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

Lars Lindgren VAN · 21 P in 65 GP Bob Lorimer NYI · 21 P in 68 GP Rick Lapointe PHI · 21 P in 77 GP Colin Campbell PIT · 20 P in 65 GP Dave Farrish NYR · 20 P in 71 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

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
64 5 16 21 -10 65 89 0 0.33 5.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1979 @ CHI L 1-7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1979 @ BOS L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1979 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 @ CLR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1979 vs PHI W 7-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1979 vs NYI L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 @ TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 @ WSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 @ BOS L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1979 vs NYR T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs AFM L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1979 @ AFM T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 vs TOR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1979 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 vs BOS T 3-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1979 @ PIT L 5-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 vs VAN W 8-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 vs TOR W 6-4 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1979 vs DET W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1979 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1979 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1979 vs TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 vs CLR T 3-3 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1979 @ CLR L 3-5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 @ PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1979 @ NYR W 8-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 vs CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1979 @ BOS L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1979 @ TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 vs BOS L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1979 vs STL T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 @ CLR L 2-7 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1978 vs WSH W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1978 @ STL W 6-4 0 3 3 1 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs PIT W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1978 @ TOR L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1978 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1978 @ WSH W 6-1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1978 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 @ BOS T 4-4 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 vs CLR W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1978 vs LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs AFM W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1978 @ AFM W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1978 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1978 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1978 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1978 @ BUF L 2-9 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 vs NYR L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1978 vs WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 @ LAK L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1978 @ VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1978 @ NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1978 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1978 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1978 vs STL W 9-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 00:00