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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 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Roger Crozier BUF · 63 GP, 0.903 Gilles Meloche CGS · 56 GP, 0.893 Doug Favell PHI · 54 GP, 0.915 Dunc Wilson VAN · 53 GP, 0.887 Tony Esposito CHI · 48 GP, 0.934

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

1971-72 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
64 64 3981508 2030 1888 142 2.24 0.930

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 29, 1972 @ CHI T 5-5 11 8 3 0.727 40:00
Mar 26, 1972 @ BOS L 4-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 59:45
Mar 25, 1972 vs NYR T 3-3 T 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Mar 22, 1972 vs TOR T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Mar 19, 1972 @ DET L 6-7 L 36 29 7 0.806 59:18
Mar 18, 1972 vs MNS W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Mar 15, 1972 @ TOR W 5-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 60:00
Mar 13, 1972 vs PHI W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 11, 1972 vs CHI T 1-1 T 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Mar 9, 1972 @ STL W 5-1 W 46 45 1 0.978 60:00
Mar 8, 1972 @ PIT W 5-4 W 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Mar 5, 1972 @ PHI W 4-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 4, 1972 vs VAN W 5-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 1, 1972 vs BUF W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Feb 27, 1972 vs PIT W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Feb 26, 1972 vs DET W 8-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Feb 24, 1972 @ MNS W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Feb 22, 1972 vs NYR L 3-7 L 36 29 7 0.806 60:00
Feb 20, 1972 @ BUF W 4-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 19, 1972 vs PHI W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Feb 16, 1972 vs CGS T 1-1 T 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Feb 13, 1972 @ BOS T 2-2 T 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Feb 12, 1972 vs LAK W 6-5 W 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Feb 10, 1972 vs CHI W 7-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Feb 6, 1972 @ VAN W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 4, 1972 @ CGS T 2-2 T 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 3, 1972 @ LAK T 1-1 T 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 1, 1972 @ STL W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 29, 1972 vs STL W 4-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 23, 1972 @ PIT T 3-3 T 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Jan 22, 1972 vs BOS L 5-8 L 37 29 8 0.784 60:00
Jan 19, 1972 vs TOR W 1-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 26, 1971 @ NYR L 1-5 L 46 41 5 0.891 60:00
Dec 22, 1971 vs TOR W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Dec 19, 1971 @ CGS T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 17, 1971 @ VAN W 6-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Dec 15, 1971 @ LAK W 3-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 12, 1971 @ PHI L 1-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:15
Dec 11, 1971 vs MNS W 4-3 W 16 13 3 0.813 60:00
Dec 8, 1971 vs DET W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 4, 1971 vs VAN W 7-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 1, 1971 vs LAK W 5-3 W 17 14 3 0.824 60:00
Nov 28, 1971 @ DET L 2-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:37
Nov 27, 1971 vs PIT W 3-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Nov 24, 1971 @ CHI T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Nov 20, 1971 vs PHI T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Nov 18, 1971 vs STL T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Nov 16, 1971 vs CGS W 7-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Nov 14, 1971 @ BUF T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Nov 13, 1971 @ MNS W 5-1 W 42 41 1 0.976 60:00
Nov 10, 1971 @ TOR W 5-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Nov 7, 1971 @ BOS W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Nov 6, 1971 vs CHI W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 3, 1971 vs STL W 5-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 31, 1971 @ PHI L 3-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Oct 30, 1971 vs DET W 3-0 W, SO 38 38 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 27, 1971 vs BOS W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 23, 1971 @ LAK W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Oct 22, 1971 @ VAN W 6-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 20, 1971 @ CGS W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Oct 17, 1971 @ NYR L 4-8 33 29 4 0.879 40:00
Oct 16, 1971 vs BUF W 9-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Oct 14, 1971 @ MNS T 1-1 T 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Oct 9, 1971 vs NYR T 4-4 T 38 34 4 0.895 59:53