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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 1968-69. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Denis DeJordy CHI · 53 GP, 0.907 Gerry Cheevers BOS · 52 GP, 0.911 Bernie Parent PHI · 58 GP, 0.925 Les Binkley PIT · 50 GP, 0.902 Bruce Gamble TOR · 61 GP, 0.914

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 WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1965-66 TOR 3 02000 69 62 7 3.57 0.899
1966-67 TOR 2 02000 65 58 7 3.66 0.892
1967-68 OAK 21 211401 642 582 60 3.19 0.907
1968-69 OAK 54 2221704 1559 1411 148 2.96 0.905
1969-70 OAK 65 19341202 2230 2035 195 3.12 0.913
1970-71 CGS 71 1948402 2226 1970 256 3.86 0.885
1971-72 CHI 28 145605 693 631 62 2.42 0.911
1972-73 CHI 23 1010200 701 622 79 3.54 0.887
1973-74 VAN 64 2033803 1948 1743 205 3.42 0.895
1974-75 VAN 72 3224906 1871 1674 197 3.09 0.895
1975-76 VAN 51 2024602 1416 1249 167 3.51 0.882
1976-77 MNS 36 1017801 1171 1032 139 4.00 0.881
1977-78 WSH 17 212300 510 442 68 4.17 0.867
1977-78 MNS 3 02100 97 88 9 3.03 0.907
1979-80 WIN 20 411400 574 501 73 4.09 0.873
14 seasons Career 530 17425674026 15772 14100 1672 3.39 0.894

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1968-69 OAK 7 3400 228 205 23 3.29 0.899
1969-70 OAK 4 0400 133 120 13 3.15 0.902
1971-72 CHI 2 1101 70 67 3 1.50 0.957
1972-73 CHI 2 0100 44 39 5 4.59 0.886
1974-75 VAN 4 1300 147 133 14 3.27 0.905
1976-77 MNS 1 0000 13 9 4 5.60 0.692
6 seasons Playoffs 20 51301 635 573 62 3.23 0.902

1968-69 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
54 52 2221704 1559 1411 148 2.96 0.905

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 29, 1969 vs MNS W 7-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Mar 26, 1969 vs STL L 3-5 4 4 0 1.000 20:00
Mar 23, 1969 vs LAK W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Mar 22, 1969 @ LAK W 4-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 19, 1969 vs DET T 4-4 T 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Mar 18, 1969 @ LAK L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:26
Mar 16, 1969 vs PIT W 7-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 13, 1969 vs TOR L 1-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Mar 12, 1969 @ CHI W 4-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Mar 8, 1969 @ STL L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Mar 5, 1969 @ MNS L 2-5 L 44 39 5 0.886 60:00
Mar 2, 1969 vs PHI T 4-4 T 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Feb 26, 1969 vs MNS W 6-5 11 8 3 0.727 16:51
Feb 23, 1969 vs LAK L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:39
Feb 21, 1969 vs STL W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Feb 19, 1969 vs CHI W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 16, 1969 @ PHI L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:39
Feb 9, 1969 @ BOS T 3-3 T 46 43 3 0.935 60:00
Feb 5, 1969 vs MTL W 5-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:51
Feb 1, 1969 @ LAK L 5-8 17 13 4 0.765 23:25
Jan 31, 1969 vs TOR W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 59:34
Jan 29, 1969 vs BOS T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 59:52
Jan 26, 1969 @ STL L 1-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Jan 25, 1969 @ DET L 3-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:17
Jan 23, 1969 @ MTL W 5-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 59:52
Jan 17, 1969 vs NYR L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Jan 15, 1969 vs CHI W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 9, 1969 @ MTL L 4-8 L 12 7 5 0.583 21:03
Jan 5, 1969 vs LAK T 0-0 T, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 3, 1969 vs STL L 1-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Jan 1, 1969 @ TOR L 3-7 12 11 1 0.917 15:06
Dec 29, 1968 @ PHI W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:50
Dec 26, 1968 @ NYR L 1-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Dec 25, 1968 @ BOS W 3-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Dec 22, 1968 vs PHI W 2-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Dec 20, 1968 vs STL L 0-1 L 14 13 1 0.929 59:33
Dec 18, 1968 @ TOR L 2-5 L 42 37 5 0.881 60:00
Dec 17, 1968 @ MNS W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Dec 15, 1968 @ CHI L 4-7 L 29 25 4 0.862 27:18
Dec 14, 1968 @ DET L 1-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Dec 12, 1968 vs DET W 6-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 59:55
Dec 8, 1968 vs MNS L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Dec 6, 1968 vs PHI W 4-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 1, 1968 vs PIT T 4-4 T 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Nov 29, 1968 vs MTL W 5-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Nov 27, 1968 @ MNS T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Nov 23, 1968 @ PHI W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Nov 3, 1968 vs PIT L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:58
Nov 1, 1968 vs CHI W 5-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Oct 25, 1968 vs MTL L 2-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Oct 23, 1968 @ NYR L 1-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 60:00
Oct 22, 1968 @ MNS W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 20, 1968 @ CHI W 4-3 W 45 42 3 0.933 60:00
Oct 19, 1968 @ STL L 1-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 60:00