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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Doug Grant STL · 9 GP, 0.896 Bob Sauve BUF · 11 GP, 0.911 Rick St. Croix PHI · 7 GP, 0.879 Bill McKenzie CLR · 12 GP, 0.879 Mike Veisor CHI · 12 GP, 0.920

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

1977-78 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
9 9 35100 252 225 27 3.14 0.893

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Dec 21, 1977 vs BUF L 3-5 L 20 15 5 0.750 35:24
Dec 8, 1977 @ BOS L 4-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Dec 3, 1977 @ TOR L 2-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Nov 27, 1977 vs NYI L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 19, 1977 @ STL W 2-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Nov 13, 1977 @ PHI L 0-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Nov 6, 1977 @ CLE W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Oct 27, 1977 vs MNS W 3-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Oct 20, 1977 vs MTL T 2-2 T 27 25 2 0.926 60:00