Worst Plus Minus Ratings in A Single Game

I'm the last person to defend any leafs player but one game means nothing. Nada. Zero. Zilch.

This stuff happens over the course of a very long career.

Nothing burger IMHO

One game is never representative of a season or career.
 
i love that the brett lebda thing keeps coming up

it's just a random factoid on a random game that impacts nobody yet it's going to be the one lasting memory of his time as a player

As a Wings fan, that's not true. Any time a Red Wings defenseman rushes the puck up ice then immediately turns the puck over at the littlest sign of pressure after taking himself way out of position, I call it "pulling a Lebda."
 
A tale of two teams and two Dmen.
Over last two seasons - both on highly competitive teams in the Atlantic division playing about the the same minutes.
Leafs................ Rielly - 6

Panthers.... Forsling +77
 
Bill Mikkelson famously went -82 on the hapless 1974-75 Washington Capitals (in only 59 games!), but surely the worst 21-game stretch for any player in history has to be...


Jack Lynch
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A defenseman, Lynch went a wonderful -60 in his final 21 games of the season (1 with Detroit; 20 with Washington).

Instead of the 'Plus/Minus Award', the NHL should create the Jack Lynch Minus/Minus Award :).

(He did improve in 1975-76, however, going only -52 on the season!)
 
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Bill Mikkelson famously went -82 on the hapless 1974-75 Washington Capitals (in only 59 games!), but surely the worst 21-game stretch for any player in history has to be...


Jack Lynch
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A defenseman, Lynch went a wonderful -60 in his final 21 games of the season (1 with Detroit; 20 with Washington).

Instead of the 'Plus/Minus Award', the NHL should create the Jack Lynch Minus/Minus Award :).

(He did improve in 1975-76, however, going only -52 on the season!)
During his 20 games in Washington, at even strength, he was on the ice for 6 goals for, and 60 goals against. When Lynch was on the ice, at ES, the Capitals were outscored by a ratio of 10:1.
 

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