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Carol Vadnais

#5 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born Sep 25, 1945 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 185 lb · Shoots left

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1971-72, 1967-68

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dennis Kearns VAN · 47 P in 80 GP Brad Maxwell MNS · 47 P in 75 GP Serge Savard MTL · 42 P in 77 GP Guy Lapointe MTL · 42 P in 49 GP Dennis Owchar CLR · 41 P in 82 GP

Career

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

02040601966-67: 3 points366-671967-68: 2 points21968-69: 42 points4268-691969-70: 44 points441970-71: 26 points2670-711971-72: 44 points441972-73: 31 points3172-731973-74: 59 points591974-75: 74 points7474-751975-76: 57 points571976-77: 48 points4876-771977-78: 46 points461978-79: 45 points4578-791979-80: 23 points231980-81: 23 points2380-811981-82: 11 points111982-83: 9 points982-83

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1966-67 MTL 11 0 3 3 5 35 10 0 0.27
1967-68 MTL 34 1 1 2 -5 29 25 0 0.06
1968-69 OAK 76 15 27 42 -17 151 274 0 0.55
1969-70 OAK 76 24 20 44 -29 212 245 0 0.58
1970-71 CGS 42 10 16 26 -4 91 146 0 0.62
1971-72 CGS 52 14 20 34 -21 106 139 0 0.65
1971-72 BOS 17 4 6 10 2 37 37 0 0.59
1972-73 BOS 78 7 24 31 20 127 150 0 0.40
1973-74 BOS 78 16 43 59 34 123 187 0 0.76
1974-75 BOS 79 18 56 74 10 129 258 0 0.94
1975-76 BOS 12 2 5 7 1 17 33 0 0.58
1975-76 NYR 64 20 30 50 -16 104 197 0 0.78
1976-77 NYR 74 11 37 48 -20 131 169 0 0.65
1977-78 NYR 80 6 40 46 -24 115 164 0 0.58
1978-79 NYR 77 8 37 45 14 86 149 0 0.58
1979-80 NYR 66 3 20 23 2 118 83 0 0.35
1980-81 NYR 74 3 20 23 20 91 118 0 0.31
1981-82 NYR 50 5 6 11 -4 45 43 0 0.22
1982-83 NJD 51 2 7 9 -31 64 32 0 0.18
17 seasons Career 1091 169 418 587 -63 1811 2459 0 0.54

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1966-67 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
1967-68 MTL 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
1968-69 OAK 7 1 4 5 5 10 42 0 0.71
1969-70 OAK 4 2 1 3 -2 15 20 0 0.75
1971-72 BOS 15 0 2 2 2 43 24 0 0.13
1972-73 BOS 5 0 0 0 -2 8 6 0 0.00
1973-74 BOS 16 1 12 13 7 42 46 0 0.81
1974-75 BOS 3 1 5 6 5 0 11 0 2.00
1977-78 NYR 3 0 2 2 -1 16 3 0 0.67
1978-79 NYR 18 2 9 11 17 13 16 0 0.61
1979-80 NYR 9 1 2 3 3 6 8 0 0.33
1980-81 NYR 14 1 3 4 9 26 18 0 0.29
1981-82 NYR 10 1 0 1 0 4 12 0 0.10
13 seasons Playoffs 109 10 40 50 43 187 206 0 0.46

1977-78 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 6 40 46 -24 115 164 0 0.58 3.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 1978 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 8, 1978 @ NYI L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 6, 1978 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1978 vs AFM L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1978 @ BOS L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1978 @ AFM L 0-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1978 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1978 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1978 @ TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1978 @ WSH W 11-4 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1978 @ STL W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1978 @ MNS T 7-7 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1978 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1978 vs PHI T 2-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1978 vs WSH W 8-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1978 vs CLE W 6-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1978 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1978 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1978 vs AFM L 3-5 0 1 1 -3 7 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1978 @ MTL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1978 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1978 @ CHI L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1978 vs CLR T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1978 vs VAN W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1978 vs MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 2 6 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1978 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1978 @ BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1978 vs MNS W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1978 vs CLR W 6-3 1 2 3 2 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1978 @ STL T 2-2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1978 vs NYI L 6-7 1 1 2 -1 5 6 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1978 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1978 @ NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1978 vs TOR L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1978 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1978 @ AFM L 3-5 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1978 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1978 @ VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1978 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1978 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1978 vs PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1978 @ CLR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1978 @ MNS W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1977 vs BUF T 2-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1977 @ WSH T 3-3 0 1 1 -2 4 4 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1977 vs PHI L 3-4 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1977 vs CLE W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1977 vs WSH T 5-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1977 vs DET W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1977 @ CLE L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1977 @ DET T 5-5 0 0 0 -1 6 1 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1977 @ CHI T 2-2 0 1 1 1 10 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1977 vs BOS L 2-8 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1977 @ PHI L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 10 0 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1977 vs PHI T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1977 vs MNS T 4-4 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1977 @ MNS W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1977 @ STL W 4-0 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1977 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1977 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1977 vs CLR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1977 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1977 @ PIT T 5-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1977 vs CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1977 vs AFM L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 5 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1977 @ DET L 1-3 0 1 1 0 15 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1977 vs BUF W 8-4 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1977 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 4 4 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1977 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1977 @ CLR L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1977 vs LAK L 3-5 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1977 @ AFM L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1977 vs STL W 6-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1977 @ CLE W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1977 vs MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1977 @ NYI L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1977 vs PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1977 vs NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1977 @ MTL L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1977 vs VAN W 6-3 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 00:00