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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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Billy Smith NYI · 39 GP, 0.899 Ed Staniowski STL · 39 GP, 0.875 Phil Myre STL · 39 GP, 0.864 Bill Oleschuk CLR · 40 GP, 0.874 Wayne Stephenson PHI · 40 GP, 0.871

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

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
39 38 2012500 1031 900 131 3.53 0.873

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 8, 1979 vs NYI L 2-5 L 15 10 5 0.667 60:00
Apr 6, 1979 @ AFM L 2-9 L 20 13 7 0.650 31:59
Apr 4, 1979 vs AFM T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Apr 2, 1979 vs LAK W 5-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ PHI L 3-7 L 34 28 6 0.824 40:00
Feb 21, 1979 vs STL W 7-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Feb 18, 1979 vs WSH T 6-6 T 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Feb 15, 1979 @ BUF L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Feb 14, 1979 vs BOS W 5-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Feb 3, 1979 @ LAK L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:04
Jan 30, 1979 @ VAN W 5-3 W 47 44 3 0.936 60:00
Jan 27, 1979 @ NYI W 7-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 25, 1979 @ BUF W 5-4 W 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Jan 24, 1979 @ WSH L 1-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Jan 21, 1979 vs PHI T 5-5 T 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Jan 20, 1979 @ STL L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Jan 17, 1979 vs NYI W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Jan 14, 1979 @ AFM W 6-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 9, 1979 @ STL W 5-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Jan 3, 1979 vs MTL W 6-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 30, 1978 @ CHI W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 59:54
Dec 26, 1978 @ AFM W 5-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Dec 23, 1978 @ NYI L 4-9 13 12 1 0.923 20:00
Dec 22, 1978 vs DET W 4-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 59:58
Dec 17, 1978 vs BOS L 1-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Dec 13, 1978 vs LAK W 8-7 23 17 6 0.739 40:00
Dec 9, 1978 @ DET L 4-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 58:57
Dec 3, 1978 vs BOS L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:58
Nov 29, 1978 @ AFM W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Nov 19, 1978 vs AFM L 1-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 59:03
Nov 15, 1978 vs CHI W 8-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:47
Nov 8, 1978 vs MNS L 3-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 59:14
Nov 4, 1978 @ LAK W 7-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Oct 29, 1978 vs PIT W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 25, 1978 vs VAN W 6-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 22, 1978 vs TOR W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Oct 19, 1978 @ DET T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Oct 15, 1978 vs CLR W 4-1 W 13 12 1 0.923 60:00
Oct 12, 1978 vs PHI T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00