Regular season and playoffsNYI
Denis Potvin's 1981-1982 season
Points
61
NHL#91
Goals
24
NHL#97
Assists
37
NHL#93
Plus/minus
+39
NHL#13
Games
60
75%
Defenceman Denis Potvin was 27 years old when the 1981-1982 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 60 of a possible 80 games and scored 24 goals and 37 assists for 61 points, 1.02 points per game. In the playoffs he played 19 games for 21 points.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1981-1982Playoffs
- Year 198145 years agoSeason opener
Denis Potvin plays the 1981-1982 season for New York Islanders
Denis was 28 years old when the 1981-1982 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.
A late startDenis Potvin's season starts in game 16 of 80
New York Islanders have played 15 games15 of 80 without him- +1 goalThe gameEDM5–5NYIgame 16/80
4His night+1P+1G+2+/-3SOG - +1 goalThe gameNYI4–5PHILgame 17/803His night+1P+1G-1+/-5SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI2–7QUELgame 18/804His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- +2 goalsThe gameNYR3–4NYIWgame 19/804His night+2P+2G0+/-3SOG2PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYI7–2NYRWgame 20/805His night+1P+1A+2+/-4SOG
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 20 of 805 of 20 played5pointsNHL#2814goalsNHL#1581assistsNHL#369+3+/-NHL#47NYI12-4-0W-L-OT28Points2nd in the whole NHL - The gameBOS1–3NYIWgame 21/804His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameSTL2–9NYIWgame 22/805His night+3P+3A+4+/-0SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI4–5BOSLgame 23/804His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG
- The gameNYI2–5BUFLgame 24/804His nightNo points+1+/-5SOG
- December 1981
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI8–5MNSWgame 25/806His night+2P+2A+2+/-1SOG1SHP
- The gameNYI2–5WINLgame 26/806His nightNo points-2+/-5SOG
- The gameNYI3–4VANLgame 27/808His nightNo points0+/-5SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI3–3CGYgame 28/804His night+2P+2A-1+/-1SOG
- The gameNYI3–4EDMLgame 29/803His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameQUE7–10NYIWgame 30/803His night+3P+2G+1A+3+/-7SOG
- +1 goalThe gameWSH1–4NYIWgame 31/803His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG
- The gameDET1–5NYIWgame 32/802His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG
- The gameNYI5–3DETWgame 33/803His nightNo points+2+/-2SOG
- The gameWIN2–5NYIWgame 34/806His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gamePHI2–4NYIWgame 35/802His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameMTL5–4NYILgame 36/804His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-3SOG2PPP
Year 198244 years ago- The gameCHI3–5NYIWgame 38/804His nightNo points+3+/-4SOG
- The gameVAN1–4NYIWgame 39/808His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI5–4PHIWgame 40/803His night+1P+1A+1+/-6SOG
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 40 of 8025 of 40 played21pointsNHL#1808goalsNHL#16213assistsNHL#176+11+/-NHL#22NYI24-11-0W-L-OT53Points3rd in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gamePHI1–3NYIWgame 41/804His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI4–5BOSLgame 42/804His nightNo points-2+/-0SOG
- +1 assistThe gamePIT1–6NYIWgame 45/803His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR1–6NYIWgame 46/804His nightNo points+3+/-0SOG
- +2 assistsThe gamePIT2–9NYIWgame 47/804His night+2P+2A+4+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI6–3PITWgame 48/804His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameMNS2–4NYIWgame 49/803His night+2P+1G+1A+3+/-2SOG
- February 1982
- The gameWSH6–7NYIWgame 50/804His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +2 goalsThe gameNYI5–2WSHWgame 51/803His night+2P+2G+1+/-6SOG1PPP
- The gameDET2–6NYIWgame 52/803His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameNYI7–3BUFWgame 53/803His night+3P+1G+2A0+/-3SOG2PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameNYI8–2CHIWgame 54/803His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-5SOG1PPP
- +3 assistsThe gamePHI2–8NYIWgame 55/802His night+3P+3A+1+/-0SOG2PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYI9–1HFDWgame 56/803His night+1P+1A+2+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gamePIT2–6NYIWgame 57/803His night+2P+2A0+/-4SOG2PPP
- The gameCLR2–3NYIWgame 59/803His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- The gameNYI3–4PITLgame 60/803His nightNo points+1+/-5SOG
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 60 of 8043 of 60 played42pointsNHL#11613goalsNHL#14429assistsNHL#86+28+/-NHL#8NYI40-14-0W-L-OT86PointsPlayoff spot2nd in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameCHI1–5NYIWgame 61/804His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG
- +1 goalThe gamePIT2–4NYIWgame 62/803His night+1P+1G+1+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameQUE5–5NYIgame 63/804His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- March 1982
- +2 pointsThe gameNYI9–5TORWgame 64/803His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameCGY3–6NYIWgame 65/805His night+1P+1G+2+/-3SOG
MilestoneDenis Potvin reaches 200 career goals
in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · March 4
- The gameNYR4–6NYIWgame 67/804His nightNo points+4+/-1SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameNYI6–4STLWgame 68/804His night+3P+1G+2A0+/-2SOG2PPP
- The gameNYI4–4MNSgame 69/806His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- The gameNYI0–3LAKLgame 70/803His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYI5–2CLRWgame 71/804His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG
- The gameSTL3–3NYIgame 72/805His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameWSH1–8NYIWgame 74/805His night+3P+3A+1+/-2SOG3PPP
- +1 goalThe gameMTL1–3NYIWgame 75/804His night+1P+1G0+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameHFD4–5NYIWgame 76/803His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-7SOG1PPP
- April 1982
- The gameNYI3–3PHIgame 78/804His nightNo points0+/-0SOG
The season in numbersDenis Potvin closes the 1981-1982 season with 61 points
Points61NHL#91Games60of 8075%Goals24NHL#97Assists37NHL#93P/GP1.02NHL#57+/-+39NHL#13Events1hat trick200career goals6 i radgames with a point · 13 pts6 days laterPlayoffsNew York Islanders are in the playoffs
First roundNew York Islanders meet Pittsburgh Penguins
NYIvsPITSwedes on New York IslandersSwedes on Pittsburgh PenguinsNo Swedes- Game 1PIT1–8NYIW2His nightNo points+2+/-4SOG
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 2PIT2–7NYIW2His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 3NYI1–2PITL2His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG
- New York Islanderslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 4NYI2–5PITL2His nightNo points-2+/-3SOG
- New York Islandersare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 5PIT3–4NYIW3His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG
First roundNew York Islanders knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 3–2
NYI3–2PITAdvanceHe did not play in this round2 days laterSecond roundNew York Islanders meet New York Rangers
NYIvsNYRSwedes on New York IslandersSwedes on New York RangersNo Swedes- Game 1NYR5–4NYIL3His nightNo points0+/-5SOG
- New York Rangerslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
- +3 pointsGame 2NYR2–7NYIW3His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-1SOG2PPP
- New York Islandersare1–1withNew York Rangers
- +1 assistGame 3NYI4–3NYRW3His night+1P+1A-2+/-2SOG1PPP
- New York Islanderslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- +1 goalGame 4NYI5–3NYRW3His night+1P+1G0+/-2SOG
- New York Islanderslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
- +1 assistGame 5NYR4–2NYIL3His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG1SHP
- New York Islanderslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
- +1 assistGame 6NYI5–3NYRW3His night+1P+1A+3+/-1SOG
Second roundNew York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–2
NYI4–2NYRAdvanceHe did not play in this round4 days laterConference finalNew York Islanders meet Quebec Nordiques
NYIvsQUESwedes on New York IslandersSwedes on Quebec NordiquesNo Swedes- +2 pointsGame 1QUE1–4NYIW3His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstQuebec Nordiques
- +1 assistGame 2QUE2–5NYIW3His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
- May 1982
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstQuebec Nordiques
- New York Islanderslead3–0againstQuebec Nordiques
- Game 4NYI4–2QUEW4His nightNo points+1+/-6SOG
Conference finalNew York Islanders knock Quebec Nordiques out 4–0
NYI4–0QUEAdvanceHe did not play in this round4 days laterStanley Cup FinalNew York Islanders play the Stanley Cup Final against Vancouver Canucks
NYIvsVANSwedes on New York IslandersSwedes on Vancouver Canucks- +3 pointsGame 1VAN5–6NYIW9His night+3P+2G+1A+1+/-4SOG3PPP
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstVancouver Canucks
- +3 assistsGame 2VAN4–6NYIW8His night+3P+3A-1+/-2SOG2PPP
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstVancouver Canucks
- +1 assistGame 3NYI3–0VANW7His night+1P+1A+2+/-2SOG
- New York Islanderslead3–0againstVancouver Canucks
Stanley Cup ChampionsNew York Islanders
beat Vancouver Canucks 4–0 in the final
He did not play in this roundThe run in numbersDenis Potvin ends the 1981-1982 playoffs with 21 points
Points21NHL#3Games19Goals5NHL#26Assists16NHL#2P/GP1.11NHL#14+/-+9NHL#4Events100playoff games75playoff assists8 i radgames with a point3 pointsbest gamePIT3–2→NYR4–2→QUE4–0→VAN4–0