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Jean Potvin

#3 · Defence · New York Islanders

Born Mar 25, 1949 in Hull, Quebec, CAN · 5'10", 187 lb · Shoots right

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1980-81, 1979-80

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bryan Watson PIT · 20 P in 77 GP Barry Ashbee PHI · 20 P in 73 GP Tom Reid MNS · 21 P in 78 GP Rick Smith CGS · 19 P in 78 GP Keith Magnuson CHI · 21 P in 77 GP

Career

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

02040601970-71: 4 points470-711971-72: 20 points2071-721972-73: 15 points1572-731973-74: 28 points2873-741974-75: 33 points3374-751975-76: 72 points7275-761976-77: 46 points4676-771977-78: 28 points2877-781978-79: 21 points2178-791979-80: 15 points1579-801980-81: 5 points580-81

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1970-71 LAK 6 1 3 4 5 2 5 0 0.67
1971-72 LAK 50 2 3 5 -38 35 55 0 0.10
1971-72 PHI 29 3 12 15 -6 6 23 0 0.52
1972-73 PHI 36 3 9 12 -1 10 27 0 0.33
1972-73 NYI 10 0 3 3 -3 12 18 0 0.30
1973-74 NYI 78 5 23 28 -26 100 114 0 0.36
1974-75 NYI 73 9 24 33 -2 59 115 0 0.45
1975-76 NYI 78 17 55 72 16 74 167 0 0.92
1976-77 NYI 79 10 36 46 14 26 128 0 0.58
1977-78 NYI 34 1 10 11 11 8 36 0 0.32
1977-78 CLE 40 3 14 17 -5 30 86 0 0.43
1978-79 MNS 64 5 16 21 -10 65 89 0 0.33
1979-80 NYI 33 2 13 15 -11 26 48 0 0.45
1980-81 NYI 19 2 3 5 -4 25 16 0 0.26
11 seasons Career 629 63 224 287 -60 478 927 0 0.46

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 15 2 4 6 -2 9 15 0 0.40
1975-76 NYI 13 0 1 1 -1 2 25 0 0.08
1976-77 NYI 11 0 4 4 2 6 20 0 0.36
1979-80 NYI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 40 2 9 11 -1 17 60 0 0.28

1971-72 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 5 15 20 -44 41 78 0 0.25 6.4 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 28, 1972 @ MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1972 vs VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1972 vs CGS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1972 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1972 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1972 vs BUF T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1972 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1972 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1972 @ LAK W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1972 @ VAN W 6-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1972 vs MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1972 vs STL W 6-2 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1972 vs MNS W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1972 @ DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1972 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1972 @ NYR L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1972 vs TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1972 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1972 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1972 @ CHI T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1972 @ BUF T 4-4 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1972 @ MNS L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1972 @ CGS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1972 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1972 vs STL T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1972 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1972 vs DET W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1972 vs PIT W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1972 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1972 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1972 @ MNS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1972 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1972 vs NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1972 @ PHI T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1972 @ DET L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1972 @ BOS T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1972 @ TOR T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1972 @ NYR L 0-8 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1972 @ MTL L 2-10 0 0 0 -4 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1972 @ CGS L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1972 vs CGS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1972 @ VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1972 vs MNS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1971 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1971 @ CHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1971 vs CGS L 1-3 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1971 @ STL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1971 @ MNS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1971 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1971 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1971 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1971 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1971 @ CHI L 0-7 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1971 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1971 @ BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1971 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1971 vs MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1971 vs BUF W 5-3 1 1 2 3 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1971 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1971 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1971 @ PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1971 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1971 @ BOS L 2-11 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1971 @ PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1971 @ BUF W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1971 @ NYR L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1971 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1971 vs NYR L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1971 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1971 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1971 vs MNS L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1971 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1971 @ PHI W 7-0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1971 @ PIT L 1-8 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1971 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1971 vs PHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1971 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1971 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1971 @ CGS T 4-4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 00:00