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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 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Daniel Berthiaume WIN · 56 GP, 0.882 Ken Wregget TOR · 56 GP, 0.870 Clint Malarchuk WSH · 54 GP, 0.885 Mario Gosselin QUE · 54 GP, 0.867 Tom Barrasso BUF · 54 GP, 0.896

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

1987-88 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
56 56 2722702 1697 1510 187 3.38 0.890

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1988 vs QUE W 3-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 1, 1988 @ WIN T 6-6 (OT) T 28 22 6 0.786 65:00
Mar 30, 1988 @ CHI W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Mar 27, 1988 @ NJD L 2-7 L 29 23 6 0.793 59:44
Mar 24, 1988 vs EDM W 6-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Mar 22, 1988 vs BUF L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Mar 20, 1988 vs HFD W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 16, 1988 vs WSH L 4-8 L 25 18 7 0.720 60:00
Mar 15, 1988 vs PHI W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 12, 1988 @ WSH W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 8, 1988 vs NJD W 7-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Mar 4, 1988 @ BUF L 3-6 L 53 47 6 0.887 60:00
Mar 2, 1988 vs NYI W 3-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 29, 1988 vs STL W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 26, 1988 @ NJD W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 25, 1988 vs PIT W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 19, 1988 @ NJD L 3-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Feb 14, 1988 vs NYI T 4-4 (OT) T 34 30 4 0.882 65:00
Feb 11, 1988 vs WSH L 3-5 L 12 8 4 0.667 21:40
Feb 7, 1988 vs PIT W 6-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Feb 6, 1988 @ WSH W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 4, 1988 @ QUE L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:23
Feb 2, 1988 @ NYI T 2-2 (OT) T 34 32 2 0.941 65:00
Jan 30, 1988 @ BOS W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:59
Jan 28, 1988 @ PHI W 5-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Jan 22, 1988 @ VAN W 6-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 16, 1988 @ MTL L 3-4 L 13 9 4 0.692 20:00
Jan 13, 1988 vs DET L 4-7 L 35 28 7 0.800 60:00
Jan 11, 1988 vs CHI T 2-2 (OT) T 19 17 2 0.895 65:00
Jan 8, 1988 @ WSH L 4-8 L 26 18 8 0.692 60:00
Jan 6, 1988 vs VAN W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 4, 1988 vs STL W 6-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 2, 1988 @ MNS W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 59:59
Dec 31, 1987 vs QUE W 6-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Dec 29, 1987 @ NYI T 3-3 (OT) T 25 22 3 0.880 65:00
Dec 27, 1987 vs BOS W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 26, 1987 @ NJD W 5-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Dec 20, 1987 vs PIT L 4-8 L 32 24 8 0.750 60:00
Dec 16, 1987 vs NJD W 9-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Dec 12, 1987 @ TOR L 3-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Dec 9, 1987 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) T 33 31 2 0.939 65:00
Dec 3, 1987 @ BOS L 3-4 L 40 36 4 0.900 59:07
Nov 28, 1987 @ NYI L 4-5 L 42 37 5 0.881 60:00
Nov 25, 1987 vs TOR W 5-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Nov 19, 1987 @ MNS L 3-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:06
Nov 15, 1987 vs WIN W 6-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Nov 14, 1987 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) L 39 36 3 0.923 62:04
Nov 10, 1987 vs NJD L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Nov 7, 1987 @ LAK L 4-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 58:58
Nov 4, 1987 @ EDM L 2-7 L 25 18 7 0.720 60:00
Nov 1, 1987 vs EDM L 6-7 L 31 24 7 0.774 60:00
Oct 28, 1987 vs LAK L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Oct 26, 1987 vs PHI T 2-2 (OT) T 41 39 2 0.951 65:00
Oct 24, 1987 @ PHI W 5-3 W 45 42 3 0.933 60:00
Oct 23, 1987 vs CHI W 7-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Oct 19, 1987 vs WSH L 2-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00