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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Guy Hebert ANA · 46 GP, 0.903 Mark Fitzpatrick TBL · 46 GP, 0.892 Jocelyn Thibault MTL · 47 GP, 0.902 Trevor Kidd CAR · 47 GP, 0.922 Kirk McLean FLA · 44 GP, 0.881

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

1997-98 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
46 44 2117704 1089 992 97 2.17 0.911

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 18, 1998 vs NYR L 1-2 L 21 19 2 0.905 59:00
Apr 13, 1998 @ BUF L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:03
Apr 9, 1998 @ FLA L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:40
Mar 28, 1998 vs CAR L 2-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:00
Mar 24, 1998 @ NJD L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:25
Mar 21, 1998 @ PIT L 3-4 L 15 11 4 0.733 58:30
Mar 19, 1998 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) T 20 17 3 0.850 65:00
Mar 16, 1998 vs TOR W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Mar 14, 1998 vs DET W 6-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 12, 1998 vs VAN W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Mar 10, 1998 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) T 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Mar 8, 1998 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) W 26 23 3 0.885 64:03
Mar 7, 1998 @ PIT L 4-6 L 9 7 2 0.778 27:12
Mar 5, 1998 vs WSH W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:57
Mar 2, 1998 @ NJD L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:11
Feb 28, 1998 @ NYR W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Feb 7, 1998 @ COL L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:08
Feb 4, 1998 @ DAL L 0-1 L 20 19 1 0.950 59:16
Jan 31, 1998 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) L 26 23 3 0.885 62:23
Jan 29, 1998 vs MTL L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:36
Jan 28, 1998 @ NYI L 1-6 10 8 2 0.800 20:00
Jan 26, 1998 vs NYI W 3-1 W 11 10 1 0.909 60:00
Jan 24, 1998 @ DET L 0-1 L 25 24 1 0.960 59:08
Jan 20, 1998 vs BUF W 3-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 11, 1998 @ TBL W 5-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Jan 8, 1998 @ CAR T 3-3 (OT) T 29 26 3 0.897 65:00
Dec 31, 1997 @ VAN W 8-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 27, 1997 @ CGY L 2-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:49
Dec 23, 1997 vs CAR W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 18, 1997 vs BOS T 2-2 (OT) T 24 22 2 0.917 65:00
Dec 14, 1997 vs TBL W 3-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 11, 1997 vs NYI W 4-3 W 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Nov 28, 1997 vs NYI W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 54:14
Nov 20, 1997 vs SJS L 0-3 L 12 9 3 0.750 60:00
Nov 16, 1997 vs TBL W 3-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Nov 13, 1997 vs COL L 1-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 59:11
Nov 11, 1997 vs OTT W 1-0 W, SO 16 16 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 2, 1997 vs DAL T 3-3 (OT) T 20 17 3 0.850 40:00
Oct 31, 1997 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) T 32 30 2 0.938 64:56
Oct 27, 1997 vs NJD L 0-5 L 21 16 5 0.762 60:00
Oct 21, 1997 vs TBL W 7-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Oct 15, 1997 @ ANA T 2-2 (OT) T 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Oct 11, 1997 @ MTL W 6-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:55
Oct 9, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Oct 3, 1997 vs OTT W 5-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Oct 1, 1997 vs FLA W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00