Greg Joly has the lowest plus/minus in a regular-season or postseason game, at -9 against the Penguins on March 15, 1975.
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worst +/- by a player in a NHL game including playoffs| NAME | +/- | DATE | TM | OPP | G | A | P | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Joly | -9 | 3/15/1975 |  WSH | @ |  PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 2 | | I. McKegney | -8 | 11/6/1976 |  CHI | @ |  MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | | P. Quinn | -8 | 11/9/1969 |  TOR | @ | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 4 | | M. Vasko | -8 | 2/3/1968 |  MNS | @ |  DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 5 | | C. Butler | -7 | 1/5/2012 |  CGY | @ |  BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:19 | |
| 6 | | D. Wilson | -7 | 2/10/1993 |  SJS | @ | CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 7 | | S. Larmer | -7 | 12/11/1985 | CHI | vs |  EDM | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 8 | | D. Savard | -7 | 12/11/1985 | CHI | vs | EDM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||||||||
| 9 | | A. Secord | -7 | 12/11/1985 | CHI | vs | EDM | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 10 | | R. Lanz | -7 | 11/8/1985 |  VAN | @ | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 11 | | G. Nylund | -7 | 3/3/1984 | TOR | vs |  NYI | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 12 | | M. Blaisdell | -7 | 11/7/1982 | DET | @ | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 13 | | C. Loiselle | -7 | 11/7/1982 | DET | @ | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | | R. Palmer | -7 | 2/19/1979 |  LAK | vs | NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 15 | | B. Dailey | -7 | 10/6/1976 |  VAN | @ | PIT | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 16 | | J. Lynch | -7 | 4/5/1975 | WSH | @ | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 17 | | B. Stewart | -7 | 11/17/1974 | CGS | @ |  NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 18 | | D. Edestrand | -7 | 12/17/1972 | PIT | @ | NYR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||||||||
| 19 | | G. Croteau | -7 | 11/22/1970 | CGS | @ | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 20 | | G. Ehman | -7 | 11/22/1970 | CGS | @ | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 21 | | D. Hextall | -7 | 11/22/1970 | CGS | @ | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 22 | | B. Glennie | -7 | 11/9/1969 | TOR | @ | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 23 | | E. Westfall | -7 | 11/4/1965 | BOS | @ | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 24 | | A. Stanley | -7 | 1/18/1964 | TOR | vs | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 |  | A. Matthews | -6 | 1/9/2025 | TOR | @ |  CAR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 |
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