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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 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tommy Salo NYI · 58 GP, 0.904 Jim Carey BOS · 59 GP, 0.886 Bill Ranford WSH · 55 GP, 0.887 Ron Hextall PHI · 55 GP, 0.897 Trevor Kidd CGY · 55 GP, 0.900

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

1996-97 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
57 56 27191002 1582 1454 128 2.29 0.919

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 11, 1997 vs PIT W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Apr 9, 1997 vs NJD W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Apr 5, 1997 @ BOS L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:06
Mar 31, 1997 @ PIT L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:23
Mar 29, 1997 vs TBL T 1-1 (OT) T 20 19 1 0.950 65:00
Mar 27, 1997 vs OTT L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:17
Mar 22, 1997 vs BUF W 3-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Mar 20, 1997 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) T 28 26 2 0.929 65:00
Mar 17, 1997 @ NJD W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 13, 1997 vs VAN W 5-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Mar 11, 1997 vs NYI W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 7, 1997 vs CGY L 1-3 L 25 23 2 0.920 59:03
Mar 5, 1997 vs PHX L 0-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Feb 27, 1997 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) W 28 26 2 0.929 63:50
Feb 22, 1997 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) L 40 36 4 0.900 64:03
Feb 18, 1997 @ PIT L 2-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:53
Feb 16, 1997 vs DET L 2-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 60:00
Feb 12, 1997 vs TBL W 5-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Feb 9, 1997 vs NYR W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Feb 7, 1997 @ NJD T 2-2 (OT) T 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Feb 1, 1997 vs WSH L 1-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 30, 1997 vs BOS W 3-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Jan 28, 1997 vs MTL W 5-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 25, 1997 vs TBL W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 23, 1997 @ BOS W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 20, 1997 vs COL L 2-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Jan 15, 1997 @ EDM L 0-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 14, 1997 @ VAN T 4-4 (OT) T 10 9 1 0.900 18:16
Jan 11, 1997 @ CGY W 4-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Jan 8, 1997 @ ANA L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:03
Jan 4, 1997 @ LAK W 5-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 1, 1997 vs ANA L 0-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Dec 28, 1996 @ WSH T 1-1 (OT) T 25 24 1 0.960 64:32
Dec 22, 1996 @ NYR L 3-7 L 29 23 6 0.793 40:00
Dec 19, 1996 @ OTT L 2-5 L 21 17 4 0.810 40:00
Dec 15, 1996 vs EDM W 6-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Dec 10, 1996 @ PHI L 4-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:07
Dec 8, 1996 vs DAL T 1-1 (OT) T 22 21 1 0.955 65:00
Dec 3, 1996 @ NJD L 0-2 L 33 32 1 0.970 59:09
Nov 29, 1996 vs HFD T 1-1 (OT) T 30 29 1 0.967 65:00
Nov 26, 1996 vs BUF W 4-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Nov 22, 1996 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) W 30 29 1 0.967 64:53
Nov 20, 1996 vs LAK W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 18, 1996 vs WSH L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:15
Nov 13, 1996 @ MTL W 5-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Nov 9, 1996 vs PIT W 4-2 5 5 0 1.000 20:00
Nov 7, 1996 vs WSH W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Nov 2, 1996 vs PHI L 2-3 L 44 41 3 0.932 59:15
Oct 29, 1996 @ NYR T 1-1 (OT) T 35 34 1 0.971 65:00
Oct 27, 1996 @ PHI W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Oct 25, 1996 vs NYR W 6-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 20, 1996 @ PHX T 1-1 (OT) T 25 24 1 0.960 65:00
Oct 17, 1996 @ COL W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Oct 12, 1996 vs HFD W 6-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 8, 1996 vs NYR T 1-1 (OT) T 28 27 1 0.964 65:00
Oct 6, 1996 @ NYR W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Oct 5, 1996 @ PHI W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00