Regular season and playoffsNYI
Denis Potvin's 1977-1978 season
Points
94
NHL#5
Goals
30
NHL#27
Assists
64
NHL#5
Plus/minus
+57
NHL#6
Games
80
100%
Defenceman Denis Potvin was 23 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played all 80 games and scored 30 goals and 64 assists for 94 points, 1.18 points per game. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 4 points.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1977-1978Playoffs
- Year 197749 years agoSeason opener
Denis Potvin plays the 1977-1978 season for New York Islanders
Denis was 23 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.
- +1 goalThe gameNYI2–3BUFLgame 1/80
2His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG - +1 assistThe gameBOS1–3NYIWgame 2/802His night+1P+1A+2+/-2SOG
- The gameNYI2–4NYRLgame 3/802His nightNo points-2+/-4SOG
- The gameLAK0–0NYIgame 4/802His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–3AFMgame 5/802His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR2–7NYIWgame 6/802His night+2P+2A+3+/-2SOG
- The gameNYI3–2VANWgame 8/802His nightNo points+1+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameBUF2–4NYIWgame 9/801His night+1P+1A+3+/-3SOG
- November 1977
- +1 assistThe gameAFM0–9NYIWgame 10/802His night+1P+1A+6+/-5SOG
- The gameNYI2–3MNSLgame 11/804His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gamePIT3–4NYIWgame 12/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-3SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYI3–5BOSLgame 13/802His night+1P+1G-3+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gamePHI2–2NYIgame 15/802His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI6–0WSHWgame 16/802His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameCHI1–1NYIgame 17/802His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI4–4PHIgame 18/802His night+2P+2A+3+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameVAN2–9NYIWgame 19/802His night+1P+1A+4+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameCLR2–4NYIWgame 20/802His night+1P+1A+2+/-1SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 20 of 8017pointsNHL#262goalsNHL#14915assistsNHL#6+18+/-NHL#1NYI9-5-0W-L-OT24Points4th in the whole NHL - The gameNYI2–5PITLgame 22/801His nightNo points0+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI4–1DETWgame 23/801His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI3–3CLRgame 24/801His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- December 1977
- +3 pointsThe gameNYI7–2STLWgame 25/802His night+3P+2G+1A+6+/-4SOG
- The gameMNS2–4NYIWgame 26/804His nightNo points+1+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI4–0CHIWgame 27/801His night+1P+1A+2+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameDET4–7NYIWgame 28/801His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP
- The gameCHI2–2NYIgame 29/801His nightNo points0+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI2–3TORLgame 30/802His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameBOS1–4NYIWgame 31/801His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameCLR1–9NYIWgame 32/802His night+2P+2A+2+/-4SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameSTL3–6NYIWgame 33/803His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameNYI5–7MTLLgame 34/802His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-5SOG1PPP
MilestoneDenis Potvin reaches 100 career goals
in the game against Montréal Canadiens · December 23
- The gameMTL4–2NYILgame 37/802His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG
Year 197848 years ago- +2 pointsThe gameVAN1–4NYIWgame 38/802His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP
- +2 goalsThe gameCLE3–5NYIWgame 39/802His night+2P+2G+2+/-5SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 40 of 8039pointsNHL#1611goalsNHL#6028assistsNHL#9+38+/-NHL#2NYI23-9-0W-L-OT54Points5th in the whole NHL - +2 assistsThe gameNYI3–5CLELgame 41/802His night+2P+2A-2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameNYI4–0WSHWgame 42/802His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameNYI5–2MNSWgame 43/805His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–0STLWgame 44/803His night+1P+1A+2+/-7SOG
- +2 assistsThe gamePHI1–6NYIWgame 45/802His night+2P+2A+2+/-4SOG2PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameTOR2–4NYIWgame 46/803His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP
MilestoneDenis Potvin reaches 250 career assists
in the game against New York Rangers · January 28
- The gameNYI2–3BUFLgame 48/802His nightNo points+1+/-0SOG
- February 1978
- +3 assistsThe gameNYI7–6NYRWgame 49/802His night+3P+3A+2+/-4SOG2PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameNYI5–2AFMWgame 50/802His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameWSH1–6NYIWgame 51/802His nightNo points+1+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI4–5CHILgame 52/802His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI2–2CLEgame 54/802His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameLAK2–3NYIWgame 55/802His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI5–4CLRWgame 56/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-6SOG
- +1 goalThe gameAFM3–3NYIgame 57/802His night+1P+1G-2+/-6SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI4–1PHIWgame 58/802His night+2P+2A+2+/-2SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameNYI3–3AFMgame 59/802His night+2P+1G+1A-2+/-3SOG2PPP
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 60 of 8075pointsNHL#423goalsNHL#2352assistsNHL#3+55+/-NHL#1NYI37-12-0W-L-OT85PointsPlayoff spot2nd in the whole NHL - The gameNYI1–2MTLLgame 61/802His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- +1 goalThe gameTOR3–4NYIWgame 62/803His night+1P+1G+1+/-4SOG
- March 1978
- The gameNYI3–6BUFLgame 63/802His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gamePIT3–6NYIWgame 64/802His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI3–3PITgame 65/802His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameVAN2–5NYIWgame 66/802His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameNYI6–3STLWgame 67/803His night+3P+2G+1A+1+/-5SOG1PPP
- The gameSTL3–3NYIgame 69/803His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- The gameAFM5–2NYILgame 70/802His nightNo points0+/-5SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYI2–4PHILgame 71/802His night+1P+1G-2+/-10SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameNYI6–2TORWgame 72/803His night+1P+1G0+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameCLE4–4NYIgame 73/802His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG
- The gameNYI1–5NYRLgame 75/802His nightNo points-3+/-3SOG
- April 1978
- +3 assistsThe gameWSH2–3NYIWgame 76/802His night+3P+3A+1+/-11SOG3PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYI5–2DETWgame 77/803His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gamePHI3–3NYIgame 78/802His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYR2–7NYIWgame 79/802His night+1P+1A+3+/-3SOG1PPP
The season in numbersDenis Potvin closes the 1977-1978 season with 94 points
Points94NHL#5Games80of 80100%Goals30NHL#27Assists64NHL#5P/GP1.18NHL#8+/-+57NHL#6Events1hat trick250career assists100career goals10 i radgames with a point · 18 pts8 days laterPlayoffsNew York Islanders are in the playoffs
QuarterfinalNew York Islanders meet Toronto Maple Leafs
NYIvsTORSwedes on New York IslandersSwedes on Toronto Maple Leafs- +1 assistGame 1TOR1–4NYIW3His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- +1 assistGame 2TOR2–3NYIW3His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 3NYI0–2TORL3His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG
- New York Islanderslead2–1againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 4NYI1–3TORL3His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- New York Islandersare2–2withToronto Maple Leafs
- +1 goalGame 5TOR1–2NYIW2His night+1P+1G+2+/-8SOG
- New York Islanderslead3–2againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 6NYI2–5TORL2His nightNo points0+/-5SOG
- New York Islandersare3–3withToronto Maple Leafs
- +1 goalGame 7TOR2–1NYIL2His night+1P+1G-1+/-3SOG
QuarterfinalToronto Maple Leafs knock New York Islanders out 4–3
NYI3–4TOREliminatedHe did not play in this roundThe run in numbersDenis Potvin ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 4 points
Points4NHL#50Games7Goals2NHL#39Assists2NHL#54P/GP0.57NHL#39+/-+1NHL#49TOR3–4