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Gary Smith

#30 · Goalie · Winnipeg Jets

Born Feb 4, 1944 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 205 lb · Catches left

Trophy case

Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1971-72

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Goran Hogosta QUE · 21 GP, 0.869 Markus Mattsson WIN · 21 GP, 0.887 Ed Staniowski STL · 22 GP, 0.861 Rollie Boutin WSH · 18 GP, 0.881 Jim Rutherford DET · 23 GP, 0.854

Career

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

02040601965-66: 3 games365-661966-67: 2 games266-671967-68: 21 games2167-681968-69: 54 games5468-691969-70: 65 games6569-701970-71: 71 games7170-711971-72: 28 games2871-721972-73: 23 games2372-731973-74: 64 games6473-741974-75: 72 games7274-751975-76: 51 games5175-761976-77: 36 games3676-771977-78: 20 games2077-781979-80: 20 games2079-80

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
1965-66 TOR 3 69 62 7 0.899
1966-67 TOR 2 65 58 7 0.892
1967-68 OAK 21 642 582 60 0.907
1968-69 OAK 54 1559 1411 148 0.905
1969-70 OAK 65 2230 2035 195 0.913
1970-71 CGS 71 2226 1970 256 0.885
1971-72 CHI 28 693 631 62 0.911
1972-73 CHI 23 701 622 79 0.887
1973-74 VAN 64 1948 1743 205 0.895
1974-75 VAN 72 1871 1674 197 0.895
1975-76 VAN 51 1416 1249 167 0.882
1976-77 MNS 36 1171 1032 139 0.881
1977-78 WSH 17 510 442 68 0.867
1977-78 MNS 3 97 88 9 0.907
1979-80 WIN 20 574 501 73 0.873
14 seasons Career 530 15772 14100 1672 0.894

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
1968-69 OAK 7 228 205 23 0.899
1969-70 OAK 4 133 120 13 0.902
1971-72 CHI 2 70 67 3 0.957
1972-73 CHI 2 44 39 5 0.886
1974-75 VAN 4 147 133 14 0.905
1976-77 MNS 1 13 9 4 0.692
6 seasons Playoffs 20 635 573 62 0.902

1979-80 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
20 574 501 73 0.873 3.65

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 21, 1980 @ HFD L 2-7 30 23 7 0.767 60:00
Jan 18, 1980 vs DET L 0-5 11 11 0 1.000 20:00
Jan 10, 1980 @ PHI L 4-5 11 7 4 0.636 12:12
Dec 5, 1979 @ DET L 4-6 35 29 6 0.829 59:07
Dec 1, 1979 @ MNS T 4-4 41 37 4 0.902 60:00
Nov 28, 1979 @ VAN L 2-4 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Nov 18, 1979 vs PIT L 2-3 32 29 3 0.906 59:29
Nov 10, 1979 vs TOR L 4-8 23 16 7 0.696 40:00
Nov 7, 1979 @ WSH L 3-6 49 43 6 0.878 60:00
Nov 6, 1979 @ AFM L 0-8 26 20 6 0.769 40:00
Nov 4, 1979 vs NYI T 4-4 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Nov 2, 1979 vs WSH T 1-1 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Oct 31, 1979 @ QUE W 5-2 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Oct 28, 1979 vs STL T 2-2 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Oct 26, 1979 vs BOS W 3-2 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Oct 24, 1979 @ CHI L 0-4 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Oct 20, 1979 @ CLR L 1-4 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Oct 19, 1979 vs MNS W 3-2 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Oct 14, 1979 vs CLR W 4-2 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Oct 10, 1979 @ PIT L 2-4 31 28 3 0.903 59:02