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

Mike Ridley WSH · 70 P in 78 GP Pat LaFontaine NYI · 70 P in 80 GP Troy Murray CHI · 71 P in 77 GP Patrik Sundstrom VAN · 71 P in 72 GP Charlie Simmer BOS · 69 P in 80 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

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 25 45 70 47 53 155 0 0.93 16.1 0:00

Game log

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