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Ed Giacomin

#31 · Goalie · Detroit Red Wings · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jun 6, 1939 in Sudbury, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 180 lb · Catches left

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Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 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.

Doug Grant STL · 9 GP, 0.896 Bob Sauve BUF · 11 GP, 0.911 Rick St. Croix PHI · 7 GP, 0.879 Bill McKenzie CLR · 12 GP, 0.879 Mike Veisor CHI · 12 GP, 0.920

Career

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

02040601965-66: 36 games3665-661966-67: 68 games6866-671967-68: 66 games6667-681968-69: 70 games7068-691969-70: 70 games7069-701970-71: 45 games4570-711971-72: 44 games4471-721972-73: 43 games4372-731973-74: 55 games5573-741974-75: 37 games3774-751975-76: 33 games3375-761976-77: 33 games3376-771977-78: 9 games977-78

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
1965-66 NYR 36 1093 968 125 0.886
1966-67 NYR 68 2089 1916 173 0.917
1967-68 NYR 66 1877 1717 160 0.915
1968-69 NYR 70 1970 1795 175 0.911
1969-70 NYR 70 1941 1778 163 0.916
1970-71 NYR 45 1215 1120 95 0.922
1971-72 NYR 44 1166 1051 115 0.901
1972-73 NYR 43 1228 1103 125 0.898
1973-74 NYR 55 1507 1343 164 0.891
1974-75 NYR 37 922 802 120 0.870
1975-76 NYR 4 98 79 19 0.806
1975-76 DET 29 909 809 100 0.890
1976-77 DET 33 833 726 107 0.872
1977-78 DET 9 252 225 27 0.893
13 seasons Career 609 17100 15432 1668 0.902

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
1966-67 NYR 4 134 120 14 0.896
1967-68 NYR 6 202 184 18 0.911
1968-69 NYR 3 68 58 10 0.853
1969-70 NYR 5 134 115 19 0.858
1970-71 NYR 12 320 292 28 0.913
1971-72 NYR 10 276 249 27 0.902
1972-73 NYR 10 238 215 23 0.903
1973-74 NYR 13 351 314 37 0.895
1974-75 NYR 2 30 26 4 0.867
9 seasons Playoffs 65 1753 1573 180 0.897

1977-78 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
9 252 225 27 0.893 3.00

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Dec 21, 1977 vs BUF L 3-5 20 15 5 0.750 35:24
Dec 8, 1977 @ BOS L 4-6 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Dec 3, 1977 @ TOR L 2-4 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Nov 27, 1977 vs NYI L 1-4 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 19, 1977 @ STL W 2-1 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Nov 13, 1977 @ PHI L 0-3 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Nov 6, 1977 @ CLE W 4-1 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Oct 27, 1977 vs MNS W 3-1 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Oct 20, 1977 vs MTL T 2-2 27 25 2 0.926 60:00