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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 1970-71. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cesare Maniago MNS · 40 GP, 0.914 Gerry Cheevers BOS · 40 GP, 0.918 Eddie Johnston BOS · 38 GP, 0.914 Joe Daley BUF · 38 GP, 0.895 Roy Edwards DET · 37 GP, 0.893

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

1970-71 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
40 40 2411404 1297 1224 73 1.89 0.944

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 24, 1971 @ CGS W 6-0 W 20 20 0 1.000 40:00
Mar 21, 1971 @ PHI T 1-1 T 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 13, 1971 vs PHI L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Mar 10, 1971 vs MTL W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 5, 1971 @ STL L 1-3 L 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Feb 27, 1971 vs BUF W 2-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 20, 1971 vs STL W 3-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 13, 1971 vs LAK W 8-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Feb 9, 1971 @ STL T 3-3 T 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Feb 6, 1971 vs PHI W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Feb 3, 1971 vs STL W 6-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 30, 1971 @ MTL W 5-4 W 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Jan 27, 1971 @ PIT L 1-3 L 43 41 2 0.953 59:21
Jan 23, 1971 @ LAK L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:32
Jan 20, 1971 @ VAN W 5-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Jan 16, 1971 vs LAK W 8-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 13, 1971 vs CGS T 1-1 T 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Jan 9, 1971 vs PIT W 5-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 5, 1971 @ MNS W 2-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 2, 1971 vs DET W 13-0 W 21 21 0 1.000 40:00
Dec 30, 1970 vs CGS W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 26, 1970 vs PHI W 9-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Dec 23, 1970 vs VAN W 7-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 19, 1970 vs BUF W 2-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 16, 1970 @ PIT W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Dec 12, 1970 vs CHI W 2-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 8, 1970 @ PIT L 0-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Dec 5, 1970 vs NYR L 0-1 L 31 30 1 0.968 58:10
Dec 2, 1970 vs LAK W 7-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 28, 1970 vs DET W 9-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Nov 26, 1970 @ STL L 0-1 L 32 31 1 0.969 59:10
Nov 24, 1970 vs PIT T 4-4 T 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Nov 21, 1970 vs CGS W 5-3 W 49 46 3 0.939 60:00
Nov 7, 1970 @ VAN L 2-3 16 15 1 0.938 28:40
Nov 4, 1970 @ LAK L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:31
Oct 31, 1970 vs MNS L 1-3 L 34 32 2 0.941 59:30
Oct 28, 1970 vs MTL W 6-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Oct 24, 1970 vs CHI L 0-1 L 38 37 1 0.974 59:10
Oct 17, 1970 vs NYR L 2-6 L 49 43 6 0.878 60:00
Oct 14, 1970 vs STL W 7-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00