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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 1988-89. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jon Casey MNS · 55 GP, 0.900 Tom Barrasso PIT · 54 GP, 0.880 Grant Fuhr EDM · 59 GP, 0.875 Greg Millen STL · 52 GP, 0.879 Mike Vernon CGY · 52 GP, 0.897

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

1988-89 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
56 54 2821400 1662 1465 197 3.69 0.881

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1989 vs NYI L 4-6 L 24 18 6 0.750 37:39
Apr 1, 1989 @ PIT L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 43:04
Mar 29, 1989 @ DET L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:55
Mar 26, 1989 vs PIT L 4-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:19
Mar 22, 1989 vs MNS W 3-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Mar 20, 1989 vs STL W 7-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Mar 15, 1989 vs WIN L 3-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Mar 13, 1989 vs CGY W 4-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Mar 11, 1989 @ WSH L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Mar 9, 1989 @ DET L 2-3 L 45 42 3 0.933 59:45
Mar 5, 1989 vs BOS L 0-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Mar 1, 1989 vs TOR W 7-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Feb 27, 1989 vs LAK W 6-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Feb 25, 1989 @ QUE W 7-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Feb 17, 1989 vs TOR L 6-10 27 19 8 0.704 51:20
Feb 9, 1989 vs WIN W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 5, 1989 vs MNS L 3-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 59:37
Feb 1, 1989 vs WSH L 3-4 (OT) L 33 29 4 0.879 61:51
Jan 30, 1989 vs NYI W 7-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Jan 26, 1989 @ CGY L 3-5 L 49 44 5 0.898 58:44
Jan 21, 1989 @ VAN W 5-4 (OT) W 37 33 4 0.892 61:59
Jan 18, 1989 @ CHI W 6-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 15, 1989 vs PIT W 6-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 9, 1989 vs NJD L 4-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 59:04
Jan 7, 1989 @ NYI W 5-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Jan 4, 1989 vs WSH T 3-3 (OT) T 36 33 3 0.917 65:00
Jan 2, 1989 vs HFD W 5-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 31, 1988 vs CHI W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Dec 27, 1988 @ NJD W 7-5 W 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Dec 26, 1988 vs NJD W 5-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 21, 1988 vs BUF L 2-5 L 22 18 4 0.818 40:00
Dec 19, 1988 vs WSH W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 17, 1988 @ MTL L 3-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 59:49
Dec 14, 1988 vs NYI W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Dec 12, 1988 vs LAK L 2-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:57
Dec 10, 1988 @ BOS T 1-1 (OT) T 33 32 1 0.970 65:00
Dec 6, 1988 @ VAN W 5-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Dec 4, 1988 @ EDM L 6-10 6 5 1 0.833 20:00
Dec 1, 1988 @ CGY L 3-6 L 36 31 5 0.861 58:57
Nov 27, 1988 vs NYI W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Nov 23, 1988 @ PIT L 2-8 L 26 18 8 0.692 60:00
Nov 21, 1988 vs MTL L 2-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:00
Nov 19, 1988 @ MNS W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 17, 1988 @ LAK W 6-5 W 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Nov 15, 1988 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0.000 00:26
Nov 13, 1988 vs DET L 3-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Nov 11, 1988 vs BOS T 4-4 (OT) T 30 26 4 0.867 65:00
Nov 9, 1988 vs PHI W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Nov 6, 1988 @ NJD L 5-6 L 26 20 6 0.769 59:00
Oct 30, 1988 vs PIT W 9-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Oct 26, 1988 vs PHI W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Oct 23, 1988 vs QUE W 8-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 19, 1988 vs WSH W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Oct 16, 1988 vs VAN W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Oct 10, 1988 vs NJD L 0-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Oct 6, 1988 @ CHI T 2-2 (OT) T 31 29 2 0.935 65:00