Best plus/minus in one game?

[The Panther]

Sorry if this has been done before, but does anyone know what is the (recorded) best plus/minus ever by a player in one game? (I'd guess it's around +8 or something like that...)

I'd also be curious to know if anyone knows the most goals any player has been on-ice for in one game (we know, for example, Sittler was on for at least 10 in 1976...).

 

[The Panther]

Incidentally, I just checked that Boston @ Toronto game in Feb. 1976, and Daryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald were both +7 in the game.

But I'm willing to bet there's a better rating than that out there...

 

[The Panther]

Sorry to keep monopolizing my own thread, but I see in the (in)famous 13-3 Edmonton win over New Jersey in Nov.1983 (yes, the "Mickey Mouse" game), Wayne went +8 for the night!

(Incidentally, that game is a good example of what happens when the best offensive team ever meets arguably the worst regular goalie in NHL history, Ron Low, who managed a .636 save% over forty minutes before the mercy-hook.)

 

[K Fleur]

Theo Fleury went +9 in a 13-1 Flames win over the San Jose Sharks in February 1993

 

[The Panther]

Theo Fleury went +9 in a 13-1 Flames win over the San Jose Sharks in February 1993

Whoa!

Wonder if Theo got on the team bus the next morning and said to the guys, "So, how's your plus/minus...?"

 

[reckoning]

I can't access nhl.com stats on my computer; but now that the 70s boxscores are up, surely Orr in 70-71 or Robinson in 76-77 must've had at least one game higher than Fleury's.

 

[VMBM]

I can't access nhl.com stats on my computer; but now that the 70s boxscores are up, surely Orr in 70-71 or Robinson in 76-77 must've had at least one game higher than Fleury's.

What about Darryl Sittler in his 10-point game vs the Bruins in 1976?

 

[Hobnobs]

What about Darryl Sittler in his 10-point game vs the Bruins in 1976?

Sittler was +7

 

[Canadiens1958]

Sittler

Sittler was +7

Points on three PP goals

 

[Killion]

^^^ Fleury looks good for this, you bet. Ive looked, searched but cant find a definitive answer.... did however find best +/- Career.... Larry Robinson @ +730, Orr runner-up @ +597 followed by Ray Bourque @ +528 & Gretzky @ +518... Whats amazing about Robinson is that he was a + player in all 20 seasons that he played though came close to falling off in LA during his last season where he was a +1.

 

[Dissonance]

Tom Bladon was apparently a +10 for Philadelphia in a 11-1 victory over the Cleveland Barons in 1977. Had four goals and four assists, a record for defencemen at the time.

I think that's the plus-minus record, but not 100% sure.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Tom Bladon was apparently a +10 for Philadelphia in a 11-1 victory over the Cleveland Barons in 1977. Had four goals and four assists, a record for defencemen at the time.

I think that's the plus-minus record, but not 100% sure.

Bladon's +10 is named as the record in the book Hockey's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records.

 

[The Panther]

Tom Bladon was apparently a +10 for Philadelphia in a 11-1 victory over the Cleveland Barons in 1977. Had four goals and four assists, a record for defencemen at the time.

I think that's the plus-minus record, but not 100% sure.

Amazing.

Someone needs to tell this to Bill Mikkelson.

 

[Fourier]

Amazing.

Someone needs to tell this to Bill Mikkelson.

What's truly amazing is that this is Tom Bladon we're talking about. I remember watching him as a kid when he was with the Oil Kings. He was part of the OK team that lost to Guy Lafleur and the Remparts in 1971. A very good junior defenseman but would I never have thought in a 1000 years he'd be able to score 4 goals and get 8 points going +10 in an NHL game!!!

 

[Rebels57]

Came here to post about Tom Bladon's incredible night.

It is the record according to Wikipedia.

Here is some more info:

http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/hm.cgi?008hm

The 8 points are tied for the NHL record for a Defensemen.

 

[VanIslander]

Tom Bladon, the 6'1 195 lbs. offensive defenseman who led the Flyers in blueline scoring in both the regular season and the playoffs the first time they won the cup. The two-time Stanley Cup champion (1974, 1975) had significant regular seasons before and after the championship years, finishing top-10 in NHL blueline scoring in 1972-73 and 1976-77. He is remembered best for his 8-point four-goal, four assist game early in the 1977-78 season. He had a top-3 role for four seasons and filled the 4/5 slot in four other NHL seasons. He took 150+ shots in each of his six seasons as a Flyer and contributed each postseason as Philly won playoff series every year he was there. "Bomber" scored 37 playoff points in 86 postseason games. He went to the all-star game his last two seasons in Philly (1977, 1978).

Bladon could move the puck well, made excellent breakout passes, could quarterback the power play and skated well... a main cog in their offense and always among their best plus-minus defensemen.

Both Scotty Bowman and Claude Ruel were greatly impressed with the Flyers' power play Monday night, especially with those two sharpshooting offencemen, Bob Dailey and Tom Bladon, on the points.

More in Rob Scuderi's past bio: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=74193337&postcount=186

 

[Moose Head]

The only thing I can think of that could best Bladon is somebody from the early days of the NHL, where they pretty much could have played they entire game and it was a massive blowout.

 

[Moose Head]

Incidentally, in the Blue Jackets 10-0 massacre of the habs last season, Shea Weber was an even, and played over 20 minutes.

 

[Big Phil]

Incidentally, in the Blue Jackets 10-0 massacre of the habs last season, Shea Weber was an even, and played over 20 minutes.

February 28, 2009. Somehow the Preds beat the defending Cup champs Wings 8-0. All the Wings took a beating that night except for the ones who played the most that night, Lidstrom and Rafalski who were even.

What about Darryl Sittler in his 10-point game vs the Bruins in 1976?

Can you believe that in an 11-4 game where you win that Tiger Williams was actually a -2 that night? Lost in the shuffle was a nice night by the Ratelle line, who I assume Williams went up against that night. Sittler has teased his old buddy about that one I am sure.

 

[reckoning]

My favorite was that game a few years ago where Toronto beat the Thrashers 9-3, but Brett Lebda of the Leafs was minus-3.

 

[seventieslord]

My favorite was that game a few years ago where Toronto beat the Thrashers 9-3, but Brett Lebda of the Leafs was minus-3.

I came into this thread just to insert the obligatory mention of this anomaly.

 

[kmad]

brett lebda was once -3 in a 9-3 victory

 

[reckoning]

There was also a game in '88 where Montreal beat Buffalo 9-4.
Chelios and Ludwig were both minus -4.

https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/198804020MTL.html