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Ken Dryden

#29 · Goalie · Montréal Canadiens · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Aug 8, 1947 in Hamilton, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 207 lb · Catches left · Drafted 14th overall in 1964 by BOS (round 3)

Trophy case

×6 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1978-79, 1977-78, 1976-77, 1975-76, 1972-73, 1970-71
×5 Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1978-79, 1977-78, 1976-77, 1975-76, 1972-73
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1971-72
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1970-71

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.

Mario Lessard LAK · 49 GP, 0.892 Rogie Vachon DET · 50 GP, 0.863 Gerry Cheevers BOS · 43 GP, 0.865 Glenn Resch NYI · 43 GP, 0.914 Gilles Meloche MNS · 53 GP, 0.885

Career

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

02040601970-71: 6 games670-711971-72: 64 games6471-721972-73: 54 games5472-731974-75: 56 games5674-751975-76: 62 games6275-761976-77: 56 games5676-771977-78: 52 games5277-781978-79: 47 games4778-79

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1970-71 MTL 6 60000 211 202 9 1.65 0.957
1971-72 MTL 64 3981508 2030 1888 142 2.24 0.930
1972-73 MTL 54 3371306 1617 1498 119 2.26 0.926
1974-75 MTL 56 3091604 1590 1441 149 2.70 0.906
1975-76 MTL 62 4210808 1650 1529 121 2.03 0.927
1976-77 MTL 56 4168010 1457 1340 117 2.14 0.920
1977-78 MTL 52 377705 1338 1233 105 2.05 0.922
1978-79 MTL 47 3010705 1190 1082 108 2.30 0.909
8 seasons Career 397 2585774046 11083 10213 870 2.24 0.922

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1970-71 MTL 20 12800 709 648 61 3.01 0.914
1971-72 MTL 6 2400 192 175 17 2.85 0.911
1972-73 MTL 17 12501 540 490 50 2.90 0.907
1974-75 MTL 11 6502 345 316 29 2.54 0.916
1975-76 MTL 13 12101 350 325 25 1.92 0.929
1976-77 MTL 14 12204 324 302 22 1.56 0.932
1977-78 MTL 15 12302 361 332 29 1.90 0.920
1978-79 MTL 16 12400 406 365 41 2.50 0.899
8 seasons Playoffs 112 8032010 3227 2953 274 2.41 0.915

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
47 47 3010705 1190 1082 108 2.30 0.909

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 8, 1979 @ DET L 0-1 L 24 23 1 0.958 59:13
Apr 4, 1979 vs DET W 4-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ BOS T 3-3 T 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Mar 22, 1979 vs NYI L 3-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Mar 18, 1979 @ CLR W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Mar 17, 1979 @ LAK L 1-3 L 31 29 2 0.935 59:18
Mar 10, 1979 vs NYR L 3-6 L 28 23 5 0.821 54:20
Mar 8, 1979 vs VAN W 11-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Mar 5, 1979 @ WSH T 2-2 T 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Mar 1, 1979 vs TOR W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 27, 1979 @ NYI L 3-7 L 35 28 7 0.800 60:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs STL W 6-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Feb 21, 1979 @ PIT L 1-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 17, 1979 vs WSH W 2-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 3, 1979 @ TOR W 6-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Jan 31, 1979 @ PIT W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Jan 27, 1979 vs BOS W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Jan 23, 1979 @ STL W 6-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Jan 20, 1979 vs PHI T 5-5 T 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Jan 17, 1979 @ LAK W 7-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Jan 16, 1979 @ VAN T 2-2 T 20 18 2 0.900 59:54
Jan 13, 1979 vs BUF W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 8, 1979 vs MNS W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Jan 6, 1979 vs VAN W 2-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 3, 1979 @ NYR L 2-6 L 26 20 6 0.769 60:00
Dec 30, 1978 vs BOS W 6-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 27, 1978 @ DET W 5-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Dec 21, 1978 vs CHI W 5-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 59:41
Dec 16, 1978 @ LAK W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 12, 1978 @ STL W 6-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 10, 1978 vs NYI W 4-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 59:59
Dec 6, 1978 @ DET T 2-2 T 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs BUF W 8-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Nov 28, 1978 vs PHI W 3-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 23, 1978 vs PIT W 8-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Nov 18, 1978 @ VAN W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 59:58
Nov 15, 1978 @ CLR W 6-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Nov 11, 1978 vs TOR W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Nov 8, 1978 @ WSH W 6-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 5, 1978 @ BOS T 1-1 T 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Nov 2, 1978 vs WSH W 4-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Oct 29, 1978 @ CHI L 1-4 L 20 17 3 0.850 59:40
Oct 25, 1978 @ TOR T 4-4 T 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Oct 20, 1978 @ AFM L 5-7 L 38 31 7 0.816 60:00
Oct 17, 1978 @ NYI L 1-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Oct 15, 1978 @ PHI W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Oct 11, 1978 vs MNS W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00