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Craig Billington

#1 · Goalie · Washington Capitals

Born Sep 11, 1966 in London, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 168 lb · Catches left · Drafted 23rd overall in 1984 by NJD (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Glenn Healy NYR · 23 GP, 0.907 Mikhail Shtalenkov ANA · 24 GP, 0.904 Mike Dunham NJD · 26 GP, 0.906 Bob Essensa EDM · 19 GP, 0.899 Pat Jablonski PHX · 19 GP, 0.887

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601985-86: 18 games1885-861986-87: 22 games221988-89: 3 games388-891991-92: 26 games261992-93: 42 games4292-931993-94: 63 games631994-95: 17 games1794-951995-96: 27 games271996-97: 23 games2396-971997-98: 23 games231998-99: 21 games2198-991999-00: 13 games132000-01: 12 games1200-012001-02: 17 games172002-03: 5 games502-03

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1985-86 NJD 18 49100 482 405 77 5.14 0.840
1986-87 NJD 22 413200 569 480 89 4.82 0.844
1988-89 NJD 3 11000 65 54 11 4.73 0.831
1991-92 NJD 26 137102 637 568 69 3.04 0.892
1992-93 NJD 42 2116402 1178 1032 146 3.67 0.876
1993-94 OTT 63 1141400 1801 1547 254 4.59 0.859
1994-95 OTT 9 06200 240 208 32 4.06 0.867
1994-95 BOS 8 51000 140 121 19 3.05 0.864
1995-96 BOS 27 1013301 594 515 79 3.44 0.867
1996-97 COL 23 118201 584 531 53 2.65 0.909
1997-98 COL 23 87401 588 543 45 2.32 0.923
1998-99 COL 21 118100 492 440 52 2.87 0.894
1999-00 WSH 13 36102 310 282 28 2.75 0.910
2000-01 WSH 12 35200 317 290 27 2.45 0.915
2001-02 WSH 17 45300 295 259 36 3.04 0.878
2002-03 WSH 5 13100 96 79 17 4.70 0.823
15 seasons Career 332 1101493109 8388 7354 1034 3.63 0.877

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1992-93 NJD 2 0100 39 34 5 3.83 0.872
1994-95 BOS 1 0000 10 9 1 2.40 0.900
1995-96 BOS 1 0100 28 22 6 6.00 0.786
1996-97 COL 1 0000 13 12 1 3.00 0.923
1997-98 COL 1 0000 0 0 0 0.00 0.000
1998-99 COL 1 0000 6 5 1 6.68 0.833
1999-00 WSH 1 0000 6 5 1 3.00 0.833
7 seasons Playoffs 8 0200 102 87 15 4.23 0.853

1996-97 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
23 19 118201 584 531 53 2.65 0.909

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 13, 1997 vs LAK L 2-4 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:16
Apr 4, 1997 @ SJS L 6-7 (OT) L 29 22 7 0.759 60:35
Apr 2, 1997 @ CGY W 5-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Mar 29, 1997 vs TOR L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:03
Mar 21, 1997 vs ANA W 4-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Mar 6, 1997 @ WSH L 3-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 59:51
Mar 1, 1997 vs CHI W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:56
Feb 25, 1997 @ LAK L 1-3 L 20 18 2 0.900 59:27
Feb 15, 1997 @ STL W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 27, 1997 @ TOR W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Jan 25, 1997 @ BOS L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 58:15
Jan 23, 1997 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) W 34 31 3 0.912 50:01
Jan 20, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Jan 8, 1997 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) T 33 32 1 0.970 65:00
Dec 31, 1996 @ CHI W 4-1 W 0 0 0 0.000 00:12
Dec 28, 1996 @ LAK W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 23, 1996 vs CGY W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Dec 21, 1996 vs TOR L 2-6 1 1 0 1.000 05:47
Dec 17, 1996 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0.000 01:13
Nov 14, 1996 @ BUF L 4-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 58:44
Nov 3, 1996 @ ANA T 1-1 (OT) T 32 31 1 0.969 65:00
Oct 28, 1996 vs WSH W 1-0 W, SO 40 40 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 17, 1996 vs FLA L 1-2 L 32 30 2 0.938 58:02