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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 1969-70. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gary Smith OAK · 65 GP, 0.913 Rogie Vachon MTL · 64 GP, 0.917 Tony Esposito CHI · 63 GP, 0.932 Bernie Parent PHI · 62 GP, 0.921 Bruce Gamble TOR · 52 GP, 0.915

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

1969-70 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
70 70 35211406 1941 1778 163 2.36 0.916

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1970 vs DET W 9-5 W 20 17 3 0.850 58:00
Apr 4, 1970 @ DET L 2-6 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:52
Apr 1, 1970 @ TOR W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 29, 1970 vs MTL W 4-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 28, 1970 @ MTL T 1-1 T 34 33 1 0.971 59:53
Mar 25, 1970 vs BOS L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:09
Mar 22, 1970 vs TOR L 2-5 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:30
Mar 19, 1970 @ PHI T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 59:57
Mar 18, 1970 @ PIT W 2-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 15, 1970 vs MNS L 2-4 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:01
Mar 11, 1970 @ MTL L 3-5 L 19 15 4 0.789 40:00
Mar 8, 1970 vs PIT T 0-0 T, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 6, 1970 @ STL L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 4, 1970 vs DET L 0-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 59:49
Mar 1, 1970 vs CHI L 1-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Feb 28, 1970 @ DET T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Feb 26, 1970 @ BOS L 3-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Feb 25, 1970 vs STL W 2-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Feb 22, 1970 vs TOR W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 59:56
Feb 21, 1970 @ CHI L 2-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Feb 19, 1970 @ DET T 3-3 T 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Feb 15, 1970 vs MTL W 2-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 13, 1970 @ OAK L 2-4 L 17 14 3 0.824 59:38
Feb 11, 1970 @ LAK W 6-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Feb 8, 1970 vs LAK W 5-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 4, 1970 vs DET W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 28, 1970 @ LAK L 4-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Jan 25, 1970 vs LAK W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 24, 1970 vs BOS W 8-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Jan 22, 1970 @ STL L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:40
Jan 17, 1970 @ MNS W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 14, 1970 @ TOR W 7-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Jan 11, 1970 @ MTL L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Jan 7, 1970 @ PIT W 5-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Jan 4, 1970 vs OAK W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 3, 1970 @ MNS T 3-3 T 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Dec 31, 1969 vs CHI W 2-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Dec 28, 1969 vs LAK T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 26, 1969 vs PIT L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Dec 21, 1969 vs OAK W 3-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 58:26
Dec 20, 1969 @ TOR W 5-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Dec 17, 1969 vs PHI T 2-2 T 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Dec 14, 1969 vs TOR L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 13, 1969 @ MNS W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 11, 1969 @ BOS L 1-2 L 49 47 2 0.959 60:00
Dec 10, 1969 vs BOS W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 7, 1969 vs MTL W 6-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 3, 1969 vs CHI T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Nov 30, 1969 vs MNS T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 29, 1969 vs PHI T 2-2 T 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 26, 1969 vs BOS W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 23, 1969 vs OAK W 5-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Nov 22, 1969 @ STL W 5-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 19, 1969 @ CHI T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 16, 1969 vs STL W 4-2 W 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Nov 15, 1969 @ BOS W 6-5 W 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Nov 12, 1969 vs DET W 4-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Nov 8, 1969 @ LAK W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:48
Nov 6, 1969 @ OAK W 8-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 59:55
Nov 5, 1969 @ CHI L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:51
Nov 2, 1969 vs STL W 6-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 1, 1969 @ TOR W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Oct 30, 1969 @ PHI T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Oct 26, 1969 vs MTL L 3-8 L 20 15 5 0.750 28:05
Oct 25, 1969 @ DET W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Oct 22, 1969 vs CHI T 1-1 T 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Oct 19, 1969 vs TOR W 1-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 18, 1969 @ MTL L 3-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 60:00
Oct 15, 1969 vs MNS W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Oct 12, 1969 @ BOS L 1-2 L 37 35 2 0.946 60:00