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Denis Potvin

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: October 29, 1953 in Ottawa, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1991

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:55AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #19. Bryan Trottier… #20. DENIS POTVIN… #20. Mark Messier… #22. Frank Mahovlich… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 20 NYI NHL 77 17 37 54 20 -16 175 11 6 0 3 209 8.1
1974-75 21 NYI NHL 79 21 55 76 26 28 105 14 5 2 4 211 10.0
1975-76 22 NYI NHL 78 31 67 98 35 12 100 13 18 0 4 256 12.1
1976-77 23 NYI NHL 80 25 55 80 29 42 103 17 7 1 4 241 10.4
1977-78 24 NYI NHL 80 30 64 94 33 57 81 21 9 0 6 288 10.4
1978-79 25 NYI NHL 73 31 70 101 35 71 58 16 12 3 2 237 13.1
1979-80 26 NYI NHL 31 8 33 41 13 13 44 4 4 0 0 98 8.2
1980-81 27 NYI NHL 74 20 56 76 27 38 104 11 9 0 4 206 9.7
1981-82 28 NYI NHL 60 24 37 61 23 38 83 12 11 1 4 169 14.2
1982-83 29 NYI NHL 69 12 54 66 21 32 60 7 4 1 1 191 6.3
1983-84 30 NYI NHL 78 22 63 85 30 55 87 10 11 1 3 246 8.9
1984-85 31 NYI NHL 77 17 51 68 23 36 96 11 6 0 1 198 8.6
1985-86 32 NYI NHL 74 21 38 59 22 34 78 12 8 1 4 168 12.5
1986-87 33 NYI NHL 58 12 30 42 15 -6 70 4 8 0 1 147 8.2
1987-88 34 NYI NHL 72 19 32 51 19 26 112 10 9 0 3 188 10.1
Career NHL 1060 310 742 1052 372 460 1356 173 127 10 44 3053 10.2

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1973-74 20 NYI NHL 77 0.22 0.48 0.70 0.26 2.27 2.71 16 36 52 19 114 29 141 40 -16 4.6 4.2 8.8
1974-75 21 NYI NHL 79 0.27 0.70 0.96 0.33 1.33 2.67 18 48 66 23 153 48 111 34 28 6.1 6.3 12.3
1975-76 22 NYI NHL 78 0.40 0.86 1.26 0.45 1.28 3.28 27 59 86 31 168 85 104 33 12 8.7 5.6 14.3
1976-77 23 NYI NHL 80 0.31 0.69 1.00 0.36 1.29 3.01 22 50 72 26 173 56 92 17 42 6.9 6.7 13.7
1977-78 24 NYI NHL 80 0.38 0.80 1.18 0.42 1.01 3.60 27 58 85 31 204 70 107 30 57 8.4 7.0 15.5
1978-79 25 NYI NHL 73 0.42 0.96 1.38 0.49 0.79 3.25 26 59 85 30 203 75 91 34 71 8.6 7.3 15.9
1979-80 26 NYI NHL 31 0.26 1.06 1.32 0.43 1.42 3.16 7 28 35 11 72 26 48 15 13 3.2 2.4 5.6
1980-81 27 NYI NHL 74 0.27 0.76 1.03 0.36 1.41 2.78 15 43 58 20 190 85 108 41 38 5.4 5.6 10.9
1981-82 28 NYI NHL 60 0.40 0.62 1.02 0.38 1.38 2.82 17 27 44 17 148 56 77 23 38 4.5 4.7 9.2
1982-83 29 NYI NHL 69 0.17 0.78 0.96 0.31 0.87 2.77 10 44 54 17 140 55 81 28 32 4.1 5.7 9.8
1983-84 30 NYI NHL 78 0.28 0.81 1.09 0.38 1.12 3.15 17 50 67 23 178 50 105 32 55 5.9 6.0 11.9
1984-85 31 NYI NHL 77 0.22 0.66 0.88 0.30 1.25 2.57 13 41 54 18 161 45 117 37 36 4.5 5.0 9.5
1985-86 32 NYI NHL 74 0.28 0.51 0.80 0.29 1.05 2.27 16 30 46 17 133 39 93 33 34 4.0 5.2 9.2
1986-87 33 NYI NHL 58 0.21 0.52 0.72 0.25 1.21 2.53 10 25 35 12 93 44 78 23 -6 2.8 2.9 5.7
1987-88 34 NYI NHL 72 0.26 0.44 0.71 0.27 1.56 2.61 16 27 43 16 121 46 74 25 26 3.7 4.8 8.5
Career NHL 1060 0.29 0.70 0.99 0.35 1.28 2.88 257 625 882 311 2251 809 1427 445 460 81.4 79.4 160.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 21 NYI NHL 17 5 9 14 30 1 3 1 0
1975-76 22 NYI NHL 13 5 14 19 32 3 2 0 1
1976-77 23 NYI NHL 12 6 4 10 20 4 2 0 0
1977-78 24 NYI NHL 7 2 2 4 6 2 0 0 0
1978-79 25 NYI NHL 10 4 7 11 8 4 0 0 1
1979-80 26 NYI NHL SC 21 6 13 19 24 2 4 0 1
1980-81 27 NYI NHL SC 18 8 17 25 16 1 6 1 2
1981-82 28 NYI NHL SC 19 5 16 21 30 2 3 0 0
1982-83 29 NYI NHL SC 20 8 12 20 22 4 4 0 1
1983-84 30 NYI NHL 20 1 5 6 -5 28 0 1 0 0 56 1.8
1984-85 31 NYI NHL 10 3 2 5 0 10 2 1 0 1 22 13.6
1985-86 32 NYI NHL 3 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1986-87 33 NYI NHL 10 2 2 4 -7 21 1 1 0 0 22 9.1
1987-88 34 NYI NHL 5 1 4 5 -3 6 0 1 0 0 15 6.7
Career NHL 4 185 56 108 164 -17 253 26 28 2 7 119 5.9

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1968-69 15 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 46 12 25 37 83
1969-70 16 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 42 13 18 31 97
1970-71 17 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 57 20 58 78 200
1971-72 18 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 48 15 45 60 188
1972-73 19 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 61 35 88 123 232
1976-77 23 Canada Can-Cup 7 1 8 9 16
1978-79 25 NHL All-Stars Ch-Cup 2 0 0 0 0
1981-82 28 Canada Can-Cup 7 2 5 7 12
1985-86 32 Canada WEC-A 7 1 4 5 6
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 14 3 13 16 28
Career 1 Season Ch-Cup 2 0 0 0 0
Career 5 Seasons OHA-Jr. 254 95 234 329 800
Career 1 Season WEC-A 7 1 4 5 6

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1969-70 16 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 5 2 1 3 9
1970-71 17 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 11 4 6 10 26
1972-73 19 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 9 6 10 16 22
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 25 12 17 29 57

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Denis Potvin 15.9 15.5 14.3 13.7 12.3 11.9 10.9 9.8 9.5 9.2 9.2 8.8 8.5 5.7 5.6
Paul Coffey 94.2 16.1 14.8 14.3 12.1 11.2 11.0 10.3 9.7 9.3 9.0 8.9 7.6 7.2 6.9 4.9
Nicklas Lidstrom 92.1 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.2 12.2 11.6 10.5 10.4 10.3 9.5 9.2 8.4 6.1 5.5
Raymond Bourque 90.0 14.5 13.5 13.5 13.2 12.5 12.2 11.8 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.2 10.1 9.6 9.4 9.3
King Clancy 89.0 9.8 9.6 9.3 9.1 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.3 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.1 3.2 2.9
Eddie Shore 88.0 12.0 10.2 9.8 9.4 9.0 7.6 7.5 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.2 2.9 2.1 1.9
Larry Robinson 87.7 16.9 12.5 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.0 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.8 6.9 6.4 1.6
Red Kelly 86.1 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.3 11.2 11.1 9.6 8.7 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.9
Brian Leetch 85.6 13.3 13.2 13.1 11.4 10.5 9.4 9.4 9.0 8.7 6.9 6.5 6.4 4.2 3.9 2.0
Sergei Zubov 85.5 12.5 12.2 11.0 11.0 10.7 10.4 9.9 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.1 6.0 5.5 4.1
Al MacInnis 84.4 14.1 13.3 12.1 11.1 10.5 10.1 9.6 9.4 8.9 7.1 7.0 5.3 4.9 0.8 0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Denis Potvin 15.9 15.5 14.3 13.7 12.3 11.9 10.9 9.8 9.5 9.2 9.2 8.8 8.5 5.7 5.6
Paul Coffey 90.0 16.1 14.8 14.3 12.1 11.7 11.2 11.0 10.3 9.7 9.3 9.0 8.9 7.6 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.4 5.1 4.9 1.9 0.3
King Clancy 88.9 9.8 9.6 9.3 9.1 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.3 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.1 3.2 2.9 0.6
Al MacInnis 88.3 14.1 13.6 13.3 12.3 12.1 11.1 10.5 10.5 10.1 9.6 9.4 9.2 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.7 7.1 7.0 5.3 4.9 0.8 0.2 0.1
Eddie Shore 88.0 12.0 10.2 9.8 9.4 9.0 7.6 7.5 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.2 2.9 2.1 1.9
Brian Leetch 87.0 13.3 13.2 13.1 11.4 10.5 9.4 9.4 9.0 8.8 8.7 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.5 4.3 4.2 3.9 2.0
Sergei Zubov 85.5 12.5 12.2 11.0 11.0 10.7 10.4 9.9 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.1 6.0 5.5 4.1 0.3
Larry Robinson 85.3 16.9 12.5 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.0 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.8 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.4 4.6 4.3 2.7 1.6
Nicklas Lidstrom 84.2 14.4 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.2 12.2 11.6 11.2 10.7 10.5 10.4 10.3 9.5 9.5 9.2 8.4 6.1 5.5
Red Kelly 83.6 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.3 11.2 11.1 9.6 8.7 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.2 3.7 2.9 1.8
Chris Pronger 83.3 14.8 11.7 11.4 10.8 10.4 10.3 9.6 9.0 8.6 8.4 7.9 7.9 5.3 4.8 4.2 2.3 0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1974 NHL
1975 NHL
1976 NHL
1977 NHL
1978 NHL
1981 NHL
1983 NHL
1984 NHL
1988 NHL

Awards

1973-74 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1975-76 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1977-78 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1978-79 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy

Honors

1974-75 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1975-76 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1976-77 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1977-78 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1978-79 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1980-81 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1983-84 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1980 New York Islanders (NHL)
1981 New York Islanders (NHL)
1982 New York Islanders (NHL)
1983 New York Islanders (NHL)

Games Played

1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 80 (3)

Assists

1975-76 NHL 67 (6)
1976-77 NHL 55 (10)
1977-78 NHL 64 (5)
1978-79 NHL 70 (5)
Career NHL 742 (41)

Points

1977-78 NHL 94 (5)
1978-79 NHL 101 (7)
Career NHL 1052 (63)

Goals Created

1977-78 NHL 33.5 (9)
1978-79 NHL 35.5 (9)
Career NHL 371.8 (80)

Plus/Minus

1977-78 NHL 57 (6)
1978-79 NHL 71 (2)
1983-84 NHL 55 (5)
Career NHL 460 (6)

Penalties in Minutes

1973-74 NHL 175 (7)

Power Play Goals

1975-76 NHL 18 (2)
Career NHL 127 (75)

Short-Handed Goals

1978-79 NHL 3 (5)

Game-Winning Goals

1977-78 NHL 6 (9)

Shots

1977-78 NHL 288 (5)
Career NHL 3053 (78)

Assists Per Game

1975-76 NHL 0.86 (6)
1977-78 NHL 0.80 (6)
1978-79 NHL 0.96 (3)
1979-80 NHL 1.06 (2)
1982-83 NHL 0.78 (9)
Career NHL 0.70 (24)

Points Per Game

1975-76 NHL 1.26 (10)
1977-78 NHL 1.18 (8)
1978-79 NHL 1.38 (5)
Career NHL 0.99 (58)

Goals Created Per Game

1978-79 NHL 0.49 (8)

Adjusted Assists

1975-76 NHL 59 (6)
1976-77 NHL 50 (9)
1977-78 NHL 58 (5)
1978-79 NHL 59 (5)
Career NHL 625 (68)

Adjusted Points

1975-76 NHL 86 (10)
1977-78 NHL 85 (5)
1978-79 NHL 85 (7)

Adjusted Goals Created

1977-78 NHL 30.6 (9)
1978-79 NHL 30.3 (8)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1975-76 NHL 168 (5)
1976-77 NHL 173 (7)
1977-78 NHL 204 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 203 (1)
 1980-81 NHL 190 (3)
1983-84 NHL 178 (5)
1984-85 NHL 161 (7)
Career NHL 2251 (15)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1975-76 NHL 85 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 56 (2)
1977-78 NHL 70 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 75 (2)
1980-81 NHL 85 (2)
Career NHL 809 (19)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1973-74 NHL 141 (3)
Career NHL 1427 (41)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1973-74 NHL 40 (3)
Career NHL 445 (23)

Offensive Point Shares

1975-76 NHL 8.7 (8)
1977-78 NHL 8.4 (5)
1978-79 NHL 8.6 (6)
Career NHL 81.4 (67)

Defensive Point Shares

1976-77 NHL 6.7 (3)
1977-78 NHL 7.0 (4)
1978-79 NHL 7.3 (1)
 1982-83 NHL 5.7 (6)
1983-84 NHL 6.0 (6)
1985-86 NHL 5.2 (7)
Career NHL 79.4 (14)

Point Shares

1974-75 NHL 12.3 (8)
1975-76 NHL 14.3 (3)
1976-77 NHL 13.7 (5)
1977-78 NHL 15.5 (2)
1978-79 NHL 15.9 (1)
 1980-81 NHL 10.9 (6)
1982-83 NHL 9.8 (10)
1983-84 NHL 11.9 (4)
Career NHL 160.7 (25)
  

Transactions

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November 30, 1979: Missed majority of 1979-80 due to thumb injury vs. Edmonton, November 30, 1979.

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