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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 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michel Plasse CLR · 54 GP, 0.889 Ron Low WSH · 54 GP, 0.881 Bernie Parent PHI · 61 GP, 0.899 Gilles Meloche CLE · 51 GP, 0.890 Mike Palmateer TOR · 50 GP, 0.904

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

1976-77 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
56 55 4168010 1457 1340 117 2.14 0.920

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1977 vs WSH W 11-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 30, 1977 vs TOR T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 26, 1977 vs DET W 4-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 24, 1977 vs STL W 6-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Mar 16, 1977 @ MNS W 5-2 W 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Mar 14, 1977 vs LAK W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 9, 1977 @ TOR T 2-2 T 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Mar 6, 1977 @ BUF L 1-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Mar 1, 1977 @ NYI W 5-4 W 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Feb 27, 1977 @ NYR W 8-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Feb 23, 1977 @ AFM W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 19, 1977 vs PHI W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 16, 1977 @ PIT T 4-4 T 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Feb 12, 1977 vs BOS W 8-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Feb 9, 1977 vs VAN W 6-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 3, 1977 @ VAN W 6-4 W 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Feb 1, 1977 @ CLE W 7-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Jan 30, 1977 vs NYI W 2-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Jan 22, 1977 vs WSH W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 20, 1977 @ PHI W 6-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 18, 1977 @ WSH W 3-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 12, 1977 @ STL L 2-7 L 12 8 4 0.667 20:00
Jan 11, 1977 @ CLR W 6-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 8, 1977 vs WSH W 7-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Jan 6, 1977 @ BUF W 9-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 3, 1977 vs PHI W 6-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Jan 2, 1977 vs AFM W 7-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 30, 1976 vs MNS T 5-5 T 18 13 5 0.722 60:00
Dec 29, 1976 @ PIT T 3-3 6 6 0 1.000 15:11
Dec 27, 1976 vs CLE W 4-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Dec 12, 1976 @ NYR L 2-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Dec 8, 1976 @ CHI W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 6, 1976 vs CLE W 1-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 2, 1976 vs LAK T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Nov 24, 1976 @ CLE W 8-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Nov 23, 1976 @ NYI W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 21, 1976 vs TOR W 9-5 W 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Nov 17, 1976 @ TOR L 0-1 L 30 29 1 0.967 59:35
Nov 15, 1976 vs STL W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Nov 13, 1976 vs CLR T 3-3 T 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Nov 10, 1976 @ AFM T 2-2 T 43 41 2 0.953 60:00
Nov 9, 1976 @ STL W 8-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 6, 1976 vs CHI W 11-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Nov 3, 1976 @ MNS W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Nov 1, 1976 vs BUF W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Oct 30, 1976 vs BOS L 3-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Oct 27, 1976 @ CHI T 4-4 T 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Oct 25, 1976 vs NYI W 4-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Oct 23, 1976 @ PIT W 9-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Oct 21, 1976 vs TOR W 5-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Oct 19, 1976 @ WSH W 6-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 17, 1976 @ BOS L 3-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:47
Oct 16, 1976 vs NYR W 7-4 W 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Oct 14, 1976 @ PHI W 7-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 12, 1976 @ DET W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Oct 9, 1976 vs VAN W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00