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Ron Hextall

#27 · Goalie · Philadelphia Flyers

Born May 3, 1964 in Brandon, Manitoba, CAN · 6'3", 192 lb · Catches left · Drafted 119th overall in 1982 by PHI (round 6)

Trophy case

Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1986-87
Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1986-87

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bill Ranford WSH · 55 GP, 0.887 Trevor Kidd CGY · 55 GP, 0.900 John Vanbiesbrouck FLA · 57 GP, 0.919 Tommy Salo NYI · 58 GP, 0.904 Jim Carey BOS · 59 GP, 0.886

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601986-87: 66 games6686-871987-88: 62 games6287-881988-89: 64 games6488-891989-90: 8 games889-901990-91: 36 games3690-911991-92: 45 games4591-921992-93: 54 games5492-931993-94: 65 games6593-941994-95: 31 games3194-951995-96: 53 games5395-961996-97: 55 games5596-971997-98: 46 games4697-981998-99: 23 games2398-99

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1986-87 PHI 66 3721601 1929 1739 190 3.01 0.902
1987-88 PHI 62 3022700 1816 1608 208 3.51 0.885
1988-89 PHI 64 3028600 1855 1653 202 3.23 0.891
1989-90 PHI 8 42100 219 190 29 4.15 0.868
1990-91 PHI 36 1316500 982 876 106 3.12 0.892
1991-92 PHI 45 1621603 1294 1143 151 3.40 0.883
1992-93 QUE 54 2916500 1529 1357 172 3.45 0.888
1993-94 NYI 65 2726605 1801 1617 184 3.08 0.898
1994-95 PHI 31 179401 801 713 88 2.90 0.890
1995-96 PHI 53 3113704 1292 1180 112 2.17 0.913
1996-97 PHI 55 3116505 1285 1153 132 2.56 0.897
1997-98 PHI 46 2117704 1089 992 97 2.17 0.911
1998-99 PHI 23 107400 464 412 52 2.53 0.888
13 seasons Career 608 29621469023 16356 14633 1723 2.98 0.895

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1986-87 PHI 26 151102 769 698 71 2.76 0.908
1987-88 PHI 7 2400 196 166 30 4.75 0.847
1988-89 PHI 15 8700 445 396 49 3.32 0.890
1992-93 QUE 6 2400 211 193 18 2.90 0.915
1993-94 NYI 3 0300 80 64 16 6.09 0.800
1994-95 PHI 15 10500 437 395 42 2.81 0.904
1995-96 PHI 12 6600 319 292 27 2.13 0.915
1996-97 PHI 8 4300 203 181 22 2.97 0.892
1997-98 PHI 1 0000 8 7 1 3.00 0.875
9 seasons Playoffs 93 474302 2668 2392 276 3.03 0.897

1996-97 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
55 54 3116505 1285 1153 132 2.56 0.897

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 13, 1997 vs NJD W 5-4 11 7 4 0.636 33:54
Apr 10, 1997 vs NYR L 3-6 L 18 13 5 0.722 40:00
Apr 7, 1997 @ NYR L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:32
Apr 6, 1997 vs OTT W 2-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Apr 1, 1997 vs TBL T 1-1 (OT) T 23 22 1 0.957 65:00
Mar 30, 1997 @ STL L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:32
Mar 29, 1997 @ WSH W 5-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 25, 1997 @ NJD W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 23, 1997 vs COL W 2-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 19, 1997 @ TOR W 6-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 59:56
Mar 15, 1997 vs BUF L 5-7 7 3 4 0.429 11:34
Mar 11, 1997 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) L 24 21 3 0.875 60:34
Mar 9, 1997 vs WSH W 5-0 W, SO 15 15 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 1, 1997 @ BOS T 5-5 (OT) T 31 26 5 0.839 65:00
Feb 20, 1997 @ TBL L 2-5 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:28
Feb 15, 1997 vs PIT W 5-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Feb 8, 1997 @ NJD L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 58:39
Feb 6, 1997 vs MTL W 9-5 W 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Feb 1, 1997 vs NYR L 2-4 L 17 13 4 0.765 58:36
Jan 29, 1997 @ WSH W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 25, 1997 vs DET L 1-4 L 15 11 4 0.733 27:53
Jan 22, 1997 @ DET T 2-2 (OT) T 34 32 2 0.941 65:00
Jan 21, 1997 vs DAL T 3-3 (OT) T 35 32 3 0.914 65:00
Jan 14, 1997 vs MTL W 3-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Jan 9, 1997 vs TBL L 1-3 L 30 28 2 0.933 59:16
Jan 7, 1997 vs BOS W 7-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 54:07
Jan 2, 1997 @ SJS W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 31, 1996 @ VAN W 5-3 W 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Dec 29, 1996 @ CGY W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 21, 1996 vs STL W 4-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 15, 1996 vs BOS W 6-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 12, 1996 vs HFD W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Dec 10, 1996 vs FLA W 5-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Dec 6, 1996 @ DAL W 6-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Dec 4, 1996 @ NYR T 1-1 (OT) T 25 24 1 0.960 65:00
Dec 1, 1996 vs VAN W 4-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Nov 27, 1996 @ NYI L 1-4 L 12 9 3 0.750 25:39
Nov 23, 1996 @ TBL W 2-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Nov 21, 1996 vs PIT W 7-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Nov 14, 1996 vs WSH L 2-5 L 21 18 3 0.857 40:00
Nov 13, 1996 @ NYR W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 10, 1996 vs TOR W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Nov 9, 1996 vs CHI L 1-4 6 6 0 1.000 24:44
Nov 7, 1996 @ BUF W 5-2 W 15 13 2 0.867 60:00
Nov 4, 1996 vs NYI L 3-4 L 18 14 4 0.778 59:01
Nov 2, 1996 @ FLA W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 31, 1996 @ TBL W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Oct 27, 1996 vs FLA L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:23
Oct 26, 1996 @ MTL L 5-6 L 23 17 6 0.739 59:11
Oct 22, 1996 vs ANA W 3-0 W, SO 12 12 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 18, 1996 @ PHX W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Oct 16, 1996 @ ANA W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Oct 13, 1996 vs CGY L 0-1 L 23 22 1 0.957 59:02
Oct 7, 1996 vs NJD W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Oct 5, 1996 vs FLA L 1-3 L 19 17 2 0.895 59:18