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Dave Poulin

#9 · Centre · Washington Capitals

Born Dec 17, 1958 in Timmins, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 190 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 1992-93
Frank J. Selke Trophy Top Defensive Forward 1986-87

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Laurie Boschman WIN · 69 P in 77 GP Kelly Kisio DET · 69 P in 76 GP Dale Hunter QUE · 70 P in 80 GP John Ogrodnick DET · 70 P in 76 GP John Tonelli CGY · 68 P in 74 GP

Career

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

02040601982-83: 2 points282-831983-84: 76 points7683-841984-85: 74 points7484-851985-86: 69 points6985-861986-87: 70 points7086-871987-88: 51 points5187-881988-89: 35 points3588-891989-90: 42 points4289-901990-91: 20 points2090-911991-92: 8 points891-921992-93: 49 points4992-931993-94: 25 points2593-941994-95: 9 points994-95

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1982-83 PHI 2 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 1.00
1983-84 PHI 73 31 45 76 32 47 185 0 1.04
1984-85 PHI 73 30 44 74 45 59 182 0 1.01
1985-86 PHI 79 27 42 69 21 49 181 0 0.87
1986-87 PHI 75 25 45 70 47 53 155 0 0.93
1987-88 PHI 68 19 32 51 17 32 125 0 0.75
1988-89 PHI 69 18 17 35 4 49 81 0 0.51
1989-90 PHI 28 9 8 17 5 12 46 0 0.61
1989-90 BOS 32 6 19 25 11 12 42 0 0.78
1990-91 BOS 31 8 12 20 5 25 60 0 0.65
1991-92 BOS 18 4 4 8 -2 18 31 0 0.44
1992-93 BOS 84 16 33 49 29 62 112 0 0.58
1993-94 WSH 63 6 19 25 -1 52 64 0 0.40
1994-95 WSH 29 4 5 9 2 10 30 0 0.31
13 seasons Career 724 205 325 530 216 482 1298 0 0.73

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1982-83 PHI 3 1 3 4 1 9 6 0 1.33
1983-84 PHI 3 0 0 0 -4 2 5 0 0.00
1984-85 PHI 11 3 5 8 -1 6 20 0 0.73
1985-86 PHI 5 2 0 2 -3 2 10 0 0.40
1986-87 PHI 15 3 3 6 0 14 21 0 0.40
1987-88 PHI 7 2 6 8 5 4 13 0 1.14
1988-89 PHI 19 6 5 11 5 16 27 0 0.58
1989-90 BOS 18 8 5 13 1 8 36 0 0.72
1990-91 BOS 16 0 9 9 3 20 17 0 0.56
1991-92 BOS 15 3 3 6 2 22 24 0 0.40
1992-93 BOS 4 1 1 2 -3 10 6 0 0.50
1993-94 WSH 11 2 2 4 -3 19 13 0 0.36
1994-95 WSH 2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0.00
13 seasons Playoffs 129 31 42 73 2 132 201 0 0.57

1985-86 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 27 42 69 21 49 181 0 0.87 14.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 1986 vs WSH W 5-3 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1986 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1986 @ NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1986 vs NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1986 vs NYR W 8-2 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1986 vs BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1986 @ WSH L 5-6 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1986 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1986 vs PIT W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1986 vs NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1986 @ TOR W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1986 vs WSH W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1986 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1986 @ NJD L 3-7 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1986 vs TOR W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1986 vs BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1986 @ EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1986 @ VAN L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1986 @ CGY L 4-7 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1986 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1986 vs LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1986 vs WIN W 8-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1986 @ MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1986 @ BUF W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1986 @ CHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1986 vs MNS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1986 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1986 @ QUE T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1986 @ NYI L 4-8 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1986 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 4 4 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1986 @ STL W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1986 vs DET W 5-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1986 @ NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1986 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1986 vs NYI L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1986 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1986 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1986 @ NJD W 8-4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1986 vs WSH W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1986 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1986 @ LAK W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1985 @ EDM L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1985 @ CGY W 6-5 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1985 @ VAN W 6-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1985 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1985 @ PIT W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1985 vs NJD W 6-3 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1985 @ NJD L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1985 @ DET W 6-4 1 0 1 1 4 3 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1985 vs MTL W 6-3 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1985 vs BOS W 7-4 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1985 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1985 vs NYR W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1985 vs TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1985 @ DET L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1985 @ WIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1985 @ MNS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1985 vs WIN W 6-1 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1985 vs PIT W 7-4 3 0 3 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1985 @ BOS L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1985 vs HFD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1985 @ NYI L 6-8 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1985 vs NYI W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1985 @ HFD W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1985 vs EDM W 5-3 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1985 vs BOS W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1985 vs CHI W 6-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1985 @ NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1985 vs LAK W 7-4 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1985 @ QUE W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1985 @ MTL W 5-4 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1985 vs VAN W 7-4 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1985 vs HFD W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1985 @ CHI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1985 vs MNS W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1985 vs QUE L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1985 @ WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1985 @ PIT W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1985 vs NJD L 5-6 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00