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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 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gump Worsley MNS · 34 GP, 0.933 Gilles Villemure NYR · 37 GP, 0.912 Les Binkley PIT · 31 GP, 0.883 Eddie Johnston BOS · 38 GP, 0.899 Ernie Wakely STL · 30 GP, 0.894

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

1971-72 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 34 1613502 1032 946 86 2.63 0.917

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 1, 1972 vs NYR W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 24, 1972 @ VAN L 3-5 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:45
Mar 18, 1972 vs CHI T 2-2 T 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Mar 11, 1972 vs CGS W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 4, 1972 vs LAK W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 40:00
Feb 26, 1972 vs VAN W 7-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Feb 22, 1972 @ DET L 4-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 58:46
Feb 19, 1972 vs BUF W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 16, 1972 @ PIT L 2-4 L 41 38 3 0.927 58:58
Feb 12, 1972 vs CGS W 3-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 8, 1972 @ STL W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 5, 1972 vs PHI L 1-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Feb 1, 1972 @ DET L 0-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Jan 28, 1972 @ CGS L 0-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Jan 22, 1972 @ MNS L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Jan 16, 1972 vs STL L 3-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:16
Jan 8, 1972 vs PHI T 2-2 T 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Jan 5, 1972 vs BOS L 0-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 1, 1972 vs MTL W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 28, 1971 @ PIT W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 25, 1971 vs DET W 5-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Dec 19, 1971 @ PHI W 4-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 14, 1971 @ STL W 4-2 W 8 7 1 0.875 25:20
Dec 11, 1971 vs CHI L 1-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Dec 1, 1971 vs STL W 4-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 40:00
Nov 24, 1971 @ PIT W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 20, 1971 vs CGS W 5-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 14, 1971 @ PHI T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Nov 7, 1971 @ CGS L 1-8 L 40 32 8 0.800 60:00
Nov 1, 1971 vs DET W 6-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Oct 20, 1971 vs BUF L 2-7 L 35 28 7 0.800 60:00
Oct 17, 1971 @ BOS T 2-2 T 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Oct 16, 1971 vs NYR L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Oct 10, 1971 @ CGS T 3-3 T 39 36 3 0.923 60:00