The game
  NYI1–4VAN
  L
  February 4game 53/801
  His night
  .857SV%
  24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .857
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- The game
  NYI1–4CGY
  L
  February 7game 55/801
  His night
  .886SV%
  31SV35SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .886
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- The game
  BUF5–1NYI
  L
  February 14game 56/80
  His night
  .857SV%in relief
  6SV7SA1GA19:51TOI
  in relief
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- The game
  PHI3–2NYI
  L
  February 17game 57/801
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA59:05TOIL
  .903
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- The game
  NYI7–0NJD
  W
  February 22game 60/80
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  21SV21SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- Checkpoint
  February 22
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8028 of 60 started
  12
  wins
  NHL#21
  .882
  SV%
  NHL#17
  3.2
  GAA
  NHL#5
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#4
  NYI
  27-25-0W-L-OT62Points
  Playoff spot
  8th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI2–3STL
  L
  February 24game 61/80
  His night
  .842SV%
  16SV19SA3GA59:12TOIL
  .842
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- The game
  STL3–3NYI
  February 28game 63/80
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA64:28TOI
  .893
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- March 1987
- The game
  NYI5–7NYR
  L
  March 4game 65/802
  His night
  .794SV%
  27SV34SA7GA58:41TOIL
  .794
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- The game
  NYI2–7TOR
  L
  March 7game 66/801
  His night
  .750SV%in relief
  6SV8SA2GA24:36TOI
  in relief
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- The game
  NYI6–5CHI
  W
  March 8game 67/80
  His night
  .828SV%
  24SV29SA5GA59:57TOIW
  .828
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- The game
  NJD6–7NYI
  W
  March 14game 70/801
  His night
  .810SV%in relief
  17SV21SA4GA55:05TOIW
  in relief
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- The game
  NYI0–3MTL
  L
  March 16game 71/802
  His night
  .857SV%
  18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .857
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- The game
  VAN5–2NYI
  L
  March 26game 75/801
  His night
  .818SV%
  18SV22SA4GA59:37TOIL
  .818
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- April 1987
- The game
  QUE4–1NYI
  L
  April 2game 78/80
  His night
  .882SV%
  30SV34SA4GA59:52TOIL
  .882
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- The game
  NYI9–5PHI
  W
  April 5game 80/803
  His night
  .375SV%
  3SV8SA5GA21:56TOI
  .375
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The season in numbers
April 5
Billy Smith closes the 1986-1987 season with 14 wins
NYINew York Islanders
Wins
14
Games
40of 80
50%
Shutouts
1
SV%
.869
GAA
3.53
Starts
36
3 days later
Playoffs
April 8
New York Islanders are in the playoffs
First round
April 8
New York Islanders meet Washington Capitals
NYIvsWSH
Swedes on New York Islanders
Tomas Jonsson
Swedes on Washington Capitals
No Swedes
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10 days later
First round
April 18
New York Islanders knock Washington Capitals out 4–3
NYI4–3WSH
Advance
He did not play in this round
2 days later
Second round
April 20
New York Islanders meet Philadelphia Flyers
NYIvsPHI
Swedes on New York Islanders
Tomas Jonsson
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
Pelle Eklund
Kjell Samuelsson
View the whole round
- Game 1
  NYI2–4PHI
  L
  April 203
  His night
  .875SV%in relief
  7SV8SA1GA40:00TOI
  in relief
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- Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
- Game 4
  PHI6–4NYI
  L
  April 263
  His night
  1.000SV%in relief
  13SV13SA0GA26:33TOI
  in relief
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Second round
May 2
Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Islanders out 4–3
NYI3–4PHI
Eliminated
2Games0Wins.952SV%0.9GAA
The run in numbers
May 2
Billy Smith ends the 1986-1987 playoffs with 0 wins
NYINew York Islanders
Wins
0
Games
2
Shutouts
0
SV%
.952
GAA
0.90
Starts
0
WSH4–3→PHI3–4

Billy Smith plays the 1986-1987 season for New York Islanders

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Billy Smith closes the 1986-1987 season with 14 wins

New York Islanders are in the playoffs

New York Islanders meet Washington Capitals

New York Islanders knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

New York Islanders meet Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Islanders out 4–3

Billy Smith ends the 1986-1987 playoffs with 0 wins