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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 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rogie Vachon LAK · 53 GP, 0.900 Tony Esposito CHI · 56 GP, 0.917 Roy Edwards DET · 52 GP, 0.904 Gilles Meloche CGS · 59 GP, 0.885 Jim Rutherford PIT · 49 GP, 0.912

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

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
54 53 3371306 1617 1498 119 2.26 0.926

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 24, 1973 vs STL W 11-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Mar 21, 1973 vs VAN W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 18, 1973 @ PHI T 4-4 T 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Mar 17, 1973 vs BUF T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 14, 1973 @ DET W 5-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Mar 11, 1973 @ BOS L 3-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Mar 10, 1973 vs DET W 2-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 7, 1973 vs TOR W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Mar 6, 1973 @ NYI W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Mar 4, 1973 @ BUF W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Mar 3, 1973 vs BOS W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 28, 1973 vs LAK W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 24, 1973 vs VAN W 7-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Feb 22, 1973 @ DET T 3-3 T 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 21, 1973 @ CHI W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Feb 18, 1973 @ TOR W 2-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Feb 17, 1973 vs PHI L 6-7 L 18 15 3 0.833 23:43
Jan 12, 1973 @ CGS T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Jan 10, 1973 @ MNS W 6-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 8, 1973 vs MNS T 3-3 T 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 6, 1973 vs CGS W 5-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 3, 1973 @ TOR W 8-4 W 41 37 4 0.902 60:00
Dec 30, 1972 vs AFM T 1-1 T 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Dec 27, 1972 @ MNS L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:04
Dec 26, 1972 @ STL W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Dec 23, 1972 vs PIT W 6-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 16, 1972 @ LAK W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 15, 1972 @ VAN W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 10, 1972 @ BUF L 2-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:04
Dec 6, 1972 vs MNS W 6-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 2, 1972 vs AFM T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Nov 29, 1972 vs BOS T 3-3 T 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Nov 26, 1972 @ CHI L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:30
Nov 24, 1972 @ VAN W 9-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Nov 22, 1972 @ LAK T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Nov 18, 1972 vs CHI L 3-5 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:56
Nov 16, 1972 vs PHI W 6-5 9 7 2 0.778 20:00
Nov 14, 1972 @ NYI W 7-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 12, 1972 @ BOS W 5-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Nov 11, 1972 vs LAK W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 8, 1972 vs TOR W 5-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 4, 1972 vs DET L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:26
Nov 2, 1972 @ AFM W 6-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Nov 1, 1972 @ PIT W 7-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Oct 29, 1972 @ DET W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Oct 28, 1972 vs BUF T 3-3 T 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Oct 26, 1972 vs STL W 7-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 24, 1972 @ NYI W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Oct 22, 1972 @ NYR T 1-1 T 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Oct 18, 1972 @ STL T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Oct 14, 1972 vs NYR W 6-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Oct 12, 1972 vs AFM W 3-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 11, 1972 @ TOR T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Oct 7, 1972 vs MNS W 3-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00