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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 1998-99. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Arturs Irbe CAR · 62 GP, 0.923 Jocelyn Thibault CHI · 62 GP, 0.906 Chris Osgood DET · 63 GP, 0.910 Jeff Hackett MTL · 63 GP, 0.907 Nikolai Khabibulin PHX · 63 GP, 0.923

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

1998-99 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
62 61 27181506 1380 1245 135 2.18 0.902

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 18, 1999 vs BOS W 3-1 W 11 10 1 0.909 59:55
Apr 16, 1999 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) L 29 26 3 0.897 63:27
Apr 13, 1999 vs BUF T 2-2 (OT) T 15 13 2 0.867 65:00
Apr 10, 1999 @ WSH W 2-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Apr 8, 1999 vs PIT W 3-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 59:57
Apr 3, 1999 @ BOS L 0-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 58:12
Apr 1, 1999 @ NSH W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Mar 28, 1999 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) L 30 27 3 0.900 62:24
Mar 27, 1999 vs NYR W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 22, 1999 @ TOR W 3-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 59:50
Mar 21, 1999 vs DET W 5-4 W 21 17 4 0.810 59:58
Mar 16, 1999 @ STL L 2-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 58:32
Mar 14, 1999 vs DAL T 1-1 (OT) T 23 22 1 0.957 65:00
Mar 11, 1999 vs COL L 3-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 59:23
Mar 9, 1999 @ NYI T 2-2 (OT) T 22 20 2 0.909 65:00
Mar 7, 1999 @ BUF T 1-1 (OT) T 22 21 1 0.955 64:56
Mar 6, 1999 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) T 25 22 3 0.880 64:34
Mar 2, 1999 @ MTL L 1-4 L 17 13 4 0.765 60:00
Feb 28, 1999 @ NYR L 5-6 L 26 20 6 0.769 59:08
Feb 24, 1999 @ FLA L 3-5 L 23 19 4 0.826 59:35
Feb 20, 1999 @ OTT L 1-4 L 18 15 3 0.833 59:33
Feb 18, 1999 vs MTL L 1-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 59:02
Feb 16, 1999 @ PHX W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 14, 1999 @ COL T 4-4 (OT) T 31 27 4 0.871 64:57
Feb 10, 1999 @ ANA L 4-5 L 21 16 5 0.762 46:16
Feb 4, 1999 vs MTL W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 59:54
Feb 1, 1999 vs LAK W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 28, 1999 vs PHX W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 26, 1999 vs FLA T 3-3 (OT) T 19 16 3 0.842 59:24
Jan 18, 1999 @ OTT W 5-0 W, SO 36 36 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 16, 1999 vs TOR L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:28
Jan 13, 1999 @ WSH W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 11, 1999 vs NSH W 8-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 59:59
Jan 9, 1999 vs CAR W 2-0 7 7 0 1.000 22:24
Jan 7, 1999 vs NYI W 5-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 59:58
Jan 3, 1999 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) T 29 26 3 0.897 65:00
Dec 31, 1998 @ VAN W 6-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 59:58
Dec 28, 1998 @ SJS T 1-1 (OT) T 23 22 1 0.957 65:00
Dec 26, 1998 @ CHI W 3-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 59:57
Dec 23, 1998 @ BOS W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 19, 1998 vs CHI W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 59:58
Dec 17, 1998 vs CGY T 3-3 (OT) T 35 32 3 0.914 65:00
Dec 13, 1998 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) T 24 22 2 0.917 65:00
Dec 12, 1998 @ TOR W 3-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 8, 1998 @ NJD T 5-5 (OT) 12 8 4 0.667 40:00
Dec 4, 1998 @ BUF L 0-3 L 15 12 3 0.800 60:00
Nov 27, 1998 vs TOR W 4-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 59:57
Nov 25, 1998 @ NYI L 2-4 L 13 10 3 0.769 59:28
Nov 22, 1998 @ FLA W 2-1 (OT) W 26 25 1 0.962 60:21
Nov 17, 1998 @ PIT W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:54
Nov 12, 1998 vs FLA L 1-2 L 15 13 2 0.867 59:05
Nov 9, 1998 @ MTL L 1-5 L 19 14 5 0.737 59:48
Nov 7, 1998 vs BUF T 2-2 (OT) T 19 17 2 0.895 65:00
Nov 3, 1998 @ PIT T 4-4 (OT) T 22 18 4 0.818 65:00
Oct 31, 1998 @ NYI L 2-3 L 17 14 3 0.824 59:05
Oct 27, 1998 vs STL W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 24, 1998 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) T 13 11 2 0.846 65:00
Oct 22, 1998 vs NJD L 2-3 L 18 15 3 0.833 58:41
Oct 20, 1998 vs SJS W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Oct 17, 1998 @ CAR T 1-1 (OT) T 19 18 1 0.947 65:00
Oct 11, 1998 vs ANA W 4-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Oct 9, 1998 @ NYR W 1-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 59:59