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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Larry Murphy LAK · 76 P in 80 GP Randy Carlyle PIT · 83 P in 76 GP John Van Boxmeer BUF · 69 P in 80 GP Ron Greschner NYR · 68 P in 74 GP Paul Reinhart CGY · 67 P in 74 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

1980-81 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 20 56 76 39 104 206 0 1.03 9.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1981 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1981 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1981 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1981 @ WSH W 5-4 0 1 1 1 4 6 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1981 vs PIT T 4-4 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1981 @ STL W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1981 @ CHI W 6-2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1981 @ CLR W 5-3 0 2 2 3 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1981 vs MTL T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1981 vs PHI T 3-3 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1981 @ EDM W 5-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1981 @ WIN W 6-3 1 2 3 3 2 7 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1981 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1981 vs EDM T 8-8 1 1 2 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1981 vs TOR L 5-8 2 0 2 0 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1981 vs STL T 1-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1981 @ PIT L 3-5 0 1 1 -3 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1981 vs MNS T 5-5 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1981 @ NYR L 3-9 0 0 0 -2 9 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1981 vs LAK W 8-1 1 2 3 2 2 6 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1981 @ BOS L 3-6 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1981 @ QUE L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1981 @ TOR W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1981 vs BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1981 vs QUE W 7-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1981 @ DET W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1981 vs CGY W 5-0 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1981 vs WSH W 6-4 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1981 vs PIT W 6-3 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1981 @ PHI W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1981 vs BOS L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1981 @ PIT L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1981 vs TOR W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1981 vs HFD W 8-1 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1981 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1980 vs CLR W 9-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1980 @ HFD T 5-5 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1980 vs CGY T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1980 @ CHI W 9-0 1 1 2 5 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1980 vs QUE W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1980 vs WIN W 6-2 1 1 2 2 7 3 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1980 @ WIN W 5-4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1980 @ CGY T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1980 @ EDM W 3-2 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1980 @ VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1980 @ LAK L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1980 @ CLR L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1980 vs CLR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1980 @ QUE W 7-3 1 1 2 4 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1980 vs DET W 5-1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1980 @ MTL W 4-3 1 2 3 1 6 4 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1980 vs WIN T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1980 vs NYR W 6-4 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1980 vs HFD W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1980 @ STL W 7-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1980 @ MNS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1980 vs BUF W 4-1 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1980 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1980 vs MNS T 6-6 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1980 vs CHI W 7-3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1980 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1980 vs DET W 6-4 0 5 5 3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1980 vs LAK L 3-7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1980 vs MTL W 6-4 1 1 2 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1980 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1980 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1980 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1980 vs VAN L 3-6 0 2 2 -2 2 7 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1980 @ HFD T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1980 vs EDM T 5-5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1980 @ DET W 6-4 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1980 vs STL T 5-5 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1980 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1980 vs BOS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00