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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 1970-71. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Al Smith PIT · 45 GP, 0.898 Doug Favell PHI · 44 GP, 0.915 Roger Crozier BUF · 44 GP, 0.900 Rogie Vachon MTL · 47 GP, 0.914 Bernie Parent TOR · 48 GP, 0.913

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

1970-71 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
45 44 2710708 1215 1120 95 2.16 0.922

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 1971 vs DET W 6-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 31, 1971 vs CHI W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 27, 1971 @ BOS W 6-3 W 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Mar 21, 1971 vs MTL L 2-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Mar 20, 1971 @ TOR L 1-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Mar 14, 1971 vs TOR W 1-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 10, 1971 @ CHI W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 6, 1971 @ DET T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 3, 1971 vs CGS W 8-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Feb 28, 1971 vs VAN W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 27, 1971 @ PIT W 4-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 24, 1971 vs PHI W 4-2 W 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Feb 21, 1971 vs DET W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 20, 1971 @ PIT W 2-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 3, 1971 vs CHI L 2-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Jan 31, 1971 vs LAK T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Jan 27, 1971 vs BOS T 2-2 T 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Jan 24, 1971 vs MNS W 6-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Jan 20, 1971 vs PHI T 3-3 T 21 18 3 0.857 59:31
Jan 15, 1971 @ CGS L 1-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 59:06
Jan 10, 1971 @ STL W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 3, 1971 vs MTL W 6-5 W 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Dec 29, 1970 vs CGS W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 26, 1970 @ DET L 4-7 L 27 21 6 0.778 59:25
Dec 22, 1970 @ BUF W 7-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Dec 20, 1970 vs VAN W 5-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Dec 16, 1970 vs BUF W 4-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 11, 1970 @ CGS W 2-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Dec 9, 1970 @ LAK T 2-2 2 2 0 1.000 00:42
Dec 8, 1970 @ VAN L 1-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Dec 5, 1970 @ TOR W 1-0 W, SO 38 38 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 29, 1970 vs PIT W 6-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Nov 28, 1970 vs BOS T 3-3 T 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Nov 25, 1970 @ PHI L 1-3 L 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 21, 1970 @ MTL W 5-4 W 45 41 4 0.911 60:00
Nov 15, 1970 vs TOR W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Nov 11, 1970 vs PIT T 3-3 T 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 4, 1970 @ CGS L 1-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:28
Oct 31, 1970 @ BOS L 0-6 L 47 41 6 0.872 60:00
Oct 28, 1970 vs DET W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Oct 25, 1970 vs CGS T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Oct 21, 1970 vs TOR W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Oct 18, 1970 vs MTL W 1-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 14, 1970 vs BUF W 3-0 W, SO 15 15 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 10, 1970 @ STL L 1-3 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:37