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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 1973-74. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gilles Gilbert BOS · 54 GP, 0.901 Dave Dryden BUF · 53 GP, 0.894 Jim Rutherford DET · 51 GP, 0.885 Gilles Meloche CGS · 47 GP, 0.878 Gary Smith VAN · 64 GP, 0.895

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

1973-74 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
55 53 29151005 1507 1343 164 3.06 0.891

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 1974 vs MTL W 6-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Apr 3, 1974 vs DET W 5-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Mar 31, 1974 vs TOR T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 27, 1974 vs BOS L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:03
Mar 24, 1974 vs BUF W 5-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 23, 1974 @ DET L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:02
Mar 21, 1974 @ AFM T 5-5 T 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Mar 17, 1974 @ BOS L 2-5 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:15
Mar 16, 1974 @ NYI W 3-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Mar 10, 1974 vs NYI W 4-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Mar 3, 1974 vs CGS W 8-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Feb 27, 1974 vs VAN W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 22, 1974 @ CGS W 4-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Feb 9, 1974 @ MTL L 2-7 L 28 21 7 0.750 60:00
Feb 6, 1974 vs NYI W 6-0 W, SO 16 16 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 3, 1974 vs MNS T 5-5 T 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Feb 2, 1974 @ MNS W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 30, 1974 @ PIT W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 27, 1974 vs LAK W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 23, 1974 vs AFM W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 19, 1974 @ CHI W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 17, 1974 @ STL L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:30
Jan 16, 1974 @ DET T 4-4 T 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Jan 13, 1974 @ CGS W 7-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Jan 12, 1974 @ VAN W 6-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Jan 10, 1974 @ BUF L 2-7 L 30 23 7 0.767 60:00
Dec 29, 1973 @ MTL L 1-7 L 29 22 7 0.759 60:00
Dec 26, 1973 vs PHI W 2-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 23, 1973 @ AFM L 1-3 L 45 42 3 0.933 60:00
Dec 22, 1973 @ PIT W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 20, 1973 vs DET W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 16, 1973 vs CHI L 1-6 L 25 19 6 0.760 40:00
Dec 15, 1973 @ TOR T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 6, 1973 @ BUF L 4-8 L 25 18 7 0.720 40:00
Dec 5, 1973 vs STL W 5-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Dec 2, 1973 vs TOR W 6-4 W 19 15 4 0.789 60:00
Nov 29, 1973 @ PHI T 2-2 T 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Nov 25, 1973 vs VAN W 5-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 24, 1973 vs LAK T 5-5 T 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Nov 22, 1973 @ BUF W 7-6 W 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Nov 21, 1973 vs CGS W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 18, 1973 vs PIT W 7-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 17, 1973 @ MNS W 6-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Nov 15, 1973 @ BOS L 2-10 L 35 25 10 0.714 60:00
Nov 14, 1973 vs CHI T 4-4 T 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Nov 7, 1973 vs BOS W 7-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 45:56
Nov 4, 1973 @ CHI L 1-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Nov 1, 1973 @ LAK L 1-2 L 20 18 2 0.900 59:03
Oct 30, 1973 @ VAN T 3-3 T 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Oct 28, 1973 vs PIT L 2-7 17 15 2 0.882 40:00
Oct 27, 1973 @ NYI L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:02
Oct 21, 1973 vs MTL L 2-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Oct 17, 1973 vs STL W 4-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 14, 1973 vs LAK T 1-1 T 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Oct 10, 1973 vs DET W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00