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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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Borje Salming TOR · 73 P in 79 GP Reed Larson DET · 67 P in 79 GP Stefan Persson NYI · 66 P in 78 GP Robert Picard WSH · 65 P in 77 GP Ian Turnbull TOR · 63 P in 80 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

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 31 70 101 71 58 237 0 1.38 13.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1979 @ NYR W 5-2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1979 vs PHI W 9-2 0 1 1 1 0 9 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1979 @ PHI W 3-1 1 1 2 0 6 2 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1979 vs AFM W 3-2 0 1 1 2 2 6 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 vs BUF W 2-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1979 @ CHI L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 @ PIT T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 vs PIT T 3-3 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1979 @ MTL W 5-3 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1979 @ MNS W 5-3 1 1 2 2 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 vs NYR W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1979 vs TOR W 6-2 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1979 vs BOS W 7-2 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 @ BOS T 4-4 1 1 2 -1 4 3 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 vs CHI W 7-1 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1979 @ STL T 5-5 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1979 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs AFM W 4-2 0 2 2 1 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1979 @ AFM L 2-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1979 vs MTL W 7-3 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1979 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs DET W 3-1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1979 vs STL W 6-1 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1979 @ LAK W 8-3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ VAN W 5-3 0 4 4 3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 @ BUF L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1979 vs CLR W 6-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1979 vs MNS L 4-5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1979 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 vs WSH W 6-2 3 0 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1979 @ PHI T 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1979 @ AFM W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1979 @ DET T 5-5 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1979 vs LAK W 7-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 vs PHI W 5-1 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1979 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1979 vs VAN W 9-0 0 2 2 3 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 vs AFM W 4-2 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1978 @ AFM W 10-4 1 1 2 4 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1978 vs TOR W 5-1 0 3 3 2 0 10 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs NYR W 9-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1978 vs STL W 5-1 1 1 2 3 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 @ DET W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 @ STL T 2-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1978 vs DET W 4-1 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1978 vs LAK T 5-5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1978 vs STL W 7-1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1978 vs PIT T 3-3 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 @ CLR W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1978 @ LAK T 5-5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ VAN W 5-2 0 3 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1978 @ MNS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1978 @ CLR W 7-1 1 3 4 3 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 vs PHI W 8-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1978 @ WSH W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1978 vs CLR T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1978 @ NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 vs AFM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1978 vs MNS W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 vs WSH W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 7 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1978 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1978 vs CLR W 8-5 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 vs VAN W 5-2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1978 @ AFM L 5-8 0 2 2 -4 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1978 vs PHI T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 4 3 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1978 vs NYR W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ PIT W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1978 vs MTL W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 @ TOR L 7-10 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1978 @ BUF T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00