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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 1975-76. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ron Stackhouse PIT · 71 P in 80 GP Guy Lapointe MTL · 68 P in 77 GP Dale Tallon CHI · 62 P in 80 GP Brad Park BOS · 59 P in 56 GP Borje Salming TOR · 57 P in 79 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

1975-76 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 17 55 72 16 74 167 0 0.92 10.2 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1976 @ AFM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1976 vs NYR W 10-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1976 vs AFM T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1976 @ NYR L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1976 vs PHI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1976 @ CGS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1976 @ LAK T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1976 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1976 vs CHI W 4-2 1 2 3 2 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1976 vs MNS L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1976 @ CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1976 @ TOR T 2-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1976 vs STL W 4-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1976 @ PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1976 vs WSH W 6-3 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1976 vs VAN T 3-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1976 vs CGS W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1976 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1976 vs KCS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1976 @ MNS W 7-2 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1976 @ WSH W 4-0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1976 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1976 @ DET W 5-3 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1976 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1976 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1976 vs PIT T 4-4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1976 @ KCS T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1976 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1976 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1976 @ DET L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1976 @ NYR W 6-5 1 2 3 1 4 6 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1976 vs AFM T 2-2 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1976 @ STL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1976 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1976 vs MNS W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1976 vs LAK W 5-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1976 vs DET W 8-1 3 1 4 2 2 7 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1976 @ WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1976 vs AFM T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1976 vs DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1976 vs TOR L 3-5 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1976 vs KCS W 8-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1976 @ PHI L 3-5 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1976 vs CHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1975 vs PHI W 6-2 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1975 @ CHI L 2-5 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1975 @ STL W 7-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1975 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1975 @ NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1975 @ TOR W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1975 @ AFM T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1975 vs MNS W 6-0 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1975 @ BUF W 3-0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1975 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1975 vs PIT W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1975 @ STL W 4-1 2 0 2 0 2 7 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1975 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1975 vs STL W 8-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1975 vs MTL L 1-2 0 1 1 1 5 3 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1975 @ MNS W 9-1 1 1 2 3 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1975 vs KCS W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1975 @ BOS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1975 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1975 @ VAN L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1975 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1975 @ CGS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1975 @ PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1975 @ PIT L 6-7 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1975 vs CGS W 5-3 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1975 vs WSH W 7-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1975 @ MTL T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1975 vs NYR W 7-1 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1975 vs PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1975 @ AFM W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1975 vs MTL W 5-3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1975 @ BOS T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1975 vs LAK W 7-0 1 1 2 5 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1975 @ KCS T 1-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00