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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 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Randy Carlyle WIN · 42 P in 71 GP Ron Wilson MNS · 41 P in 65 GP Dave Babych HFD · 41 P in 66 GP Ron Greschner NYR · 40 P in 60 GP Moe Mantha PIT · 40 P in 62 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

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
58 12 30 42 -6 70 147 0 0.72 8.2 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1987 @ PHI W 9-5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1987 vs BUF T 6-6 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1987 vs QUE L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1987 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1987 vs MTL W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1987 @ MTL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1987 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1987 vs BUF L 1-5 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1987 @ CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1987 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1987 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1987 vs WIN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1987 @ QUE W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1987 @ DET L 5-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1987 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1987 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1987 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1987 vs WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1987 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1987 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1987 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1987 vs MNS W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1987 vs BOS L 4-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1986 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1986 vs CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1986 @ PIT T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1986 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1986 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1986 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1986 @ PHI L 4-9 1 0 1 -1 2 7 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1986 vs LAK L 2-7 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1986 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1986 @ VAN W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1986 @ EDM L 1-7 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1986 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1986 vs PHI L 5-6 0 2 2 -1 4 6 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1986 @ PIT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 12 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1986 vs PIT W 5-1 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1986 vs HFD L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 6 4 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1986 vs TOR W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1986 @ QUE W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1986 @ WIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1986 @ MNS W 7-3 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1986 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1986 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1986 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1986 @ HFD L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1986 vs WSH W 7-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1986 vs WIN W 7-4 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1986 @ NJD L 6-7 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1986 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1986 vs LAK W 4-3 0 2 2 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1986 vs NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1986 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1986 vs NYR L 2-3 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1986 vs WSH W 7-4 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ LAK L 4-5 0 3 3 1 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1986 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 00:00