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

Denis DeJordy LAK · 60 GP, 0.888 Tony Esposito CHI · 57 GP, 0.919 Ernie Wakely STL · 51 GP, 0.902 Bernie Parent TOR · 48 GP, 0.913 Rogie Vachon MTL · 47 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

1970-71 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
71 69 1948402 2226 1970 256 3.86 0.885

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1971 @ LAK L 4-6 L 52 46 6 0.885 60:00
Apr 2, 1971 vs VAN L 2-7 L 28 21 7 0.750 60:00
Mar 31, 1971 vs MNS W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 28, 1971 @ VAN L 5-11 L 20 14 6 0.700 33:55
Mar 26, 1971 vs STL L 5-8 L 31 23 8 0.742 60:00
Mar 24, 1971 vs TOR L 0-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Mar 21, 1971 vs LAK W 5-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 19, 1971 vs CHI L 2-5 L 48 43 5 0.896 60:00
Mar 17, 1971 vs PIT W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Mar 14, 1971 vs DET L 5-8 L 25 21 4 0.840 40:00
Mar 10, 1971 vs BOS L 1-8 L 28 23 5 0.821 40:00
Mar 7, 1971 @ PIT T 3-3 T 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Mar 4, 1971 @ BOS L 0-7 L 63 56 7 0.889 60:00
Mar 3, 1971 @ NYR L 1-8 L 46 38 8 0.826 60:00
Feb 28, 1971 vs LAK L 3-8 L 26 21 5 0.808 36:31
Feb 26, 1971 vs CHI L 1-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 16, 1971 @ STL L 1-5 L 3 0 3 0.000 03:56
Feb 13, 1971 @ MTL L 2-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Feb 12, 1971 @ BUF L 0-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 10, 1971 vs BUF W 5-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Feb 7, 1971 vs DET L 2-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Feb 5, 1971 vs MTL L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:02
Feb 3, 1971 @ PIT L 1-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Jan 31, 1971 @ MNS L 1-7 L 53 46 7 0.868 60:00
Jan 29, 1971 vs BUF L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:32
Jan 27, 1971 vs MNS W 6-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 24, 1971 @ CHI L 3-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Jan 22, 1971 vs TOR W 5-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Jan 20, 1971 vs PIT L 2-4 L 36 33 3 0.917 58:42
Jan 17, 1971 vs VAN L 1-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:11
Jan 15, 1971 vs NYR W 3-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Jan 13, 1971 @ TOR T 1-1 T 51 50 1 0.980 60:00
Jan 12, 1971 @ STL L 2-8 L 23 18 5 0.783 31:09
Jan 10, 1971 @ BOS L 4-7 L 47 40 7 0.851 60:00
Jan 9, 1971 @ PHI L 3-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Jan 6, 1971 vs STL W 6-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Jan 3, 1971 @ DET L 2-3 L 43 40 3 0.930 59:26
Jan 2, 1971 @ MTL L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Dec 30, 1970 @ TOR L 1-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Dec 29, 1970 @ NYR L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:33
Dec 26, 1970 @ LAK L 3-9 L 21 14 7 0.667 30:38
Dec 22, 1970 vs CHI W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Dec 20, 1970 @ DET W 7-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 18, 1970 vs PHI W 1-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 16, 1970 vs DET W 4-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Dec 12, 1970 @ VAN L 2-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Dec 11, 1970 vs NYR L 1-2 L 32 30 2 0.938 59:16
Dec 9, 1970 vs VAN W 6-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Dec 4, 1970 vs PHI L 0-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Dec 2, 1970 @ MNS L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Nov 29, 1970 @ BUF W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 27, 1970 vs MNS L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:06
Nov 25, 1970 vs LAK L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Nov 21, 1970 @ TOR L 3-5 L 18 17 1 0.944 34:39
Nov 19, 1970 @ PHI L 2-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 49:26
Nov 17, 1970 @ MTL L 1-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Nov 15, 1970 @ BOS W 2-1 W 42 41 1 0.976 60:00
Nov 14, 1970 @ PIT L 1-6 L 25 20 5 0.800 35:48
Nov 13, 1970 @ BUF L 2-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Nov 11, 1970 vs MTL W 2-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 6, 1970 vs TOR W 8-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 4, 1970 vs NYR W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Oct 30, 1970 vs BUF W 6-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Oct 28, 1970 @ STL L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 59:29
Oct 25, 1970 @ NYR T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 23, 1970 vs PIT L 1-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Oct 21, 1970 vs STL T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Oct 20, 1970 @ VAN L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 59:41
Oct 17, 1970 @ LAK L 1-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 45:40
Oct 16, 1970 vs BOS L 1-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Oct 10, 1970 @ DET L 3-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00