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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 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dunc Wilson VAN · 43 GP, 0.880 Doug Favell PHI · 44 GP, 0.916 Gerry Desjardins NYI · 44 GP, 0.866 Ron Low TOR · 42 GP, 0.881 Eddie Johnston BOS · 45 GP, 0.886

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

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
43 43 2611604 1228 1103 125 2.91 0.898

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 1, 1973 vs DET T 3-3 T 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Mar 31, 1973 @ MTL L 1-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Mar 17, 1973 @ TOR L 5-7 L 26 19 7 0.731 59:25
Mar 14, 1973 @ CHI L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:00
Mar 11, 1973 vs TOR W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 10, 1973 @ PIT W 5-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Mar 7, 1973 vs PHI T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 28, 1973 vs CHI T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Feb 25, 1973 vs MNS W 6-5 W 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Feb 21, 1973 @ LAK W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 15, 1973 @ BUF L 1-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Feb 11, 1973 vs MTL T 2-2 T 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 7, 1973 vs NYI W 6-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 3, 1973 @ BOS W 7-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Jan 27, 1973 @ DET W 6-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 24, 1973 vs BOS W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Jan 20, 1973 @ VAN W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 17, 1973 @ LAK T 4-4 T 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Jan 14, 1973 @ PHI W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Jan 13, 1973 @ STL W 5-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Jan 11, 1973 @ BUF W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Jan 7, 1973 vs PIT W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 6, 1973 vs BUF L 1-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:48
Jan 3, 1973 vs LAK W 3-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 31, 1972 vs STL W 6-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Dec 24, 1972 vs DET W 5-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 20, 1972 @ STL W 5-4 W 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Dec 16, 1972 @ MNS L 1-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Dec 13, 1972 @ TOR W 4-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Dec 9, 1972 @ NYI W 4-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Dec 3, 1972 vs AFM W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Nov 29, 1972 @ LAK T 2-2 T 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Nov 23, 1972 @ BUF L 3-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:16
Nov 19, 1972 vs PIT L 3-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 59:07
Nov 15, 1972 vs PHI W 7-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 12, 1972 vs LAK W 5-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Nov 11, 1972 vs CGS W 7-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Nov 8, 1972 vs VAN W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 5, 1972 @ PHI W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Oct 14, 1972 @ MTL L 1-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Oct 11, 1972 vs VAN W 5-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Oct 8, 1972 @ CHI L 1-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Oct 7, 1972 @ DET L 3-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:15