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John Davidson

#30 · Goalie · New York Rangers

Born Feb 27, 1953 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 205 lb · Catches left · Drafted 5th overall in 1973 by STL (round 1)

Trophy case

Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 2003-04

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ron Low DET · 32 GP, 0.886 Billy Smith NYI · 38 GP, 0.909 Gary Edwards CLE · 30 GP, 0.857 Michel Larocque MTL · 30 GP, 0.895 Curt Ridley VAN · 40 GP, 0.868

Career

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

020401973-74: 39 games3973-741974-75: 40 games4074-751975-76: 56 games5675-761976-77: 39 games3976-771977-78: 34 games3477-781978-79: 39 games3978-791979-80: 41 games4179-801980-81: 10 games1080-811981-82: 1 games181-821982-83: 2 games282-83

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1973-74 STL 39 1319700 1209 1091 118 3.08 0.902
1974-75 STL 40 1715700 1271 1127 144 3.66 0.887
1975-76 NYR 56 2228503 1757 1545 212 3.97 0.879
1976-77 NYR 39 1414601 1194 1069 125 3.55 0.895
1977-78 NYR 34 1413401 968 870 98 3.18 0.899
1978-79 NYR 39 2012500 1031 900 131 3.53 0.873
1979-80 NYR 41 2015402 1061 939 122 3.18 0.885
1980-81 NYR 10 17100 285 237 48 5.17 0.832
1981-82 NYR 1 10000 29 28 1 1.00 0.966
1982-83 NYR 2 11000 55 50 5 2.50 0.909
10 seasons Career 301 1231243907 8860 7856 1004 3.53 0.887

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1974-75 STL 1 0100 26 22 4 4.06 0.846
1977-78 NYR 2 1100 71 64 7 3.46 0.901
1978-79 NYR 18 11701 535 493 42 2.28 0.921
1979-80 NYR 9 4500 288 267 21 2.35 0.927
1981-82 NYR 1 0000 15 12 3 5.43 0.800
5 seasons Playoffs 31 161401 935 858 77 2.49 0.918

1977-78 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 33 1413401 968 870 98 3.18 0.899

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 8, 1978 @ NYI L 2-7 5 3 2 0.600 06:14
Apr 6, 1978 @ PHI L 0-3 L 50 47 3 0.940 60:00
Apr 5, 1978 vs AFM L 2-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Apr 1, 1978 @ AFM L 0-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 40:00
Mar 29, 1978 vs NYI W 5-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Mar 25, 1978 @ TOR W 5-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Mar 19, 1978 @ MNS T 7-7 T 30 23 7 0.767 60:00
Mar 18, 1978 vs BOS L 3-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:47
Mar 15, 1978 vs PHI T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 12, 1978 vs WSH W 8-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Mar 8, 1978 vs CLE W 6-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Mar 1, 1978 vs DET W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 23, 1978 vs CHI W 6-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 22, 1978 @ CHI L 2-3 L 44 41 3 0.932 59:16
Feb 19, 1978 vs CLR T 4-4 T 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Feb 15, 1978 vs VAN W 6-3 W 17 14 3 0.824 60:00
Jan 29, 1978 vs LAK L 1-4 L 8 5 3 0.625 20:00
Jan 17, 1978 @ VAN W 5-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 7, 1978 @ CLR L 1-3 L 40 38 2 0.950 59:52
Dec 21, 1977 vs WSH T 5-5 22 17 5 0.773 40:00
Dec 18, 1977 vs DET W 6-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 7, 1977 vs PHI T 3-3 T 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Dec 3, 1977 @ MNS W 4-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 26, 1977 @ BOS L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 20, 1977 vs VAN L 0-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Nov 16, 1977 vs CHI W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Nov 12, 1977 @ DET L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 5, 1977 @ LAK L 1-3 L 34 32 2 0.941 59:43
Nov 4, 1977 @ VAN W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Nov 2, 1977 @ CLR L 2-6 1 1 0 1.000 02:01
Oct 30, 1977 vs LAK L 3-5 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:18
Oct 22, 1977 @ NYI L 2-7 L 44 37 7 0.841 60:00
Oct 16, 1977 vs NYI W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 12, 1977 vs VAN W 6-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00