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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 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jim Fox LAK · 51 P in 68 GP Jim Peplinski CGY · 51 P in 75 GP Scott Mellanby PHI · 51 P in 75 GP Patrik Sundstrom NJD · 51 P in 78 GP Ray Ferraro HFD · 50 P in 68 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

1987-88 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 19 32 51 17 32 125 0 0.75 15.2 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1988 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1988 @ QUE W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1988 vs QUE T 4-4 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1988 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1988 vs WIN W 6-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1988 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1988 @ VAN W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1988 @ LAK W 8-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1988 @ DET W 11-6 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1988 vs DET W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1988 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1988 vs HFD W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1988 @ TOR L 4-7 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1988 vs CGY L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1988 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1988 vs TOR W 6-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1988 @ WSH L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1988 vs WIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1988 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1988 vs MNS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1988 @ BOS W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1988 vs EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1988 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1988 @ PIT W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1988 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1988 vs NJD L 5-7 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1988 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1988 vs STL W 6-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1988 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1988 @ VAN W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1987 @ CGY L 4-5 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1987 @ EDM L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1987 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1987 vs MNS W 5-3 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1987 @ NYR W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1987 @ NYI W 5-4 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1987 vs NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1987 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1987 @ WIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1987 @ DET T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1987 vs NYR W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1987 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1987 vs NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1987 vs HFD W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1987 @ QUE W 6-3 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1987 vs BUF W 5-2 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1987 vs NYI L 4-6 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1987 vs LAK W 7-5 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1987 @ NJD L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1987 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1987 vs PIT W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1987 @ STL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1987 vs NJD T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1987 @ MTL L 4-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1987 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1987 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1987 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1987 @ HFD L 4-7 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1987 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1987 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1987 vs NYR L 3-5 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1987 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1987 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1987 @ NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1987 vs NYI L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1987 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1987 @ MNS W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1987 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00