Jean Potvin

D · #4

Jean Potvin was a defenceman. Born March 25, 1949 in Hull, Quebec, Canada, he stood 5'10", weighed 187 lbs and shot right. In 613 NHL regular-season games he had 63 goals and 224 assists for 287 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games

613

Goals

63

Assists

224

Points

287

NHL playoff career

Games

39

Goals

2

Assists

9

Points

11

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.10

Assists / game

0.37

Points / game

0.47

Shots / game

1.51

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

17

1975–76 · New York Islanders

Assists

55

1975–76 · New York Islanders

Points

72

1975–76 · New York Islanders

Shots

167

1975–76 · New York Islanders

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 1980–81

   • New York IslandersNHL

2. 1979–80

   • New York IslandersNHL

3. 1978–79

   • Oklahoma CityCHL
   • Minnesota North StarsNHL

4. 1977–78

   • Cleveland BaronsNHL
   • New York IslandersNHL

5. 1976–77

   • New York IslandersNHL

6. 1975–76

   • New York IslandersNHL

7. 1974–75

   • New York IslandersNHL

8. 1973–74

   • New York IslandersNHL

9. 1972–73

   • New York IslandersNHL
   • Philadelphia FlyersNHL

10. 1971–72

    • Los Angeles KingsNHL
    • Philadelphia FlyersNHL

11. 1970–71

    • SpringfieldAHL
    • Los Angeles KingsNHL

12. 1969–70

    • SpringfieldAHL

13. 1968–69

    • OttawaOHA-Jr.

14. 1967–68

    • OttawaOHA-Jr.

15. 1966–67

    • HullQJHL

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
1980–81	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	18	2	3	5	25	-4	16	2	3	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 18 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 25 Plus Minus -4 Points 5 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.125 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 16
1979–80	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	32	2	13	15	26	-11	48	2	8	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 13 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 32 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 26 Plus Minus -11 Points 15 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 8 Shooting Pctg 0.0417 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 48
1978–79	CHL	Oklahoma City	Regular	9	3	7	10	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Games Played 9 Goals 3 Pim 10 Points 10
1978–79	NHL	Minnesota North Stars	Regular	64	5	16	21	65	-10	89	2	7	2	2	1	0	All stats Assists 16 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 64 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 65 Plus Minus -10 Points 21 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 7 Shooting Pctg 0.0562 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 89
1977–78	NHL	Cleveland Barons	Regular	40	3	14	17	30	-5	86	0	3	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 14 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 40 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 30 Plus Minus -5 Points 17 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0349 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 86
1977–78	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	34	1	10	11	8	11	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	All stats Assists 10 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 34 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 11 Points 11 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0278 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 36
1976–77	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	79	10	36	46	26	14	128	1	15	1	1	0	0	All stats Assists 36 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 79 Goals 10 Ot Goals 0 Pim 26 Plus Minus 14 Points 46 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 15 Shooting Pctg 0.0781 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 128
1976–77	NHL	New York Islanders	Playoffs	11	0	4	4	6	2	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 11 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus 2 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 20
1975–76	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	78	17	55	72	74	16	167	9	46	1	1	2	0	All stats Assists 55 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 78 Goals 17 Ot Goals 0 Pim 74 Plus Minus 16 Points 72 Power Play Goals 9 Power Play Points 46 Shooting Pctg 0.1018 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 167
1975–76	NHL	New York Islanders	Playoffs	13	0	1	1	2	-1	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 13 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -1 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 25
1974–75	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	73	9	24	33	59	-2	115	6	20	1	1	4	0	All stats Assists 24 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 73 Goals 9 Ot Goals 0 Pim 59 Plus Minus -2 Points 33 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 20 Shooting Pctg 0.0783 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 115
1974–75	NHL	New York Islanders	Playoffs	15	2	4	6	9	-2	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 15 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 9 Plus Minus -2 Points 6 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.1333 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 15
1973–74	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	78	5	23	28	100	-26	114	2	13	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 23 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 78 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 100 Plus Minus -26 Points 28 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 13 Shooting Pctg 0.0439 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 114
1972–73	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	10	0	3	3	12	-3	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 10 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus -3 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 18
1972–73	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Regular	35	3	9	12	10	-1	27	1	7	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 9 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 35 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus -1 Points 12 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 7 Shooting Pctg 0.1111 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 27
1971–72	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	Regular	39	2	3	5	35	-38	55	0	2	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 39 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 35 Plus Minus -38 Points 5 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.0364 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 55
1971–72	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Regular	29	3	12	15	6	-6	23	2	13	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 12 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 29 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -6 Points 15 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 13 Shooting Pctg 0.1304 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 23
1970–71	AHL	Springfield	Regular	60	9	23	32	94	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 23 Games Played 60 Goals 9 Pim 94 Points 32
1970–71	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	Regular	4	1	3	4	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 5 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.2 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 5
1970–71	AHL	Springfield	Playoffs	12	2	10	12	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 10 Games Played 12 Goals 2 Pim 17 Points 12
1969–70	AHL	Springfield	Regular	61	3	5	8	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 61 Goals 3 Pim 42 Points 8
1969–70	AHL	Springfield	Playoffs	14	0	2	2	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 14 Goals 0 Pim 24 Points 2
1968–69	OHA-Jr.	Ottawa	Regular	54	17	23	40	116	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 23 Games Played 54 Goals 17 Pim 116 Points 40
1968–69	OHA-Jr.	Ottawa	Playoffs	7	1	7	8	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 20 Points 8
1967–68	OHA-Jr.	Ottawa	Regular	54	18	17	35	138	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 17 Games Played 54 Goals 18 Pim 138 Points 35
1966–67	QJHL	Hull	Regular	45	22	27	49	115	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 27 Games Played 45 Goals 22 Pim 115 Points 49

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