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Denis Potvin

#5 · Defence · New York Islanders · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Oct 29, 1953 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 1973 by NYI (round 1)

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1982-83, 1981-82, 1980-81, 1979-80
×3 James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 1978-79, 1977-78, 1975-76
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1973-74

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ian Turnbull TOR · 79 P in 80 GP Borje Salming TOR · 78 P in 76 GP Guy Lapointe MTL · 76 P in 77 GP Larry Robinson MTL · 85 P in 77 GP Brad Park BOS · 67 P in 77 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0501001973-74: 54 points5473-741974-75: 76 points761975-76: 98 points9875-761976-77: 80 points801977-78: 94 points9477-781978-79: 101 points1011979-80: 41 points4179-801980-81: 76 points761981-82: 61 points6181-821982-83: 66 points661983-84: 85 points8583-841984-85: 68 points681985-86: 59 points5985-861986-87: 42 points421987-88: 51 points5187-88

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 NYI 78 17 37 54 -17 175 209 0 0.69
1974-75 NYI 79 21 55 76 27 105 211 0 0.96
1975-76 NYI 78 31 67 98 12 100 256 0 1.26
1976-77 NYI 80 25 55 80 42 103 238 0 1.00
1977-78 NYI 80 30 64 94 57 81 287 0 1.18
1978-79 NYI 73 31 70 101 71 58 237 0 1.38
1979-80 NYI 31 8 33 41 13 44 98 0 1.32
1980-81 NYI 74 20 56 76 39 104 206 0 1.03
1981-82 NYI 60 24 37 61 39 83 169 0 1.02
1982-83 NYI 69 12 54 66 33 60 190 0 0.96
1983-84 NYI 78 22 63 85 54 87 247 0 1.09
1984-85 NYI 77 17 51 68 32 96 199 0 0.88
1985-86 NYI 74 21 38 59 34 78 168 0 0.80
1986-87 NYI 58 12 30 42 -6 70 147 0 0.72
1987-88 NYI 72 19 32 51 26 112 188 0 0.71
15 seasons Career 1061 310 742 1052 456 1356 3050 0 0.99

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1974-75 NYI 17 5 9 14 -5 30 55 0 0.82
1975-76 NYI 13 5 14 19 9 32 42 0 1.46
1976-77 NYI 12 6 4 10 12 20 37 0 0.83
1977-78 NYI 7 2 2 4 1 6 32 0 0.57
1978-79 NYI 10 4 7 11 6 8 40 0 1.10
1979-80 NYI 21 6 13 19 10 24 85 0 0.90
1980-81 NYI 18 8 17 25 18 16 44 0 1.39
1981-82 NYI 19 5 16 21 9 30 56 0 1.11
1982-83 NYI 20 8 12 20 20 22 68 0 1.00
1983-84 NYI 20 1 5 6 -4 28 56 0 0.30
1984-85 NYI 10 3 2 5 0 10 22 0 0.50
1985-86 NYI 3 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 0.33
1986-87 NYI 10 2 3 5 -7 21 22 0 0.50
1987-88 NYI 5 1 4 5 -3 6 15 0 1.00
14 seasons Playoffs 185 56 109 165 64 253 578 0 0.89

1976-77 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 25 55 80 42 103 238 0 1.00 10.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1977 @ NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1977 vs BOS L 3-5 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1977 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1977 @ CLE W 6-3 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1977 vs STL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1977 @ TOR T 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1977 vs CLR W 9-2 2 3 5 4 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1977 vs CHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1977 @ CHI W 5-0 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1977 @ MNS T 5-5 0 2 2 -1 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1977 vs CLE W 8-3 0 2 2 5 4 9 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1977 @ AFM W 6-2 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1977 vs MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1977 @ CLR W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1977 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1977 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1977 vs MTL L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1977 vs AFM W 8-2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1977 @ CLE W 2-1 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1977 vs CLR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1977 @ WSH T 2-2 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1977 vs NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1977 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1977 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1977 vs PHI W 2-1 1 0 1 1 4 4 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1977 vs LAK W 4-1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1977 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1977 vs WSH T 3-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1977 vs NYR W 6-3 1 3 4 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1977 vs BUF W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1977 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1977 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1977 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1977 @ CLR W 7-1 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1977 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1977 @ BOS W 4-3 1 2 3 1 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1977 vs MNS W 7-2 0 1 1 2 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1977 @ WSH T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1977 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1977 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1977 vs PHI W 8-3 1 2 3 2 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1977 vs AFM W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1977 @ AFM W 5-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1977 @ BUF T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1977 vs VAN L 1-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1976 @ STL T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1976 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1976 vs BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1976 vs BUF L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1976 @ AFM W 4-2 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1976 vs NYR T 4-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1976 @ CHI W 6-2 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1976 vs PIT W 6-3 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1976 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1976 vs BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1976 vs PIT L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 2 5 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1976 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1976 @ PHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1976 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1976 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1976 vs MTL L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1976 @ VAN W 6-4 0 3 3 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1976 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1976 @ MNS W 3-2 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1976 @ BOS T 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1976 vs DET W 8-1 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1976 vs MNS W 5-2 2 0 2 2 4 8 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1976 @ CLR W 5-1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1976 @ VAN W 3-2 2 1 3 3 4 4 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1976 vs PHI T 3-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1976 vs STL W 5-2 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1976 @ MTL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1976 @ TOR W 5-2 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1976 @ DET L 0-5 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1976 vs VAN W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1976 vs CLE T 4-4 0 3 3 0 5 4 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1976 @ BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1976 vs AFM W 7-0 0 2 2 4 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1976 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1976 @ PHI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 00:00