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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

Trophy case

Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1970-71

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1968-69. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cesare Maniago MNS · 64 GP, 0.905 Bruce Gamble TOR · 61 GP, 0.914 Gerry Desjardins LAK · 61 GP, 0.898 Bernie Parent PHI · 58 GP, 0.925 Gary Smith OAK · 54 GP, 0.905

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 WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1965-66 NYR 36 820600 1093 968 125 3.69 0.886
1966-67 NYR 68 30271109 2089 1916 173 2.61 0.917
1967-68 NYR 66 36201008 1877 1717 160 2.44 0.915
1968-69 NYR 70 3823707 1970 1795 175 2.56 0.911
1969-70 NYR 70 35211406 1941 1778 163 2.36 0.916
1970-71 NYR 45 2710708 1215 1120 95 2.16 0.922
1971-72 NYR 44 2410901 1166 1051 115 2.71 0.901
1972-73 NYR 43 2611604 1228 1103 125 2.91 0.898
1973-74 NYR 55 29151005 1507 1343 164 3.06 0.891
1974-75 NYR 37 1312801 922 802 120 3.49 0.870
1975-76 NYR 4 03100 98 79 19 4.75 0.806
1975-76 DET 29 1214302 909 809 100 3.46 0.890
1976-77 DET 33 818303 833 726 107 3.59 0.872
1977-78 DET 9 35100 252 225 27 3.14 0.893
13 seasons Career 609 28920996054 17100 15432 1668 2.82 0.902

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1966-67 NYR 4 0400 134 120 14 3.43 0.896
1967-68 NYR 6 2400 202 184 18 3.02 0.911
1968-69 NYR 3 0300 68 58 10 3.35 0.853
1969-70 NYR 5 2300 134 115 19 4.15 0.858
1970-71 NYR 12 7500 320 292 28 2.22 0.913
1971-72 NYR 10 6400 276 249 27 2.72 0.902
1972-73 NYR 10 5401 238 215 23 2.57 0.903
1973-74 NYR 13 7600 351 314 37 2.83 0.895
1974-75 NYR 2 0200 30 26 4 2.82 0.867
9 seasons Playoffs 65 293501 1753 1573 180 2.83 0.897

1968-69 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
70 70 3823707 1970 1795 175 2.56 0.911

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 30, 1969 vs TOR W 4-0 W, SO 15 15 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 29, 1969 @ TOR W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Mar 27, 1969 @ BOS T 3-3 T 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Mar 26, 1969 @ CHI L 4-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 60:00
Mar 23, 1969 vs BOS W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:44
Mar 22, 1969 @ MTL L 1-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 19, 1969 @ MNS W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Mar 16, 1969 vs DET W 6-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Mar 12, 1969 vs PIT W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Mar 9, 1969 vs MTL T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 8, 1969 @ PIT W 5-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Mar 6, 1969 @ DET W 4-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Mar 5, 1969 @ CHI T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 59:57
Mar 2, 1969 vs STL W 2-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 59:55
Mar 1, 1969 @ BOS L 5-8 22 16 6 0.727 33:41
Feb 26, 1969 vs CHI W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Feb 23, 1969 vs BOS W 9-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 19, 1969 vs DET T 1-1 T 25 24 1 0.960 59:57
Feb 16, 1969 vs TOR W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 15, 1969 @ TOR L 2-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Feb 12, 1969 @ OAK L 2-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 58:59
Feb 8, 1969 vs STL W 2-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 59:45
Feb 5, 1969 @ PIT L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Feb 2, 1969 vs PIT W 7-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Feb 1, 1969 @ MTL L 2-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 59:58
Jan 30, 1969 @ STL W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 59:40
Jan 29, 1969 vs DET W 2-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 59:56
Jan 26, 1969 vs MTL W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Jan 25, 1969 vs CHI W 3-0 W, SO 15 15 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 23, 1969 vs LAK W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 18, 1969 @ STL T 2-2 T 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Jan 14, 1969 @ LAK L 1-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Jan 11, 1969 @ DET L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 40:00
Jan 9, 1969 @ PHI W 3-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Jan 5, 1969 vs MNS W 5-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Jan 4, 1969 @ TOR L 3-5 13 11 2 0.846 20:16
Jan 2, 1969 vs BOS L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:58
Dec 29, 1968 vs MTL W 3-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 59:55
Dec 28, 1968 @ MTL L 3-5 L 43 39 4 0.907 59:26
Dec 21, 1968 @ STL T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Dec 18, 1968 vs CHI L 1-3 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:47
Dec 15, 1968 vs PHI L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 14, 1968 @ MNS L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Dec 11, 1968 vs BOS T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 59:57
Dec 8, 1968 vs DET L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Dec 7, 1968 @ TOR L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Dec 5, 1968 @ DET L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:43
Dec 4, 1968 @ MTL W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:52
Dec 1, 1968 vs TOR W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Nov 30, 1968 @ BOS W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Nov 27, 1968 vs CHI L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 24, 1968 vs OAK W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 59:54
Nov 23, 1968 @ BOS L 1-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Nov 20, 1968 vs LAK W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Nov 17, 1968 vs MTL W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 16, 1968 @ PIT W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Nov 13, 1968 vs STL L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 10, 1968 @ CHI W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 8, 1968 @ OAK W 3-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Nov 6, 1968 @ LAK L 0-2 L 36 35 1 0.972 59:36
Nov 3, 1968 vs MNS W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Oct 31, 1968 @ PHI W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Oct 30, 1968 vs PIT W 7-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Oct 27, 1968 vs TOR L 3-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Oct 26, 1968 @ MNS W 3-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 23, 1968 vs OAK W 6-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 20, 1968 vs LAK W 7-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 17, 1968 @ DET L 2-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 59:21
Oct 16, 1968 vs PHI W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 59:59
Oct 13, 1968 @ CHI L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:52