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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 1975-76. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Denis Herron KCS · 64 GP, 0.890 Wayne Thomas TOR · 64 GP, 0.900 Wayne Stephenson PHI · 66 GP, 0.908 Tony Esposito CHI · 68 GP, 0.905 John Davidson NYR · 56 GP, 0.879

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

1975-76 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
62 60 4210808 1650 1529 121 2.03 0.927

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 1976 @ WSH W 4-3 6 6 0 1.000 20:00
Apr 3, 1976 vs DET W 6-3 W 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Mar 28, 1976 @ BOS T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 24, 1976 vs TOR L 1-2 L 39 37 2 0.949 59:41
Mar 20, 1976 @ LAK L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:16
Mar 19, 1976 @ CGS W 4-1 W 42 41 1 0.976 60:00
Mar 13, 1976 vs BOS W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 10, 1976 @ CHI W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:55
Mar 7, 1976 @ DET W 6-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 29, 1976 @ NYR T 1-1 T 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 25, 1976 @ KCS W 3-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Feb 24, 1976 @ STL W 6-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 22, 1976 @ BUF W 4-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Feb 18, 1976 @ TOR W 7-5 W 40 35 5 0.875 60:00
Feb 15, 1976 @ PHI L 1-2 L 41 39 2 0.951 59:34
Feb 12, 1976 vs VAN L 4-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 59:16
Feb 8, 1976 @ NYR W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 31, 1976 @ LAK L 3-7 L 17 11 6 0.647 40:00
Jan 30, 1976 @ CGS W 5-4 W 26 22 4 0.846 59:58
Jan 27, 1976 @ VAN T 2-2 T 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 25, 1976 @ DET T 3-3 T 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Jan 24, 1976 vs PHI W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 59:48
Jan 22, 1976 @ PIT W 4-3 W 45 42 3 0.933 60:00
Jan 18, 1976 vs AFM W 4-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 17, 1976 vs LAK W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 13, 1976 @ WSH W 3-2 W 13 11 2 0.846 60:00
Jan 11, 1976 vs TOR W 2-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 10, 1976 vs DET W 7-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Jan 7, 1976 @ MNS W 2-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Jan 5, 1976 vs BUF L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Jan 3, 1976 vs WSH W 7-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 29, 1975 @ WSH W 6-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 27, 1975 vs MNS W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 59:42
Dec 21, 1975 @ CGS W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Dec 20, 1975 @ VAN T 2-2 T 16 14 2 0.875 60:00
Dec 17, 1975 @ LAK W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 14, 1975 vs PIT W 7-4 W 19 15 4 0.789 59:57
Dec 13, 1975 vs KCS W 4-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Dec 10, 1975 vs TOR T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 59:56
Dec 7, 1975 @ BOS T 2-2 T 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Dec 6, 1975 vs WSH W 9-3 W 13 10 3 0.769 60:00
Dec 4, 1975 @ STL W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 59:56
Dec 3, 1975 @ KCS L 5-6 L 9 8 1 0.889 20:00
Nov 30, 1975 vs NYI W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 59:44
Nov 29, 1975 vs VAN W 6-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 59:55
Nov 27, 1975 @ NYI W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 25, 1975 @ AFM W 4-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 22, 1975 @ TOR W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Nov 19, 1975 @ MNS W 6-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 16, 1975 @ PHI L 1-3 L 48 46 2 0.958 58:59
Nov 13, 1975 @ PIT W 5-4 W 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Nov 11, 1975 vs MNS W 6-0 W, SO 14 14 0 1.000 59:41
Nov 5, 1975 @ AFM W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 3, 1975 vs BUF W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Oct 29, 1975 @ CHI L 1-2 L 36 35 1 0.972 59:12
Oct 22, 1975 @ DET W 4-1 13 12 1 0.923 20:00
Oct 21, 1975 @ PIT W 7-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 59:35
Oct 18, 1975 vs PHI T 2-2 T 20 18 2 0.900 59:42
Oct 14, 1975 @ NYI L 3-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:40
Oct 11, 1975 vs STL W 7-2 W 14 12 2 0.857 59:44
Oct 9, 1975 @ BOS W 9-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Oct 8, 1975 vs LAK W 9-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00