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Jacques Plante

#31 · Goalie · Boston Bruins · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jan 17, 1929 in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, CAN · 6'0", 175 lb · Catches left

Trophy case

×6 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1959-60, 1958-59, 1957-58, 1956-57, 1955-56, 1952-53
×7 Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1968-69, 1961-62, 1959-60, 1958-59, 1957-58, 1956-57, 1955-56
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1961-62

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1955-56. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Terry Sawchuk BOS · 68 GP, 0.916 Harry Lumley TOR · 59 GP, 0.907 Glenn Hall DET · 70 GP, 0.925 Gump Worsley NYR · 70 GP, 0.923 Al Rollins CHI · 58 GP, 0.917

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601952-53: 3 games352-531953-54: 17 games171954-55: 52 games5254-551955-56: 64 games641956-57: 61 games6156-571957-58: 57 games571958-59: 67 games6758-591959-60: 69 games691960-61: 40 games4060-611961-62: 70 games701962-63: 56 games5662-631963-64: 65 games651964-65: 33 games3364-651968-69: 37 games371969-70: 32 games3269-701970-71: 40 games401971-72: 34 games3471-721972-73: 40 games40

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1952-53 MTL 3 20100 0 0 4 1.33 0.000
1953-54 MTL 17 75505 0 0 24 1.41 0.000
1954-55 MTL 52 3312705 0 0 109 2.12 0.000
1955-56 MTL 64 42121007 1714 1595 119 1.86 0.931
1956-57 MTL 61 31181209 1523 1401 122 2.00 0.920
1957-58 MTL 57 3414809 1561 1442 119 2.11 0.924
1958-59 MTL 67 38161309 1924 1780 144 2.16 0.925
1959-60 MTL 69 40171203 2058 1883 175 2.54 0.915
1960-61 MTL 40 2311602 1168 1056 112 2.80 0.904
1961-62 MTL 70 42141404 2160 1994 166 2.37 0.923
1962-63 MTL 56 22141905 1566 1428 138 2.49 0.912
1963-64 NYR 65 2236703 2444 2224 220 3.39 0.910
1964-65 NYR 33 1017502 1117 1008 109 3.38 0.902
1968-69 STL 37 1812605 1173 1103 70 1.96 0.940
1969-70 STL 32 189505 817 750 67 2.19 0.918
1970-71 TOR 40 2411404 1297 1224 73 1.89 0.944
1971-72 TOR 34 1613502 1032 946 86 2.63 0.917
1972-73 TOR 32 814601 938 851 87 3.05 0.907
1972-73 BOS 8 71002 220 204 16 2.00 0.927
18 seasons Career 837 437246145082 22712 20889 1960 2.38 0.920

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1952-53 MTL 4 3101 0 76 7 1.75 0.000
1953-54 MTL 8 5302 0 194 14 1.75 0.000
1954-55 MTL 12 6300 0 308 29 2.72 0.000
1955-56 MTL 10 8202 233 215 18 1.80 0.923
1956-57 MTL 10 8201 267 250 17 1.66 0.936
1957-58 MTL 10 8201 313 293 20 1.94 0.936
1958-59 MTL 11 8300 284 258 26 2.33 0.908
1959-60 MTL 8 8003 221 210 11 1.35 0.950
1960-61 MTL 6 2400 177 161 16 2.33 0.910
1961-62 MTL 6 2400 197 178 19 3.17 0.904
1962-63 MTL 5 1400 139 125 14 2.80 0.899
1968-69 STL 10 8203 278 264 14 1.43 0.950
1969-70 STL 6 4101 125 117 8 1.49 0.936
1970-71 TOR 3 0200 71 64 7 3.16 0.901
1971-72 TOR 1 0100 29 24 5 5.00 0.828
1972-73 BOS 2 0200 63 53 10 5.00 0.841
16 seasons Playoffs 112 7136014 2397 2790 235 2.12 1.164

1955-56 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
64 64 42121007 1714 1595 119 1.86 0.931

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 18, 1956 @ NYR W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 17, 1956 vs NYR W 7-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 15, 1956 vs CHI W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 11, 1956 @ BOS L 1-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Mar 10, 1956 vs BOS L 0-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Mar 8, 1956 vs TOR W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Mar 4, 1956 @ DET W 6-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Mar 3, 1956 vs CHI W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Mar 2, 1956 @ CHI W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 29, 1956 @ TOR L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Feb 25, 1956 vs DET W 5-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Feb 23, 1956 vs NYR W 5-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Feb 18, 1956 vs NYR W 9-4 W 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Feb 16, 1956 vs TOR W 8-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Feb 12, 1956 @ BOS W 7-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Feb 10, 1956 @ CHI W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Feb 8, 1956 @ TOR T 1-1 T 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 5, 1956 @ NYR T 3-3 T 17 14 3 0.824 60:00
Feb 4, 1956 vs DET W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 2, 1956 @ DET W 2-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 29, 1956 @ DET T 1-1 T 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 28, 1956 vs BOS W 6-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 26, 1956 @ BOS L 1-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Jan 22, 1956 @ CHI W 6-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 21, 1956 vs NYR W 3-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Jan 19, 1956 vs TOR W 3-1 W 11 10 1 0.909 60:00
Jan 18, 1956 @ TOR W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Jan 15, 1956 @ DET L 0-2 L 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 14, 1956 vs BOS L 0-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 11, 1956 @ NYR L 1-6 L 24 18 6 0.750 60:00
Jan 7, 1956 vs CHI W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Jan 5, 1956 vs DET L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Dec 31, 1955 vs CHI W 7-3 W 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Dec 29, 1955 vs TOR W 5-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Dec 15, 1955 vs NYR W 2-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 11, 1955 @ BOS W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 10, 1955 vs DET W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 8, 1955 vs TOR W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 4, 1955 @ CHI W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 3, 1955 @ TOR W 3-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Dec 1, 1955 @ BOS W 2-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 27, 1955 @ NYR T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Nov 26, 1955 vs BOS W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Nov 24, 1955 @ DET L 2-3 L 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Nov 20, 1955 @ NYR T 1-1 T 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Nov 19, 1955 vs NYR W 6-1 W 13 12 1 0.923 60:00
Nov 16, 1955 @ TOR W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Nov 13, 1955 @ CHI W 2-0 W, SO 52 52 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 12, 1955 vs DET W 3-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 9, 1955 @ NYR T 1-1 T 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 6, 1955 @ BOS T 3-3 T 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Nov 5, 1955 vs BOS W 4-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Nov 3, 1955 vs TOR T 3-3 T 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Oct 30, 1955 @ DET T 2-2 T 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Oct 29, 1955 vs DET W 2-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Oct 27, 1955 vs CHI L 1-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Oct 26, 1955 @ TOR L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Oct 22, 1955 vs CHI W 6-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 20, 1955 vs BOS L 2-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Oct 16, 1955 @ CHI T 2-2 T 51 49 2 0.961 60:00
Oct 15, 1955 vs NYR W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Oct 9, 1955 @ BOS W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 8, 1955 vs BOS W 2-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 6, 1955 vs TOR W 2-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00