Denis Potvin

Full Name: Denis Charles Potvin

(Bear)

Position: D • Shoots: Left

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: October 29, 1953 in Ottawa, Ontario ca

Draft: NY Islanders, 1st round (1st overall), 1973 NHL Amateur

Amateur Teams: Ottawa 67's

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player 1991 (Full List)

Relatives: Brother Jean Potvin; Cousin Marc Potvin

Hall of Fame
4x Cup Winner
1973-74 Calder
7x All Star
3x Norris
NHL 100th Anniv. Team

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Denis Potvin 1980-81 Scoring Log

Regular Season Breakdown

Points Summary
Goals	20
Assists	56
Points	76
Games with Points	44 games

Points by Period
First	29
Second	22
Third	25
OT	0

Points by Situation
Even Strength	30
Power Play	41
Short-handed	5

Points by Opponent
DET	10
WIN	6
EDM	5
PHI	5
MTL	5
BOS	4
PIT	4
TOR	4
QUE	4
LAK	4
CGY	4
MNS	3
BUF	3
CLR	3
CBH	3
STL	2
HAR	2
NYR	2
VAN	2
WSH	1

Goals by Arena
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	12
Chicago Stadium	2
Montreal Forum	1
Quebec Coliseum	1
The Forum	1
Northlands Coliseum	1
Stampede Corral	1
Winnipeg Arena	1

Goals by Goalie
Denis Herron	2
Michel Plasse	2
Tony Esposito	2
Jim Rutherford	2
Rogie Vachon	1
Gilles Meloche	1
Don Edwards	1
Gilles Gilbert	1
Mario Lessard	1
Ron Low	1
Réjean Lemelin	1
Pierre Hamel	1
Paul Pageau	1
Don Beaupre	1
Eddie Mio	1
Michel Dion	1

Goals by Assister
Stefan Persson	7
Bryan Trottier	6
Mike Bossy	4
Clark Gillies	4
Bob Bourne	2
Steve Tambellini	2
Wayne Merrick	1
Bob Nystrom	1
Duane Sutter	1
Butch Goring	1
Bob Lorimer	1
Anders Kallur	1
Ken Morrow	1

Assists by Scorer
Mike Bossy	14
Clark Gillies	8
Bob Bourne	8
Bryan Trottier	8
Butch Goring	4
Bob Nystrom	4
Anders Kallur	4
Wayne Merrick	2
Duane Sutter	1
Steve Tambellini	1
John Tonelli	1
Stefan Persson	1

Regular Season

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Regular Season Table
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
1	1980-10-11	NYI		BOS	0-0	1	03:53	PP	Denis Potvin	Bob Bourne	Stefan Persson	Rogie Vachon
2	1980-10-14	NYI		STL	0-0	1	16:27	PP	Butch Goring	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Ed Staniowski
3	1980-10-14	NYI		STL	3-3	3	01:13	EV	Clark Gillies	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Ed Staniowski
4	1980-10-16	NYI	@	DET	1-0	1	11:35	PP	Bob Nystrom	Steve Tambellini	Denis Potvin	Gilles Gilbert
5	1980-10-16	NYI	@	DET	5-3	3	14:19	PP	Mike Bossy	Bob Bourne	Denis Potvin	Gilles Gilbert
6	1980-10-18	NYI		EDM	1-1	1	13:12	PP	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Bob Bourne	Ron Low
7	1980-10-21	NYI		VAN	0-0	1	18:41	PP	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Bryan Trottier	Richard Brodeur
8	1980-10-21	NYI		VAN	2-3	3	03:45	SH	Bob Bourne	Denis Potvin		Richard Brodeur
9	1980-10-23	NYI	@	PHI	1-2	2	17:37	PP	Bryan Trottier	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Pete Peeters
10	1980-10-28	NYI		MTL	0-0	1	06:02	PP	Denis Potvin	Stefan Persson	Duane Sutter	Denis Herron
11	1980-10-28	NYI		MTL	3-2	3	06:38	PP	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Bryan Trottier	Denis Herron
12	1980-11-04	NYI		DET	0-0	1	04:11	PP	Clark Gillies	Denis Potvin	Stefan Persson	Jim Rutherford
13	1980-11-04	NYI		DET	1-1	1	06:41	EV	Bob Nystrom	Butch Goring	Denis Potvin	Jim Rutherford
14	1980-11-04	NYI		DET	3-2	2	15:56	SH	Bob Bourne	Denis Potvin		Jim Rutherford
15	1980-11-04	NYI		DET	4-2	3	01:41	PP	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Bryan Trottier	Jim Rutherford
16	1980-11-04	NYI		DET	5-3	3	04:35	PP	Duane Sutter	John Tonelli	Denis Potvin	Jim Rutherford
17	1980-11-11	NYI		MNS	5-6	3	17:50	EV	Denis Potvin	Bryan Trottier	Clark Gillies	Gilles Meloche
18	1980-11-15	NYI		BUF	1-0	1	17:05	EV	Denis Potvin	Mike Bossy	Bryan Trottier	Don Edwards
19	1980-11-15	NYI		BUF	2-0	1	19:37	PP	Anders Kallur	Denis Potvin		Don Edwards
20	1980-11-15	NYI		BUF	3-1	3	19:19	EV	Bryan Trottier	Clark Gillies	Denis Potvin	Empty Net
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
21	1980-11-22	NYI		NYR	1-0	1	05:40	PP	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Clark Gillies	John Davidson
22	1980-11-22	NYI		NYR	3-2	2	09:01	PP	Butch Goring	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	John Davidson
23	1980-11-25	NYI		WIN	1-2	2	04:42	PP	Bob Bourne	Anders Kallur	Denis Potvin	Pierre Hamel
24	1980-11-27	NYI	@	MTL	0-2	1	17:50	PP	Bob Bourne	Anders Kallur	Denis Potvin	Denis Herron
25	1980-11-27	NYI	@	MTL	2-3	3	07:24	EV	Denis Potvin	Mike Bossy	Bryan Trottier	Denis Herron
26	1980-11-27	NYI	@	MTL	3-3	3	09:39	EV	Anders Kallur	Denis Potvin		Denis Herron
27	1980-11-29	NYI		DET	0-0	1	12:44	PP	Clark Gillies	Denis Potvin	Bryan Trottier	Gilles Gilbert
28	1980-11-29	NYI		DET	4-1	3	10:11	EV	Denis Potvin			Gilles Gilbert
29	1980-11-30	NYI	@	QUE	1-0	1	18:25	SH	Anders Kallur	Bob Bourne	Denis Potvin	Michel Plasse
30	1980-11-30	NYI	@	QUE	3-1	2	15:08	PP	Denis Potvin	Bryan Trottier	Stefan Persson	Michel Plasse
31	1980-12-04	NYI	@	CLR	2-4	3	18:37	PP	Clark Gillies	Anders Kallur	Denis Potvin	Hardy Åström
32	1980-12-06	NYI	@	LAK	0-0	1	13:46	EV	Denis Potvin	Bob Bourne	Butch Goring	Mario Lessard
33	1980-12-10	NYI	@	EDM	1-2	2	11:37	PP	Denis Potvin	Stefan Persson	Clark Gillies	Ron Low
34	1980-12-10	NYI	@	EDM	2-2	3	19:29	EV	Mike Bossy	Bryan Trottier	Denis Potvin	Ron Low
35	1980-12-13	NYI	@	CGY	2-2	2	13:57	EV	Denis Potvin	Wayne Merrick	Bob Lorimer	Réjean Lemelin
36	1980-12-16	NYI		WIN	2-0	1	16:26	SH	Anders Kallur	Denis Potvin	Glenn Resch	Pierre Hamel
37	1980-12-16	NYI		WIN	3-0	2	01:37	PP	Denis Potvin	Steve Tambellini		Pierre Hamel
38	1980-12-20	NYI		QUE	1-2	2	07:19	PP	Bryan Trottier	Denis Potvin	Stefan Persson	Michel Plasse
39	1980-12-20	NYI		QUE	2-2	3	08:44	PP	Denis Potvin	Stefan Persson	Mike Bossy	Michel Plasse
40	1980-12-21	NYI	@	CBH	4-0	2	04:04	EV	Denis Potvin			Tony Esposito
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
41	1980-12-21	NYI	@	CBH	7-0	3	03:36	PP	Mike Bossy	Clark Gillies	Denis Potvin	Tony Esposito
42	1980-12-23	NYI		CGY	0-0	2	05:11	EV	Bryan Trottier	Denis Potvin		Réjean Lemelin
43	1980-12-27	NYI	@	HAR	0-0	1	15:44	PP	Mike Bossy	John Tonelli	Denis Potvin	John Garrett
44	1981-01-03	NYI		HAR	0-0	1	02:35	PP	Bob Bourne	Denis Potvin	Stefan Persson	Mike Veisor
45	1981-01-06	NYI		TOR	1-0	1	15:48	PP	Bryan Trottier	Denis Potvin	Mike Bossy	Jiří Crha
46	1981-01-10	NYI		BOS	0-0	2	13:46	EV	Wayne Merrick	Denis Potvin		Rogie Vachon
47	1981-01-11	NYI	@	PHI	0-1	1	09:15	EV	Bob Nystrom	Denis Potvin		Pete Peeters
48	1981-01-11	NYI	@	PHI	3-1	2	15:13	PP	Mike Bossy	Clark Gillies	Denis Potvin	Pete Peeters
49	1981-01-13	NYI		PIT	2-0	2	16:28	EV	Bryan Trottier	Bob Lorimer	Denis Potvin	Greg Millen
50	1981-01-13	NYI		PIT	4-3	3	18:51	PP	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Stefan Persson	Greg Millen
51	1981-01-20	NYI		CGY	2-0	3	12:34	PP	Bryan Trottier	Clark Gillies	Denis Potvin	Réjean Lemelin
52	1981-01-20	NYI		CGY	3-0	3	17:27	EV	Clark Gillies	Bryan Trottier	Denis Potvin	Réjean Lemelin
53	1981-01-22	NYI	@	DET	2-0	3	19:56	EV	Clark Gillies	Denis Potvin	Mike Bossy	Empty Net
54	1981-01-28	NYI	@	TOR	2-0	1	18:18	PP	Bryan Trottier	Anders Kallur	Denis Potvin	Jiří Crha
55	1981-02-01	NYI	@	BOS	0-0	1	03:33	PP	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Stefan Persson	Rogie Vachon
56	1981-02-01	NYI	@	BOS	2-4	3	05:38	EV	Butch Goring	Bob Nystrom	Denis Potvin	Rogie Vachon
57	1981-02-03	NYI		LAK	1-0	1	12:01	PP	Denis Potvin	Bryan Trottier	Mike Bossy	Paul Pageau
58	1981-02-03	NYI		LAK	2-0	1	13:30	EV	Steve Tambellini	Bob Nystrom	Denis Potvin	Paul Pageau
59	1981-02-03	NYI		LAK	5-1	3	02:06	EV	Butch Goring	Bob Bourne	Denis Potvin	Paul Pageau
60	1981-02-07	NYI		MNS	1-0	1	04:56	EV	Denis Potvin	Steve Tambellini	Stefan Persson	Don Beaupre
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
61	1981-02-07	NYI		MNS	4-0	1	17:41	PP	Bob Bourne	Denis Potvin	Anders Kallur	Don Beaupre
62	1981-02-12	NYI	@	PIT	2-1	2	18:38	EV	Clark Gillies	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Greg Millen
63	1981-02-17	NYI		TOR	2-4	2	09:53	PP	Denis Potvin	Clark Gillies	Anders Kallur	Jim Rutherford
64	1981-02-17	NYI		TOR	4-5	2	13:19	EV	Denis Potvin	Bob Nystrom		Jim Rutherford
65	1981-03-03	NYI		EDM	0-0	1	09:02	PP	Denis Potvin	Stefan Persson	Clark Gillies	Eddie Mio
66	1981-03-03	NYI		EDM	1-0	1	12:26	EV	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Jean Potvin	Eddie Mio
67	1981-03-11	NYI	@	WIN	0-0	1	00:16	EV	Denis Potvin	Bryan Trottier	Ken Morrow	Michel Dion
68	1981-03-11	NYI	@	WIN	3-2	2	10:04	SH	Bob Bourne	Denis Potvin		Michel Dion
69	1981-03-11	NYI	@	WIN	4-3	3	13:51	EV	Clark Gillies	Denis Potvin	Bob Nystrom	Michel Dion
70	1981-03-14	NYI		PHI	0-2	2	00:46	PP	Bob Bourne	Denis Potvin	Mike Bossy	Rick St. Croix
71	1981-03-14	NYI		PHI	1-2	2	08:59	EV	Wayne Merrick	Denis Potvin	Ken Morrow	Rick St. Croix
72	1981-03-20	NYI	@	CLR	2-1	2	08:04	PP	John Tonelli	Stefan Persson	Denis Potvin	Glenn Resch
73	1981-03-20	NYI	@	CLR	4-3	3	19:00	PP	Mike Bossy	Denis Potvin	Bryan Trottier	Glenn Resch
74	1981-03-22	NYI	@	CBH	4-2	2	18:41	EV	Denis Potvin			Tony Esposito
75	1981-03-28	NYI		PIT	3-4	3	18:14	EV	Bob Nystrom	Denis Potvin	John Tonelli	Greg Millen
76	1981-03-29	NYI	@	WSH	3-4	3	09:18	PP	Stefan Persson	Denis Potvin		Mike Palmateer

Playoffs Breakdown

Points Summary
Goals	8
Assists	17
Points	25
Games with Points	10 games

Points by Period
First	9
Second	8
Third	8
OT	0

Points by Situation
Even Strength	7
Power Play	15
Short-handed	3

Points by Opponent
EDM	10
TOR	6
MNS	6
NYR	3

Goals by Arena
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	7
Northlands Coliseum	1

Goals by Goalie
Andy Moog	5
Don Beaupre	2
Gary Edwards	1

Goals by Assister
Mike Bossy	4
Butch Goring	3
Bryan Trottier	2
Mike McEwen	1
Wayne Merrick	1
Billy Carroll	1
Clark Gillies	1
Bob Bourne	1

Assists by Scorer
Mike Bossy	7
Butch Goring	4
Billy Carroll	1
Bob Bourne	1
Clark Gillies	1
Bryan Trottier	1
Wayne Merrick	1
Ken Morrow	1

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