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Denis Potvin's 1974-1975 season

Points
76
NHL#26
Goals
21
NHL#88
Assists
55
NHL#15
Plus/minus
+27
NHL#40
Games
79
98%
98% of 80

Defenceman Denis Potvin was 20 years old when the 1974-1975 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 79 of a possible 80 games and scored 21 goals and 55 assists for 76 points, 0.96 points per game. In the playoffs he played 17 games for 14 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1974-1975Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Denis Potvin plays the 1974-1975 season for New York Islanders

    NYINew York Islanders

    Denis was 20 years old when the 1974-1975 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI5–5MTL
      game 1/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      KCS2–6NYI
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6NYI
      W
      game 3/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–2NYI
      L
      game 4/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–0WSH
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM1–2NYI
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS0–4NYI
      W
      game 7/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      CGS1–10NYI
      W
      game 8/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–1NYR
      game 9/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • November 1974
    • The game
      BOS2–3NYI
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3PHI
      L
      game 11/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYI
      game 12/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2AFM
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–4STL
      L
      game 14/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–8PIT
      L
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–4KCS
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–5DET
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–4NYI
      W
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–4CHI
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR0–6NYI
      W
      game 20/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +5+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      25
      points
      NHL#8
      5
      goals
      NHL#85
      20
      assists
      NHL#2
      +15
      +/-
      NHL#4
      NYI
      9-7-0W-L-OT22Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN3–3NYI
      game 21/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3LAK
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3CGS
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–3VAN
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • December 1974
    • The game
      TOR3–3NYI
      game 25/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      KCS1–4NYI
      W
      game 26/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3PHI
      L
      game 27/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–3NYI
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–3NYI
      W
      game 29/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5BOS
      L
      game 30/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–8STL
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      game 32/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–3NYI
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–2KCS
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2AFM
      L
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3TOR
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI7–0WSH
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +5+/-1SOG1SHP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5NYI
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-6SOG2PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–3NYI
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1SHP
      +2 points
      View the game
    Milestone

    Denis Potvin reaches 100 career points

    in the game against New York Rangers · January 4

    • The game
      TOR3–5NYI
      W
      game 40/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      48
      points
      NHL#9
      13
      goals
      NHL#47
      35
      assists
      NHL#5
      +19
      +/-
      NHL#12
      NYI
      16-15-0W-L-OT41Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–1PHI
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM2–2NYI
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4TOR
      L
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–5NYI
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3CHI
      L
      game 46/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–5NYI
      game 47/802
      His night
      +4P+3G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–6NYI
      W
      game 48/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–3MNS
      W
      game 49/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • February 1975
    • The game
      NYI4–1DET
      W
      game 50/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–1CHI
      game 51/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYI
      game 52/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5NYI
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-7SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–5BOS
      L
      game 54/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–2NYI
      W
      game 55/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–2MNS
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–1NYI
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3PIT
      L
      game 58/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYI
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–1NYI
      L
      game 60/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played
      60
      points
      NHL#18
      18
      goals
      NHL#67
      42
      assists
      NHL#12
      +29
      +/-
      NHL#11
      NYI
      24-21-0W-L-OT63Points
      Playoff spot
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI7–6MTL
      W
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL0–3NYI
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • March 1975
    • The game
      CGS1–6NYI
      W
      game 63/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG2PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3BUF
      game 64/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2LAK
      game 65/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI7–5VAN
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–4CGS
      L
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-7SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–2NYI
      L
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-7SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–5NYR
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -4+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–3NYI
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–4NYI
      game 71/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–1KCS
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–4NYI
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3MNS
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3NYI
      game 75/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–6NYI
      W
      game 76/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2AFM
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • April 1975
    • The game
      AFM2–2NYI
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–1NYI
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI6–4NYR
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Denis Potvin closes the 1974-1975 season with 76 points

    NYINew York Islanders
    Points
    76
    NHL#26
    Games
    79of 80
    99%
    Goals
    21
    NHL#88
    Assists
    55
    NHL#15
    P/GP
    0.96
    NHL#30
    +/-
    +27
    NHL#40
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    100
    career points
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career assists
    25
    career goals
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 12 pts
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders meet New York Rangers

    NYIvsNYR
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI3–2NYR
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR8–3NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • New York Islandersare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYI4–3NYR
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 2–1

    NYI2–1NYR
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    2 days later
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    NYIvsPIT
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI4–5PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -3+/-8SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYI1–3PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      PIT6–4NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      PIT1–3NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI4–2PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 6
      PIT1–4NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Islandersare3–3withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 7
      NYI1–0PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–3

    NYI4–3PIT
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    3 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Islanders meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYIvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI0–4PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • May 1975
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYI4–5PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +4 points
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      PHI1–0NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      PHI3–4NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI5–1PHI
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 6
      PHI1–2NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • New York Islandersare3–3withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 7
      NYI1–4PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Semifinal

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Islanders out 4–3

    NYI3–4PHI
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Denis Potvin ends the 1974-1975 playoffs with 14 points

    NYINew York Islanders
    Points
    14
    NHL#11
    Games
    17
    Goals
    5
    NHL#13
    Assists
    9
    NHL#5
    P/GP
    0.82
    NHL#20
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#200
    Events
    10
    playoff points
    1
    First playoff assist
    1
    First playoff goal
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    4 points
    best game
    NYR2–1→PIT4–3→PHI3–4