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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 1956-57. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gump Worsley NYR · 68 GP, 0.907 Al Rollins CHI · 70 GP, 0.901 Ed Chadwick TOR · 70 GP, 0.905 Glenn Hall DET · 70 GP, 0.928 Terry Sawchuk BOS · 34 GP, 0.920

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

1956-57 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
61 61 31181209 1523 1401 122 2.00 0.920

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 23, 1957 vs CHI W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 20, 1957 @ TOR W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 17, 1957 @ DET L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 16, 1957 vs BOS T 2-2 T 14 12 2 0.857 60:00
Mar 14, 1957 vs TOR W 8-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Mar 10, 1957 @ CHI L 1-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Mar 9, 1957 vs CHI W 6-4 W 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Mar 6, 1957 @ TOR L 1-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Mar 3, 1957 @ BOS L 2-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Mar 2, 1957 vs DET W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 28, 1957 @ DET W 3-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 24, 1957 @ NYR L 3-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Feb 23, 1957 vs NYR W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Feb 21, 1957 vs DET T 3-3 T 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Feb 17, 1957 @ CHI W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 16, 1957 vs NYR L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 14, 1957 vs TOR L 1-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 10, 1957 @ NYR L 4-5 L 16 11 5 0.688 60:00
Feb 9, 1957 @ BOS T 2-2 T 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Feb 6, 1957 @ TOR T 1-1 T 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Feb 3, 1957 @ DET T 3-3 T 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Feb 2, 1957 vs BOS L 1-2 L 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Jan 31, 1957 vs DET W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 27, 1957 @ BOS L 2-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Jan 26, 1957 vs CHI T 4-4 T 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Jan 20, 1957 @ CHI L 2-4 L 21 17 4 0.810 60:00
Jan 19, 1957 vs NYR W 5-0 W, SO 16 16 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 16, 1957 @ TOR W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 13, 1957 @ BOS W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 12, 1957 vs BOS W 4-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Jan 10, 1957 vs TOR W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 6, 1957 @ NYR W 3-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Jan 5, 1957 vs DET W 1-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 3, 1957 vs CHI T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Jan 1, 1957 @ CHI W 6-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 29, 1956 vs NYR W 6-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Dec 26, 1956 @ TOR L 0-1 L 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Dec 23, 1956 @ DET T 3-3 T 17 14 3 0.824 60:00
Dec 22, 1956 vs DET T 1-1 T 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Dec 20, 1956 vs TOR W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Dec 16, 1956 @ NYR L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 15, 1956 vs BOS W 6-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Dec 13, 1956 vs TOR W 6-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Dec 9, 1956 @ BOS T 1-1 T 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Dec 7, 1956 @ CHI W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 5, 1956 @ TOR W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 2, 1956 @ DET L 0-1 L 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Dec 1, 1956 vs CHI W 7-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 29, 1956 vs TOR W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 25, 1956 @ NYR T 1-1 T 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Nov 24, 1956 vs NYR W 6-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 4, 1956 @ CHI W 1-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 3, 1956 vs CHI W 6-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 1, 1956 vs DET W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Oct 28, 1956 @ DET L 1-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Oct 27, 1956 vs BOS L 0-1 L 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Oct 25, 1956 vs TOR L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Oct 20, 1956 vs NYR W 5-0 W, SO 36 36 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 18, 1956 vs CHI T 1-1 T 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Oct 14, 1956 @ BOS L 1-3 L 40 38 2 0.950 58:00
Oct 13, 1956 vs BOS W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00