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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 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ron Low TOR · 42 GP, 0.881 Dunc Wilson VAN · 43 GP, 0.880 Ed Giacomin NYR · 43 GP, 0.898 Billy Smith NYI · 37 GP, 0.878 Dave Dryden BUF · 37 GP, 0.908

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

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
40 37 1515603 1158 1055 103 2.82 0.911

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 28, 1973 @ NYR W 6-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 24, 1973 vs NYR W 3-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 22, 1973 vs MNS W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 18, 1973 vs AFM W 7-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 15, 1973 @ BUF W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 11, 1973 vs MTL W 5-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Mar 7, 1973 @ STL L 2-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Mar 4, 1973 vs CHI W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 24, 1973 vs STL W 4-2 5 5 0 1.000 12:50
Feb 18, 1973 vs MTL L 1-2 L 45 43 2 0.956 59:41
Feb 14, 1973 vs BUF L 2-3 L 45 42 3 0.933 59:18
Feb 7, 1973 vs CGS W 5-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Feb 1, 1973 @ BOS L 2-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Jan 24, 1973 @ PIT L 2-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 57:29
Jan 16, 1973 @ VAN L 4-6 L 48 42 6 0.875 60:00
Jan 12, 1973 @ AFM L 0-1 L 24 23 1 0.958 59:05
Jan 3, 1973 vs MTL L 4-8 24 20 4 0.833 22:01
Dec 29, 1972 @ PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 0.000 00:24
Dec 27, 1972 vs PIT T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Dec 23, 1972 vs CHI W 5-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 17, 1972 @ BUF L 0-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 16, 1972 vs DET L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Dec 10, 1972 @ PHI L 2-5 L 45 40 5 0.889 60:00
Dec 9, 1972 vs VAN T 5-5 T 43 38 5 0.884 60:00
Dec 5, 1972 @ VAN W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Dec 3, 1972 @ DET W 3-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 2, 1972 vs PHI T 2-2 T 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Nov 28, 1972 @ STL L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:33
Nov 25, 1972 vs CGS W 11-0 W 29 29 0 1.000 43:38
Nov 22, 1972 @ MNS L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 18, 1972 vs MNS T 4-4 T 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 15, 1972 vs AFM W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 11, 1972 @ STL L 0-1 L 32 31 1 0.969 59:10
Nov 5, 1972 @ AFM T 2-2 T 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Oct 25, 1972 @ MNS W 4-3 8 8 0 1.000 21:20
Oct 18, 1972 vs PIT W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 15, 1972 @ BUF L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:57
Oct 14, 1972 vs LAK W 6-4 W 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Oct 11, 1972 vs MTL T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Oct 7, 1972 vs CHI L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00