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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 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Wayne Thomas TOR · 33 GP, 0.890 Denis Herron PIT · 34 GP, 0.911 Gilles Gilbert BOS · 34 GP, 0.885 Billy Smith NYI · 36 GP, 0.916 Gary Smith MNS · 36 GP, 0.881

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

1976-77 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
33 30 818303 833 726 107 3.59 0.872

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 27, 1977 vs MTL L 0-6 10 10 0 1.000 18:08
Mar 1, 1977 @ BOS L 3-8 5 2 3 0.400 12:54
Feb 13, 1977 vs MTL L 3-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Feb 10, 1977 vs NYR L 4-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:37
Feb 6, 1977 vs VAN W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Feb 2, 1977 @ TOR L 1-9 L 18 13 5 0.722 40:00
Jan 27, 1977 @ WSH L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 23, 1977 @ MTL T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 20, 1977 vs CLR L 1-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Jan 15, 1977 @ STL L 0-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 13, 1977 @ CLR L 2-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 60:00
Jan 6, 1977 vs MNS L 2-7 L 26 19 7 0.731 60:00
Jan 4, 1977 @ WSH T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Jan 2, 1977 vs CLR L 4-6 8 7 1 0.875 20:00
Dec 29, 1976 @ CHI L 3-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Dec 27, 1976 vs LAK L 4-7 5 4 1 0.800 20:00
Dec 15, 1976 @ CLE L 3-7 L 30 23 7 0.767 60:00
Dec 12, 1976 @ BOS W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Dec 4, 1976 @ LAK L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 27, 1976 vs NYR L 0-5 L 20 15 5 0.750 60:00
Nov 25, 1976 @ NYI W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Nov 19, 1976 vs CLE W 5-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 16, 1976 @ PHI L 0-2 L 31 30 1 0.968 59:48
Nov 10, 1976 vs BOS L 4-6 L 35 30 5 0.857 59:44
Nov 9, 1976 @ NYI L 1-8 L 47 39 8 0.830 60:00
Nov 7, 1976 vs AFM T 0-0 T, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 4, 1976 vs PHI W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Oct 31, 1976 @ NYR W 6-5 W 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Oct 26, 1976 @ LAK L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Oct 23, 1976 @ STL L 2-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:34
Oct 22, 1976 vs NYI W 5-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 12, 1976 vs MTL L 2-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 9, 1976 vs BUF W 4-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00