1991–92 New York Islanders season

1991–92 New York Islanders
Division5th Patrick
Conference7th Wales
1991–92 record34–35–11
Home record20–15–5
Road record14–20–6
Goals for291
Goals against299
Team information
General managerBill Torrey
CoachAl Arbour
CaptainBrent Sutter (Oct.)
Patrick Flatley (Oct.–Apr.)
ArenaNassau Coliseum
Team leaders
GoalsRay Ferraro, Derek King (40)
AssistsPierre Turgeon (49)
PointsPierre Turgeon (87)
Penalty minutesMick Vukota (293)
Plus/minusBenoit Hogue (+30)
WinsGlenn Healy (14)
Goals against averageMark 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.[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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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).[2]

Season standings

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Patrick Division[3]
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[4]
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

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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

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

Player statistics

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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

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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Canada Sports Hall of Fame – Honoured Members: Profile". Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
  2. ^ "1991-92 NHL Summary".
  3. ^ "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "1991-1992 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "1991-92 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
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