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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pete Lopresti MNS · 53 GP, 0.867 Phil Myre STL · 53 GP, 0.876 Gilles Meloche CLE · 54 GP, 0.888 Bernie Parent PHI · 49 GP, 0.912 Doug Favell CLR · 47 GP, 0.888

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

1977-78 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
52 50 377705 1338 1233 105 2.05 0.922

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 8, 1978 vs DET W 5-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Apr 5, 1978 @ TOR W 6-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Apr 1, 1978 vs BOS W 7-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 26, 1978 @ BOS T 2-2 T 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Mar 25, 1978 vs WSH W 5-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 20, 1978 @ VAN W 5-1 W 15 14 1 0.933 60:00
Mar 15, 1978 @ CHI W 6-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 13, 1978 @ MNS W 5-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 60:00
Mar 9, 1978 vs TOR W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Mar 6, 1978 @ BUF L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:31
Feb 25, 1978 vs NYR L 3-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Feb 23, 1978 vs CLE W 5-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 20, 1978 vs BUF W 4-2 W 9 9 0 1.000 31:28
Feb 18, 1978 vs CLR W 9-4 9 6 3 0.667 40:00
Feb 17, 1978 @ WSH W 8-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Feb 15, 1978 @ STL W 6-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Feb 12, 1978 @ NYR W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Feb 11, 1978 vs STL W 7-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Feb 9, 1978 vs CHI T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Feb 2, 1978 @ VAN T 4-4 T 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Jan 31, 1978 @ CLR W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 26, 1978 @ AFM W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 21, 1978 vs VAN W 8-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 19, 1978 @ PHI T 1-1 T 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 14, 1978 vs BOS W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 12, 1978 @ DET W 6-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 9, 1978 vs PHI T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Jan 3, 1978 @ STL W 2-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 31, 1977 @ NYI W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 23, 1977 vs NYI W 7-5 W 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Dec 21, 1977 @ TOR W 3-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Dec 18, 1977 @ PHI W 2-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 17, 1977 @ PIT L 3-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Dec 14, 1977 @ MNS L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:01
Dec 10, 1977 vs VAN W 7-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 5, 1977 vs AFM T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Dec 1, 1977 @ BUF L 1-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 29, 1977 vs PIT W 9-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 26, 1977 vs DET W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 24, 1977 vs BUF W 4-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Nov 23, 1977 @ CLE L 1-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 59:00
Nov 16, 1977 @ CLR W 4-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Nov 13, 1977 @ CHI W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 12, 1977 vs TOR W 5-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 10, 1977 @ NYI W 5-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Nov 5, 1977 vs BOS W 5-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Oct 29, 1977 vs LAK L 3-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:33
Oct 26, 1977 @ TOR T 2-2 T 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 23, 1977 @ NYR W 6-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 19, 1977 @ WSH W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Oct 16, 1977 @ BOS W 2-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 12, 1977 vs MNS W 7-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00