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Wayne Thomas

#1 · Goalie · New York Rangers

Born Oct 9, 1947 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 205 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Glen Hanlon VAN · 31 GP, 0.898 Jim Rutherford DET · 32 GP, 0.884 Jim Bedard WSH · 30 GP, 0.863 Bob Sauve BUF · 29 GP, 0.876 Michel Larocque MTL · 34 GP, 0.888

Career

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

02040601972-73: 10 games1072-731973-74: 42 games4273-741975-76: 64 games6475-761976-77: 33 games3376-771977-78: 41 games4177-781978-79: 31 games3178-791979-80: 12 games1279-801980-81: 10 games1080-81

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1972-73 MTL 10 81001 259 236 23 2.37 0.911
1973-74 MTL 42 2312501 1163 1052 111 2.77 0.905
1975-76 TOR 64 28241202 1969 1773 196 3.20 0.900
1976-77 TOR 33 1013601 1055 939 116 3.87 0.890
1977-78 NYR 41 1220704 1210 1069 141 3.60 0.883
1978-79 NYR 31 1510301 752 651 101 3.64 0.866
1979-80 NYR 12 47000 347 303 44 3.98 0.873
1980-81 NYR 10 36100 257 223 34 3.42 0.868
8 seasons Career 243 1039334010 7012 6246 766 3.34 0.891

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1975-76 TOR 10 5501 360 326 34 3.48 0.906
1976-77 TOR 4 1200 105 93 12 3.58 0.886
1977-78 NYR 1 0100 27 23 4 4.00 0.852
3 seasons Playoffs 15 6801 492 442 50 3.54 0.898

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
31 27 1510301 752 651 101 3.64 0.866

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 1, 1979 @ PHI L 3-7 9 8 1 0.889 20:00
Mar 27, 1979 vs PHI T 4-4 T 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Mar 21, 1979 @ CHI W 7-6 W 45 39 6 0.867 60:00
Mar 18, 1979 vs PIT L 1-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Mar 17, 1979 @ NYI L 2-5 5 5 0 1.000 20:00
Mar 15, 1979 @ BOS W 7-4 W 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Mar 11, 1979 vs CHI W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Mar 7, 1979 vs CLR W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs BUF T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 27, 1979 @ STL L 1-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Feb 24, 1979 @ TOR W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ PHI W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 31, 1979 @ CLR L 4-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Jan 15, 1979 vs MNS L 1-8 8 5 3 0.625 20:00
Jan 10, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Dec 31, 1978 vs AFM L 5-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 58:25
Dec 23, 1978 @ NYI L 4-9 L 23 15 8 0.652 40:00
Dec 20, 1978 vs BUF W 6-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Dec 16, 1978 @ BOS L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 13, 1978 vs LAK W 8-7 W 4 3 1 0.750 20:00
Dec 10, 1978 vs PHI L 0-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:37
Dec 7, 1978 @ PHI W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 59:56
Dec 2, 1978 @ TOR L 2-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Nov 26, 1978 vs WSH W 9-4 W 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Nov 18, 1978 @ MNS W 7-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Nov 12, 1978 vs NYI L 3-5 L 21 16 5 0.762 59:57
Nov 5, 1978 @ VAN W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 2, 1978 @ CLR W 3-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 28, 1978 @ MTL W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Oct 21, 1978 @ NYI L 3-5 L 20 15 5 0.750 47:42
Oct 18, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00