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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 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rejean Lemelin CGY · 60 GP, 0.872 Tom Barrasso BUF · 60 GP, 0.879 Richard Brodeur VAN · 64 GP, 0.861 Mike Liut HFD · 57 GP, 0.874 Brian Hayward WIN · 52 GP, 0.843

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

1985-86 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
61 57 3121503 1623 1439 184 3.33 0.887

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1986 @ WSH T 4-4 (OT) T 35 31 4 0.886 63:56
Apr 2, 1986 vs PHI L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:13
Mar 31, 1986 vs NJD W 9-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 59:45
Mar 28, 1986 vs EDM W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 59:40
Mar 25, 1986 @ NJD W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 23, 1986 vs CHI L 3-5 3 3 0 1.000 14:59
Mar 22, 1986 @ PHI L 2-4 L 45 41 4 0.911 60:00
Mar 18, 1986 @ NYI L 2-6 L 23 18 5 0.783 28:51
Mar 15, 1986 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) T 26 24 2 0.923 65:00
Mar 11, 1986 @ NJD W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 9, 1986 vs PHI L 1-4 L 10 6 4 0.600 20:00
Mar 6, 1986 @ CGY W 5-2 3 3 0 1.000 01:00
Mar 5, 1986 @ WIN L 1-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 2, 1986 vs WSH L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:53
Feb 27, 1986 vs PIT W 8-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Feb 25, 1986 @ TOR L 3-7 L 24 17 7 0.708 48:00
Feb 20, 1986 vs STL W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Feb 14, 1986 @ DET W 7-5 W 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Feb 12, 1986 vs VAN W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Feb 8, 1986 @ BOS W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Feb 5, 1986 @ STL L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:07
Feb 1, 1986 @ HFD W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 29, 1986 @ CHI L 4-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:30
Jan 27, 1986 @ QUE T 6-6 (OT) T 32 26 6 0.813 65:00
Jan 22, 1986 @ TOR W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 20, 1986 vs HFD L 0-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Jan 18, 1986 @ EDM W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Jan 14, 1986 @ VAN W 2-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 10, 1986 vs MTL W 6-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Jan 5, 1986 vs QUE L 4-5 11 7 4 0.636 22:19
Jan 1, 1986 @ WSH L 0-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Dec 29, 1985 vs WSH W 6-5 W 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Dec 26, 1985 @ BUF L 1-6 L 26 22 4 0.846 40:00
Dec 23, 1985 vs DET W 10-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Dec 21, 1985 @ NYI W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Dec 20, 1985 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) T 31 29 2 0.935 64:49
Dec 15, 1985 vs PIT L 2-5 L 20 16 4 0.800 41:02
Dec 11, 1985 @ NJD W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 8, 1985 vs PHI W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:57
Dec 4, 1985 vs WIN W 7-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 2, 1985 vs PIT L 0-6 20 16 4 0.800 39:57
Nov 30, 1985 @ PIT L 4-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 58:47
Nov 29, 1985 @ WSH W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Nov 27, 1985 vs CGY L 2-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:57
Nov 23, 1985 @ NYI W 5-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 59:57
Nov 20, 1985 vs TOR W 7-3 W 21 19 2 0.905 48:07
Nov 17, 1985 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) L 33 30 3 0.909 62:06
Nov 16, 1985 @ MTL T 2-2 (OT) T 31 29 2 0.935 65:00
Nov 13, 1985 vs MTL W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:56
Nov 11, 1985 vs CHI L 4-5 (OT) L 34 29 5 0.853 60:53
Nov 8, 1985 @ WIN W 7-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 6, 1985 vs PHI L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Nov 4, 1985 @ PIT W 4-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Nov 2, 1985 @ NJD L 5-6 (OT) L 4 2 2 0.500 05:03
Oct 27, 1985 vs BOS W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Oct 25, 1985 vs LAK W 5-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 23, 1985 vs NJD W 5-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 59:48
Oct 20, 1985 vs VAN W 4-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Oct 16, 1985 @ LAK L 3-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:54
Oct 12, 1985 @ HFD L 2-8 L 21 15 6 0.714 48:51
Oct 10, 1985 vs WSH W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00