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John Vanbiesbrouck

#34 · Goalie · New Jersey Devils

Born Sep 4, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, USA · 5'8", 175 lb · Catches left · Drafted 72nd overall in 1981 by NYR (round 4)

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Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1985-86

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1984-85. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Denis Herron PIT · 42 GP, 0.875 Kelly Hrudey NYI · 41 GP, 0.886 Glen Hanlon NYR · 44 GP, 0.879 Mike Liut HFD · 44 GP, 0.888 Rick Wamsley STL · 40 GP, 0.885

Career

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

02040601981-82: 1 games181-821983-84: 3 games31984-85: 42 games4284-851985-86: 61 games611986-87: 50 games5086-871987-88: 56 games561988-89: 56 games5688-891989-90: 47 games471990-91: 40 games4090-911991-92: 45 games451992-93: 48 games4892-931993-94: 57 games571994-95: 37 games3794-951995-96: 57 games571996-97: 57 games5796-971997-98: 60 games601998-99: 62 games6298-991999-00: 50 games502000-01: 48 games4800-012001-02: 5 games5

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1981-82 NYR 1 10000 30 29 1 1.00 0.967
1983-84 NYR 3 21000 84 74 10 3.35 0.881
1984-85 NYR 42 1224301 1359 1194 165 4.21 0.879
1985-86 NYR 61 3121503 1623 1439 184 3.33 0.887
1986-87 NYR 50 1820500 1364 1203 161 3.64 0.882
1987-88 NYR 56 2722702 1697 1510 187 3.38 0.890
1988-89 NYR 56 2821400 1662 1465 197 3.69 0.881
1989-90 NYR 47 1919701 1361 1207 154 3.38 0.887
1990-91 NYR 40 1518603 1154 1028 126 3.35 0.891
1991-92 NYR 45 2713302 1331 1211 120 2.85 0.910
1992-93 NYR 48 2018704 1525 1373 152 3.31 0.900
1993-94 FLA 57 21251101 1912 1767 145 2.53 0.924
1994-95 FLA 37 1415404 1000 914 86 2.47 0.914
1995-96 FLA 57 2620702 1473 1331 142 2.68 0.904
1996-97 FLA 57 27191002 1582 1454 128 2.29 0.919
1997-98 FLA 60 18291104 1638 1473 165 2.87 0.899
1998-99 PHI 62 27181506 1380 1245 135 2.18 0.902
1999-00 PHI 50 2515903 1143 1035 108 2.20 0.906
2000-01 NYI 44 1025501 1177 1057 120 3.01 0.898
2000-01 NJD 4 40001 93 87 6 1.50 0.935
2001-02 NJD 5 23000 117 107 10 2.00 0.915
20 seasons Career 882 374346119040 24705 22203 2502 2.98 0.899

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1983-84 NYR 1 0000 0 0 0 0.00 0.000
1984-85 NYR 1 0000 12 12 0 0.00 1.000
1985-86 NYR 16 8801 477 428 49 3.28 0.897
1986-87 NYR 4 1301 110 99 11 3.39 0.900
1988-89 NYR 2 0100 54 48 6 3.37 0.889
1989-90 NYR 6 2300 153 138 15 3.02 0.902
1990-91 NYR 1 0000 22 21 1 1.16 0.955
1991-92 NYR 7 2500 179 156 23 3.75 0.872
1995-96 FLA 22 121001 735 685 50 2.25 0.932
1996-97 FLA 5 1401 184 171 13 2.38 0.929
1998-99 PHI 6 2401 146 137 9 1.46 0.938
11 seasons Playoffs 71 283805 2072 1895 177 2.68 0.915

1984-85 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
42 38 1224301 1359 1194 165 4.21 0.879

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1985 vs PHI L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Mar 30, 1985 @ PHI L 0-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 27, 1985 @ BUF L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:41
Mar 22, 1985 @ DET L 3-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:47
Mar 16, 1985 @ PIT L 0-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Mar 13, 1985 vs PHI L 2-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Mar 7, 1985 @ CGY L 5-11 L 39 28 11 0.718 60:00
Mar 3, 1985 vs PIT W 7-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Feb 28, 1985 vs WSH L 4-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Feb 25, 1985 vs WIN L 5-12 L 25 18 7 0.720 38:34
Feb 22, 1985 @ PIT W 8-3 W 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Feb 17, 1985 vs NYI W 9-3 W 19 17 2 0.895 39:25
Feb 10, 1985 @ PHI L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:40
Feb 7, 1985 @ NYI L 5-7 L 35 29 6 0.829 59:45
Feb 3, 1985 @ VAN L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Jan 31, 1985 @ CGY L 2-7 L 45 38 7 0.844 60:00
Jan 26, 1985 @ MTL L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:21
Jan 24, 1985 vs DET W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Jan 18, 1985 @ NJD W 9-6 W 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Jan 14, 1985 vs NJD L 1-2 L 35 33 2 0.943 59:45
Jan 9, 1985 @ WIN L 5-6 (OT) L 44 38 6 0.864 63:50
Jan 5, 1985 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) T 40 37 3 0.925 65:00
Jan 2, 1985 vs VAN W 6-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 30, 1984 vs STL W 6-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 29, 1984 @ MTL L 3-7 5 4 1 0.800 20:00
Dec 26, 1984 @ DET L 2-5 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:38
Dec 23, 1984 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) T 36 33 3 0.917 65:00
Dec 19, 1984 vs WIN L 4-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Dec 16, 1984 vs WSH L 3-6 7 5 2 0.714 20:00
Dec 8, 1984 @ PHI L 2-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:54
Dec 5, 1984 vs CGY T 4-4 (OT) T 44 40 4 0.909 65:00
Dec 1, 1984 @ TOR W 4-1 W 47 46 1 0.979 60:00
Nov 24, 1984 @ QUE L 3-8 L 38 31 7 0.816 40:00
Nov 18, 1984 vs NJD L 0-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 60:00
Nov 17, 1984 @ NYI L 4-10 11 9 2 0.818 20:00
Nov 14, 1984 @ CHI L 4-6 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:20
Nov 9, 1984 vs NYI W 5-4 (OT) W 45 41 4 0.911 60:57
Nov 3, 1984 @ PIT W 7-5 W 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Oct 28, 1984 vs BOS L 4-6 L 24 19 5 0.792 59:12
Oct 25, 1984 @ NJD W 11-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Oct 21, 1984 vs NYI W 6-5 W 39 34 5 0.872 59:55
Oct 13, 1984 @ MNS L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00