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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Stephane Fiset LAK · 60 GP, 0.909 Ed Belfour DAL · 61 GP, 0.916 Mike Vernon SJS · 62 GP, 0.896 Tommy Salo NYI · 62 GP, 0.906 Grant Fuhr STL · 58 GP, 0.898

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

1997-98 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
60 58 18291104 1638 1473 165 2.87 0.899

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 18, 1998 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) T 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Apr 16, 1998 vs PHI L 3-7 10 8 2 0.800 19:49
Apr 14, 1998 vs OTT L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 58:40
Apr 11, 1998 @ PIT T 3-3 (OT) T 30 27 3 0.900 64:56
Apr 7, 1998 vs TOR L 1-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 58:28
Apr 4, 1998 @ PHI W 4-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Mar 29, 1998 @ CHI W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 23, 1998 vs CAR L 3-5 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:36
Mar 21, 1998 @ TBL L 1-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:28
Mar 19, 1998 @ BUF L 1-6 3 2 1 0.667 15:30
Mar 15, 1998 vs CHI L 4-8 L 18 12 6 0.667 20:00
Mar 11, 1998 @ OTT L 3-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Mar 9, 1998 @ MTL L 1-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 59:54
Feb 27, 1998 @ DET L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Feb 25, 1998 vs NJD L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:58
Feb 7, 1998 @ TOR L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:09
Feb 3, 1998 vs DET T 1-1 (OT) T 32 31 1 0.969 64:53
Feb 1, 1998 vs BUF L 2-5 L 28 24 4 0.857 58:52
Jan 31, 1998 vs TBL W 2-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 29, 1998 vs DAL W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Jan 27, 1998 vs CAR W 3-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 59:57
Jan 24, 1998 @ SJS T 1-1 (OT) T 31 30 1 0.968 65:00
Jan 22, 1998 @ LAK L 1-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:38
Jan 21, 1998 @ ANA L 3-8 L 12 8 4 0.667 20:00
Jan 14, 1998 @ PHX L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:20
Jan 12, 1998 @ COL L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:50
Jan 10, 1998 @ VAN T 2-2 (OT) T 21 19 2 0.905 65:00
Jan 9, 1998 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) T 33 30 3 0.909 64:43
Jan 7, 1998 @ EDM L 2-3 L 39 36 3 0.923 59:01
Jan 4, 1998 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) T 27 24 3 0.889 64:50
Jan 1, 1998 vs NJD W 2-1 (OT) W 20 19 1 0.950 61:53
Dec 30, 1997 vs SJS T 2-2 (OT) T 29 27 2 0.931 65:00
Dec 27, 1997 @ NYI W 6-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 59:55
Dec 26, 1997 @ CAR W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 23, 1997 vs STL L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:14
Dec 20, 1997 @ PHI L 0-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 58:55
Dec 18, 1997 @ WSH W 4-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 17, 1997 vs NYR L 2-4 L 40 36 4 0.900 58:39
Dec 15, 1997 vs BOS L 2-6 L 32 27 5 0.844 39:50
Dec 12, 1997 @ NYR W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Dec 10, 1997 @ CAR W 5-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 7, 1997 vs WSH W 5-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 5, 1997 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) L 30 27 3 0.900 63:32
Nov 30, 1997 @ NYR T 1-1 (OT) T 27 26 1 0.963 65:00
Nov 26, 1997 vs BOS W 10-5 W 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Nov 23, 1997 vs WSH L 2-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Nov 22, 1997 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) W 29 28 1 0.966 64:08
Nov 20, 1997 vs CGY L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 59:07
Nov 14, 1997 vs PHI L 2-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Nov 12, 1997 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) T 20 18 2 0.900 64:55
Nov 9, 1997 vs WSH W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Nov 5, 1997 vs NJD L 2-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:17
Oct 25, 1997 @ BOS W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 22, 1997 @ MTL L 0-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Oct 19, 1997 vs PIT L 1-4 L 18 14 4 0.778 60:00
Oct 16, 1997 @ DAL L 0-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 48:01
Oct 15, 1997 vs TBL W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Oct 13, 1997 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) T 28 26 2 0.929 65:00
Oct 4, 1997 @ PIT W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Oct 1, 1997 @ PHI L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:03