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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)

Trophy case

Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1985-86

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Eldon Reddick WIN · 48 GP, 0.881 Richard Brodeur VAN · 53 GP, 0.872 Don Beaupre MNS · 47 GP, 0.879 Clint Malarchuk QUE · 54 GP, 0.884 Andy Moog EDM · 46 GP, 0.881

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

1986-87 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
50 44 1820500 1364 1203 161 3.64 0.882

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1987 vs MTL L 2-8 6 5 1 0.833 20:00
Apr 4, 1987 @ HFD L 3-5 L 42 37 5 0.881 48:17
Apr 1, 1987 vs WSH L 1-5 8 8 0 1.000 20:00
Mar 30, 1987 @ MNS W 6-5 W 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Mar 27, 1987 vs STL W 6-4 2 2 0 1.000 03:00
Mar 25, 1987 vs NJD L 2-8 L 13 9 4 0.692 29:51
Mar 21, 1987 @ NYI L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:25
Mar 17, 1987 @ PHI L 1-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:39
Mar 15, 1987 vs PHI L 2-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Mar 11, 1987 vs BOS W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 4, 1987 vs NYI W 7-5 W 33 28 5 0.848 59:46
Mar 1, 1987 @ WSH L 3-7 20 17 3 0.850 34:27
Feb 28, 1987 @ DET L 1-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Feb 24, 1987 @ BUF W 6-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Feb 20, 1987 vs BUF L 3-6 L 20 15 5 0.750 39:37
Feb 17, 1987 vs DET W 6-2 W 44 42 2 0.955 60:00
Feb 7, 1987 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) W 41 37 4 0.902 64:20
Feb 1, 1987 vs BOS W 5-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Jan 28, 1987 vs WIN L 1-2 L 35 33 2 0.943 59:42
Jan 23, 1987 @ EDM L 4-7 L 26 20 6 0.769 59:47
Jan 19, 1987 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) T 34 32 2 0.941 65:00
Jan 14, 1987 @ CGY W 8-5 7 7 0 1.000 04:42
Jan 12, 1987 @ BOS L 1-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:30
Jan 7, 1987 vs PHI L 3-6 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:22
Jan 5, 1987 vs MNS T 3-3 (OT) T 32 29 3 0.906 65:00
Dec 31, 1986 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) W 21 18 3 0.857 64:37
Dec 26, 1986 @ NJD W 7-4 W 46 42 4 0.913 60:00
Dec 21, 1986 vs HFD L 3-4 (OT) L 29 25 4 0.862 62:57
Dec 20, 1986 @ NYI L 2-5 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:39
Dec 17, 1986 vs WSH W 6-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 59:55
Dec 15, 1986 vs MNS L 3-4 6 6 0 1.000 20:00
Dec 14, 1986 @ WSH W 3-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Dec 10, 1986 vs LAK W 5-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Dec 2, 1986 @ NJD L 5-8 17 12 5 0.706 29:01
Nov 30, 1986 vs PIT T 2-2 (OT) T 24 22 2 0.917 65:00
Nov 26, 1986 vs QUE W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Nov 21, 1986 @ VAN W 8-5 W 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Nov 19, 1986 @ EDM L 4-5 (OT) L 26 21 5 0.808 61:05
Nov 17, 1986 @ NJD L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:16
Nov 14, 1986 vs PHI W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 9, 1986 @ QUE L 5-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 59:08
Nov 8, 1986 @ PHI W 3-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 59:45
Nov 2, 1986 vs WIN L 4-5 (OT) L 27 22 5 0.815 63:23
Oct 29, 1986 @ STL L 2-7 L 10 7 3 0.700 20:00
Oct 26, 1986 vs TOR T 3-3 (OT) T 25 22 3 0.880 65:00
Oct 22, 1986 vs LAK W 5-4 (OT) W 28 24 4 0.857 64:34
Oct 19, 1986 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) T 36 34 2 0.944 65:00
Oct 18, 1986 @ NYI W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ PIT L 5-6 (OT) L 40 34 6 0.850 60:50
Oct 9, 1986 vs NJD L 3-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 60:00