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 2001-02. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.
Mike Vernon
CGY ·
18 GP, 0.899
Jamie Storr
LAK ·
19 GP, 0.922
John Grahame
BOS ·
19 GP, 0.897
Damian Rhodes
ATL ·
15 GP, 0.893
Jeff Hackett
MTL ·
15 GP, 0.904
Career
Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.
Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | T | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-86 | NJD | 18 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 482 | 405 | 77 | 5.14 | 0.840 |
| 1986-87 | NJD | 22 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 569 | 480 | 89 | 4.82 | 0.844 |
| 1988-89 | NJD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 54 | 11 | 4.73 | 0.831 |
| 1991-92 | NJD | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 637 | 568 | 69 | 3.04 | 0.892 |
| 1992-93 | NJD | 42 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1178 | 1032 | 146 | 3.67 | 0.876 |
| 1993-94 | OTT | 63 | 11 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1801 | 1547 | 254 | 4.59 | 0.859 |
| 1994-95 | OTT | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 208 | 32 | 4.06 | 0.867 |
| 1994-95 | BOS | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 121 | 19 | 3.05 | 0.864 |
| 1995-96 | BOS | 27 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 594 | 515 | 79 | 3.44 | 0.867 |
| 1996-97 | COL | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 584 | 531 | 53 | 2.65 | 0.909 |
| 1997-98 | COL | 23 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 588 | 543 | 45 | 2.32 | 0.923 |
| 1998-99 | COL | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 492 | 440 | 52 | 2.87 | 0.894 |
| 1999-00 | WSH | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 310 | 282 | 28 | 2.75 | 0.910 |
| 2000-01 | WSH | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 317 | 290 | 27 | 2.45 | 0.915 |
| 2001-02 | WSH | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 259 | 36 | 3.04 | 0.878 |
| 2002-03 | WSH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 79 | 17 | 4.70 | 0.823 |
| 15 seasons | Career | 332 | 110 | 149 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 8388 | 7354 | 1034 | 3.63 | 0.877 |
Playoffs
Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-93 | NJD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 3.83 | 0.872 |
| 1994-95 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2.40 | 0.900 |
| 1995-96 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 6.00 | 0.786 |
| 1996-97 | COL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.923 |
| 1997-98 | COL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 1998-99 | COL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6.68 | 0.833 |
| 1999-00 | WSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.833 |
| 7 seasons | Playoffs | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 87 | 15 | 4.23 | 0.853 |
2001-02 season totals
| GP | Starts | W | L | T | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 259 | 36 | 3.04 | 0.878 |
Game log
| Date | Opponent | Result | Decision | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | Save % | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2002 | @ PIT | L 2-6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 20:00 | |
| Mar 16, 2002 | @ EDM | L 1-4 | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0.864 | 58:41 |
| Mar 8, 2002 | @ CAR | T 2-2 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 00:16 | |
| Feb 11, 2002 | vs TBL | W 3-1 | W | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0.950 | 59:58 |
| Feb 9, 2002 | @ TBL | W 4-2 | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0.905 | 60:00 |
| Feb 8, 2002 | @ NSH | T 3-3 (OT) | T | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.875 | 25:00 |
| Jan 7, 2002 | vs FLA | L 1-2 | L | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0.889 | 59:11 |
| Jan 5, 2002 | @ BOS | L 4-7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0.929 | 27:53 | |
| Dec 30, 2001 | vs CAR | T 5-5 (OT) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 08:58 | |
| Dec 28, 2001 | @ DAL | W 3-2 (OT) | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0.920 | 61:53 |
| Dec 21, 2001 | @ PIT | L 3-4 | L | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 | 19:22 |
| Dec 15, 2001 | vs ATL | W 5-2 | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0.920 | 59:58 |
| Nov 27, 2001 | @ NYI | T 5-5 (OT) | T | 38 | 33 | 5 | 0.868 | 65:00 |
| Nov 13, 2001 | vs OTT | L 5-11 | L | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0.700 | 40:00 |
| Oct 23, 2001 | @ TBL | T 1-1 (OT) | T | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0.958 | 64:36 |
| Oct 20, 2001 | @ PHI | L 3-6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0.900 | 20:00 | |
| Oct 13, 2001 | @ PHX | L 2-5 | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | 0.882 | 59:36 |