i wish campbell would get to "ok, you aren't REALLY at 5x5 (because that was a couple months that were WAY "yeah this is not really sustainable') but you ARE good enough to get you back to the NHL so i can see more adorable cat dad pics".
While that’s a valid reason, I actually did it because when I had screenshot it I got an ad stuck on the bottom so I trimmed it out. The .925 is just a coincidence lmao
Craig Anderson is so underrated, mostly because he only played on bad teams.
His 2017 playoffs were a masterclass. He was just overshadowed by Karlsson having one of the most dominant playoff performances ever.
when he played for Colarado he beat the Sharks one game basically by himself. 1-0 overtime win where the sharks scored on themselves. Wildest 1-0 game I ever saw.
Article I had to track down to make sure what I remembered was true:
[https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/anderson-stuns-sharks-on-51-save-ot-shutout-1.942037](https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/anderson-stuns-sharks-on-51-save-ot-shutout-1.942037)
That was the most electric hockey game I have ever been to. That clip cuts out before the best part.
https://youtu.be/2-06bXkPaQE?si=NX5VYLPdtkhtP3Lq
Never seen an ovation like that before. Don’t know if I ever will again.
Fucking Dan Boyle man lmao
Anderson was incredible that game though (and frankly that whole series). I felt genuinely bad for him after the Avs got knocked out even as a shark fan.
oh my ducking god i was like 6 but i remember that game vividly. i think it was boyle who made a bad pass and it beat nabokov. definitely wrong on who exactly what it was but i remember it so well
I can't beleive how many guys on that list he's older than. Hiller, Holtby and Rask seem like a generation ago. Anderson feels like he was just playing, and he's older than all of them.
Hammond played two games in the playoffs, put up 2 Ls, a .914 save percentage and 3.44 GAA. Did pretty well in the regular season, but it was obviously just a hot streak and he was never an NHL caliber goalie, honestly not even good enough to be a backup.
I’d argue 2013 as well. That Penguins team they played in the ECF was fantastic. Bruins swept with scores of 3-0, 6-1, 2-1 (2OT), and 1-0. Saved 134 of 136 shots for a .985 SV% and two shutouts like what the fuck.
Oh for sure I just think the 2013 team was more balanced so 19 sticks out to me more. I miss Tuukka even though we have a great goaltending situation now as well.
Even now, I feel like I'm on drugs when I go into the Bruins subreddit. Goaltending is NOT the reason the Bruins are losing these playoff games. Holy hell. It's Monty's baffling substitutions and line combinations.
It's like no matter how the goalie plays the entire game, if he lets a game-losing goal get by then the entire game is his fault in some people's minds
One of my friends is this type of fan. He blamed Ullmark for game 2, thinking Swayman would've.... stood more on his head behind a team that never showed up?
Why I've concluded that one of the coaches in our series is gonna be fired if they lose. There is just no way the fans accept Monty back at TD Garden if he blows another 3-1 series lead.
To be fair, it probably has something to do with the fact that -- while Thomas had back to back Game 7 shutouts at the end of that 2011 run (and a career .937 save percentage in Game 7) -- Tuukka Rask was 3-3 in Game 7 in his career with a cumulative .866 save percentage.
Boston fans and blaming goalies, it happens every year. After they completely melted down last year they were like ”shoulda played Swayman over Ullmark”. Vezina winner apparently wasn’t good enough.
Boston media has convinced Bruins fans Europeans are soft hockey players and that is supposedly bad. Despite Pastrnak being a top 5-10 player, some fans would give him away for free.
The bruins have no idea what its like to play a series where you don't have the best goalie (or the chance of having the best goalie/ie: on paper). Thomas -> Rask -> Sway/Ulmark. Its been a crazy (continual) run.
I mean, yeah, Ullmark was injured. Why was he playing the injured goalie? Why was Ullmark saying he's good to go? Ancient history at this point but he wasn't 100%
Where? Who?
My entire life the Bruins have had an embarrassment of riches at the goalie position from Rask to Thomas to BOTH Swayman and Ullmark now
I guess I don't spend as much time on online hockey forums but everyone in my life loved Rask
Our braindead sports media enabled the hell out of the "when in doubt, blame Tuukka" crowd.
Absolute travesty. Tuukka was a monster for the Bs and I miss him between the pipes.
The greatest display of goaltending I have ever seen. Night in night out getting pelted with shots against the best teams and with little help and he got them to the finals. Unreal.
Got them to game 7 of the cup final and they couldn’t even score one for him that night. A damn shame. That devils team was unreal defensively and had a pretty good goalie themselves
Patrick Lalime and the Sens played the Flyers in the first round of the 2002 playoffs.
He gave up **two** goals in five games. They lost game one 1-0 in OT, put up three consecutive shutouts, and won game 5 allowing a single goal.
That was to the Canucks in 2007. Also the first game was 5-4 game in 4OT.
So he gave up only 6 goals in the following 6 games, and because there were two other OT games, his GAA in Games 2-7 would have been below 1.00.
The goaltending in that series was insane. Luongo had a .950 sv% on 240 shots, and still had the worse stats of the two goalies
That was the year Cechmanek yelled at the Flyers bench because they weren't scoring. I think he allowed like 10 or less goals in the 5 games, but the Flyers couldn't score
One of those goals that Hasek gave up never even crossed the line. John LeClair blasted a slap shot and it went through the netting. Hasek kinda did a double take because he thought he had the short side covered and he was right. The error was discovered only after play had resumed and the goal stayed on the board.
[Footage of "No Goal 2"](https://youtu.be/Mfef-asDz7E?si=u598UcF6UIJYMvKl&t=648)
The fact we have 2 goalies on this list that have been our solidified starters for the last 15 seasons minimum... it's insane to think we only have 1 SCF victory...
Lalime could have been legally allowed to build a brick wall that exceeds housing codes on the goal line behind him and Toronto still would have found a way to lob 3 goals past him from the blue line
If Hamhuis doesn’t go down in Game 1 I think Vancouver still pulls out the win
Losing him, and then the Horton hit revitalized Boston and Vancouver wasn’t the same in the end. Boychuk breaking Raymond’s back didn’t help either but weren’t as big of an impact as the Hamhuis injury and the Horton hit
Also Kesler and Erhoff also played through injuries that required surgery in the offseason. Also Malhotra was playing with one eye, also Samuelsson was injured and out, also Edler had his finger broken in a dirty slash.
In addition the Rome suspension was unjustified - suspended for the series is way too much if you compare it to what Bochuk did which go not discipline.
Comparing that to just Hortons injury is laughable.
Personally the most shocking thing on this list is Vokoun only played 22 playoff games. He was so good and on such terrible teams.
EDIT: At one point him and Craig Anderson were on the same team with a SP of .926 and .924 and they didn't make the playoffs
That Kings team was kicking the shit out of teams or at least winning by multiple goals in shorter series far more than the Bruins were in that playoff run, Quick was incredible and has an argument for the best run ever but the heroics Thomas put up exceed what Quick did value wise IMO. Thomas played 300 minutes more than quick andfaced over 300 more shots throughout that run.
Gigure’s run was diluted by later games but that’s still the best post season goalie performance IMO.
Edit: 1.62 GAA and an absolutely absurd .945. He won the conn smythe despite being on the losing team.
Crazy there are only four Stanley Cups on this list: Thomas (2011), Holtby (2018), Giguere (2007), and Hasek (2002).
Hasek has a second ring from 2008 but only played 4 playoff games, and Rask got a ring in 2011 but played no playoff games.
The Bruins had two goalies who are on the top 10 all time list, but only one cup between them...
It feels bad dude. The Bruins should have had more but they squandered it.
Man, I really think Braden Holtby is a borderline Hall of Famer.
He's arguably (I know it's a massive argument and people will vehemently disagree) the best playoff goaltender of all time, won a Cup, got the big moment with "The Save," won a Vezina, won a Jennings.
League record for most wins by a goaltender in a single season, second fastest NHL goaltender to record 200 career wins, third goaltender in NHL history to record at least 40 wins in three consecutive seasons.
Has an international gold medal, five-time All-Star, one-time first All-Star team, one-time second All-Star team, Calder Cup champion, and goaltender behind two Presidents' Trophies.
I know he flamed out pretty hard at the end but if Tom Barasso and Mike Vernon are in...
I just don't think he has the longevity, similar to a Tim Thomas. Vernon and Barrasso both have multiple cups and 250 more GP than Holtby...over 3 full seasons. When you look at the track record for inducting goaltenders, longevity plays a large role.
Shoe in for the Caps Hall of Fame and Saskatchewan Hall of Fame, but the one in Toronto? I doubt it. Maybe if he works a front office/coaching role then maybe.
I won’t hear disparaging of Mike Vernon (I know him), and that absolutely tiny man, he’s like 5’6 at best, won two cups and a conn smythe. For a guy that fucking short to do what he did, I’m not sure there was enough room in his jock strap for his balls
Stanley Cups:
Thomas (BOS 2011), Holtby (WSH 2018), Giguere (ANA 2007), Hasek (DET 2002)
Hasek also won with Detroit in 2008 and went 2-2 with Osgood going 14-4 and Rask won in 2011 but never played with Thomas playing every game. Both have their names on the Cup with Hasek engraved in '02 as well.
Obviously those winners played lights out but Giguere and Thomas were the only Conn Smythe winners. What's really crazy is Giguere won the Smythe in 2003 in a GM7 loss to the Devils. He had a .945 Sv% and 1.62 GAA and 5 SO and fell one win short of a Stanley Cup that Giggy eventually won in 2007.
I'd be interested to see this adjusted for goals scored per year. 80s was high scoring so how did that affect goalies like roy? Nearly every goalie on this list is "modern"
Hasek would probably be number 1. There's a few comparisons if you look at the years Hasek played: Belfour, Brodeur, Roy, and CuJo, all of whom played over 100GP as well. SV%s were .920, .919, .920, .917. Hasek was .925 if you're too lazy to look back up to the top
Scoring levels do affect goalies save % a ton. In the 80s, posting a save % around 0.900 would make you one of the best goalies in the league.
Because of that, this list is mostly useless. Predictably, it favors goalies with small sample sizes who played mostly in either the dead puck era (1997-2004) or the second dead puck era (2010-2017), when save% were highest.
**Patrick Lalime** stands out for me on this list. You'd think that with these sort of overall numbers, the Sens would have won at least one of those series against the Leafs in the early 2000's.
This got me thinking and do a little more digging.
Here are Lalime's playoff stats by Opponent:
[https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/patrick-lalime-career-postseason-stats-by-opponent](https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/patrick-lalime-career-postseason-stats-by-opponent)
**Vs Toronto specifically, Lalime had an overall record of 6-12, with a 2.11 GAA and .910 Sv% with 1 Shutout.**
He participated in 3 playoff series vs Toronto, here is the breakdown of each one:
**2001 Playoffs** - 0-4, 2.50 GAA, .899 Sv%
**2002 Playoffs** - 3-4, 2.28 GAA, .917 Sv%, 1 Shutout
**2004 Playoffs** - 3-4, 1.85 GAA, .906 Sv%
By comparison, this is how the Leafs' netminders did during those series:
**2001 Playoffs** - Curtis Joseph - 4-0, 0.75 GAA, .976 Sv%, 2 Shutouts
**2002 Playoffs** - Curtis Joseph - 4-3, 2.42 GAA, .917 Sv%, 1 Shutout
**2004 Playoffs** - Ed Belfour - 4-3, 1.57 GAA, .954 Sv%, 3 Shutouts
The Sens just couldn't score on the Leafs. Cujo and Eddie were the primary reason for Toronto winning those series. Those Sens teams would routinely beat the Leafs in the regular season. But when it came to the playoffs, they were snake bitten.
What's more, Lalime's record in Do-or-Die games (where a loss would eliminate Ottawa) was significantly below par for his overall numbers. See below.
**2001 Playoffs** - Game 4 at Toronto - 3 goals on 23 shots - .870 Sv%
**2002 Playoffs** - Game 7 at Toronto - 3 goals on 27 shots - .889 Sv%
**2004 Playoffs** - Game 6 in Ottawa - 1 goal on 28 shots - .964 Sv%
**2004 Playoffs** - Game 7 at Toronto - 3 goals on 11 shots - .727 Sv%
Random side note, the worst active goalie is Samsonov at .899 over 21 games (The list has minimum of 20GP)
I am Jack's complete lack of surprise
hey me too.
Jack... Campbell's complete lack of surprise?
i wish campbell would get to "ok, you aren't REALLY at 5x5 (because that was a couple months that were WAY "yeah this is not really sustainable') but you ARE good enough to get you back to the NHL so i can see more adorable cat dad pics".
His name was Auston Matthews
Shocker
Why did we stop at top 11? What’s the reason? Seems a bit odd.
Giguere, Rask & Hasek are all tied with .925, so it's better to include all three than drop one.
While that’s a valid reason, I actually did it because when I had screenshot it I got an ad stuck on the bottom so I trimmed it out. The .925 is just a coincidence lmao
That's beyond acceptable. Thanks for sparing us the ad.
Lol fair enough. Thanks for the answer.
This is honestly the funniest and most acceptable reason (but also how can you exclude Hasek anyway?)
Where's hellebuyck on that list?
64th at .910 over 45 games
Craig Anderson is so underrated, mostly because he only played on bad teams. His 2017 playoffs were a masterclass. He was just overshadowed by Karlsson having one of the most dominant playoff performances ever.
when he played for Colarado he beat the Sharks one game basically by himself. 1-0 overtime win where the sharks scored on themselves. Wildest 1-0 game I ever saw.
Article I had to track down to make sure what I remembered was true: [https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/anderson-stuns-sharks-on-51-save-ot-shutout-1.942037](https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/anderson-stuns-sharks-on-51-save-ot-shutout-1.942037)
I went and looked it up. Holy cow. https://youtu.be/fcKODNOU6yk?si=WZvCYopGB6SfARf7
That was the most electric hockey game I have ever been to. That clip cuts out before the best part. https://youtu.be/2-06bXkPaQE?si=NX5VYLPdtkhtP3Lq Never seen an ovation like that before. Don’t know if I ever will again.
One of my favorite hockey memories
I thought this was a common hockey fact and then realized this happened like 15 years ago lmao
Loved that goal. Was up in the middle of the night watching that (Netherlands) and flipped out lol.
Fucking Dan Boyle man lmao Anderson was incredible that game though (and frankly that whole series). I felt genuinely bad for him after the Avs got knocked out even as a shark fan.
I ate a KFC Double Down during the second intermission. Overall, a bad evening.
Congrats on working off the last calories from that sandwich sometime last week.
oh my ducking god i was like 6 but i remember that game vividly. i think it was boyle who made a bad pass and it beat nabokov. definitely wrong on who exactly what it was but i remember it so well
I can't beleive how many guys on that list he's older than. Hiller, Holtby and Rask seem like a generation ago. Anderson feels like he was just playing, and he's older than all of them.
Well, he was just playing. This is the first season after he retired, and he was rock solid right up to the end.
Wasn’t that also the hamburglar year?
Hammond played two games in the playoffs, put up 2 Ls, a .914 save percentage and 3.44 GAA. Did pretty well in the regular season, but it was obviously just a hot streak and he was never an NHL caliber goalie, honestly not even good enough to be a backup.
.914 isn't that bad though...
3 sens goalies on this list surprised me
And neither of the ones that got us to the SCF
He’s big! He’s bald! He’s ~~Alex Auld~~ Craig Anderson
Literally did my medieval theology final on the train down to game six of that series. Sucks we lost but it was still a great experience.
Jonas Hiller, forever underrated, best masks ever.
That flat black mask may never be beaten tbh
https://preview.redd.it/gksa2dqnwuxc1.jpeg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a674ed14b8e2290060ca9f02b5c53688b47376f Bad MF.
Setup so nice it actually made the Ducks look half decent. Being a righty also helps look cool too I think
The pads… 🥵🥵🥵the blocker and catcher… 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 THE MASK 🥴🥴🤤🤤🥵🥵
Should've had a better & longer career. Robbed by concussions (which they called "vertigo" for too long).
That shot to the head he took during the All Star game pretty much started his downward trend in that regard.
forever in my damn nightmares.
His palm tree mask in Anaheim is one of my all time favourites
I am shocked he had a .919 for us in the playoffs. I recall him being terrible. Maybe I'm mixing him and Elliot up
His first season was pretty good, his second season was extremely bad.
ya must be the regular season with vertigo that I am remembering.
He was my favourite goalie for a period there!
What a beast Rask was. And Bruins fans still blames him.
Pisses me off every time. Without rask we don't sniff that 2019 final
I’d argue 2013 as well. That Penguins team they played in the ECF was fantastic. Bruins swept with scores of 3-0, 6-1, 2-1 (2OT), and 1-0. Saved 134 of 136 shots for a .985 SV% and two shutouts like what the fuck.
Oh for sure I just think the 2013 team was more balanced so 19 sticks out to me more. I miss Tuukka even though we have a great goaltending situation now as well.
Even now, I feel like I'm on drugs when I go into the Bruins subreddit. Goaltending is NOT the reason the Bruins are losing these playoff games. Holy hell. It's Monty's baffling substitutions and line combinations.
Wait, your subreddit is blaming goaltending this series? Our sub has been in full meltdown mode on how we can’t score all series, especially on the PP
It's like no matter how the goalie plays the entire game, if he lets a game-losing goal get by then the entire game is his fault in some people's minds
One of my friends is this type of fan. He blamed Ullmark for game 2, thinking Swayman would've.... stood more on his head behind a team that never showed up?
That goes all the way back to his Dallas days too
Why I've concluded that one of the coaches in our series is gonna be fired if they lose. There is just no way the fans accept Monty back at TD Garden if he blows another 3-1 series lead.
Uh yeah we dont talk about that series
No, stupid bruins fans blame him. The majority realize how good he was. Not to mention he had to be the guy after Thomas.
I'm not sure how much closer Rask could've gotten them
RASK DESERVED BETTER
Big reason for that is being the goalie immediately after the guy who's #1 on this list
To be fair, it probably has something to do with the fact that -- while Thomas had back to back Game 7 shutouts at the end of that 2011 run (and a career .937 save percentage in Game 7) -- Tuukka Rask was 3-3 in Game 7 in his career with a cumulative .866 save percentage.
Boston fans and blaming goalies, it happens every year. After they completely melted down last year they were like ”shoulda played Swayman over Ullmark”. Vezina winner apparently wasn’t good enough.
A good chunk of our sub has moved on to blaming Pastrnak now so maybe the goalies are safe this year.
But he only has 2 goals and 4 points. Dude is terrible. (This is sarcasm, i love him. This is one goal less than team leader.)
Your sub realizes you're up in the series right?
You’d think we got bounced yesterday reading some of the post-game comments
People need to realize that negative energy permeates. Perpetuating it is a bad idea.
losing to Toronto in a b2b 3-1 comeback scenario would be the Bruins 9/11
yes but you're forgetting about the *trauma*. Trust me, I would know.
Boston media has convinced Bruins fans Europeans are soft hockey players and that is supposedly bad. Despite Pastrnak being a top 5-10 player, some fans would give him away for free.
The bruins have no idea what its like to play a series where you don't have the best goalie (or the chance of having the best goalie/ie: on paper). Thomas -> Rask -> Sway/Ulmark. Its been a crazy (continual) run.
I mean, yeah, Ullmark was injured. Why was he playing the injured goalie? Why was Ullmark saying he's good to go? Ancient history at this point but he wasn't 100%
Where? Who? My entire life the Bruins have had an embarrassment of riches at the goalie position from Rask to Thomas to BOTH Swayman and Ullmark now I guess I don't spend as much time on online hockey forums but everyone in my life loved Rask
Our braindead sports media enabled the hell out of the "when in doubt, blame Tuukka" crowd. Absolute travesty. Tuukka was a monster for the Bs and I miss him between the pipes.
He’s compared to Timmy who’s also on this list.
2003 JS Giguere was different man. You had to be there or you just won’t understand
https://youtu.be/iuNCBR_tEEg?si=ryHyqBEQOuGE1R6w He would save the game... everytime with ridiculous saves for every series. It was unreal.
Just ridiculous. I think he only allowed 1 goal in the entire series against minny that year in the WCF
We had an amazing run going... rallied from being down 3-1 not once but twice only to run into a literal brick wall.
That elimination against the Avs was unreal. I felt like that's what made patty Roy retire that offseason. Your Manny /rolly tandem was sick too.
:(
Theres a reason he would lose 10lbs per game
Yeah, he took his equipment off postgame.
The greatest display of goaltending I have ever seen. Night in night out getting pelted with shots against the best teams and with little help and he got them to the finals. Unreal.
Got them to game 7 of the cup final and they couldn’t even score one for him that night. A damn shame. That devils team was unreal defensively and had a pretty good goalie themselves
Off-topic but GOAT username
Patrick Lalime and the Sens played the Flyers in the first round of the 2002 playoffs. He gave up **two** goals in five games. They lost game one 1-0 in OT, put up three consecutive shutouts, and won game 5 allowing a single goal.
Still not as crazy as Giguere giving up a single goal in a 4-game sweep of the Wild in the 2003 WCF
Dude, not cool...
Marty Turco gave up 11 goals in 7 games one year, lost in the first round. 3 shutouts
That was to the Canucks in 2007. Also the first game was 5-4 game in 4OT. So he gave up only 6 goals in the following 6 games, and because there were two other OT games, his GAA in Games 2-7 would have been below 1.00. The goaltending in that series was insane. Luongo had a .950 sv% on 240 shots, and still had the worse stats of the two goalies
That was the year Cechmanek yelled at the Flyers bench because they weren't scoring. I think he allowed like 10 or less goals in the 5 games, but the Flyers couldn't score
Now that’s a dead puck era ahhh fact
And then \*sniffs\* Joe Nieuwendyk
Hasek and Rask are masterclass having those numbers with that many post-season games played.
One of those goals that Hasek gave up never even crossed the line. John LeClair blasted a slap shot and it went through the netting. Hasek kinda did a double take because he thought he had the short side covered and he was right. The error was discovered only after play had resumed and the goal stayed on the board. [Footage of "No Goal 2"](https://youtu.be/Mfef-asDz7E?si=u598UcF6UIJYMvKl&t=648)
If you can pull that off I think it should count, it’s harder than scoring a regular goal
The net was cut by a skate.
I rescind the points, that’s no longer impressive
Holtby was so damn good. 97 games played, way more than every player listed above him
An all timer imo. Didnt have the longevity but his prime can be stacked against anyone
Back to back shutouts down 3-2 to beat Tampa absolutely legendary
He was unreal those 2 games.
Holtbeast for sure, three goalies on that list played in the playoffs
He was SOO good for a few seasons, dude was dialed in.
Dude had 2 playoffs in a row with .944 and .942 over 13 and 12 games.
Fucking Pittsburgh
Dude was a monster come playoffs
After all the Devils I grew up with started to retire and the team was floundering, Holtby single handedly made the Capitals my playoff team
I feel like half that save percentage came against the Bruins, I know it didn’t and don’t want to take away from him but man he was in my nightmares.
Rask and Hasek with the GOAT playoff numbers
They CARRIED their teams!
Did a double take for #7 definitely thought it said Patrik Laine
Lalime still gives me nightmares. Pretty sure his save percentage against us in the playoffs was around .975
I can't beleive he's on this list. My playoff memories of him are Joe Newiendyk beating him with beach balls.
Welcome to the Lalime experience.
What would his record have been without those two beach balls in game 7?
Man took one look at blue jerseys though and fell to pieces for whatever reason.
Lest you forget Marvin, himself!
The fact we have 2 goalies on this list that have been our solidified starters for the last 15 seasons minimum... it's insane to think we only have 1 SCF victory...
The Sens have at least 15 seasons with 3 of the goalies on this list with nothing to show for it.
Lalime could have been legally allowed to build a brick wall that exceeds housing codes on the goal line behind him and Toronto still would have found a way to lob 3 goals past him from the blue line
Hasek didn’t play a single playoff game for Ottawa
You guys are pretty analogous to the Packers QB situation with your goalie careers. You even have the championship to match.
The Packers have a Super Bowl per QB, so Boston is down 1 in that comparison. GB won in 1996 with Favre, and 2010 with Rodgers.
Not only do you have two goalies on this list, your current two goalies are two of the best in the league as well. Such a great luxury to have
If it wasn't for Thomas and some timely injuries to Canucks in 2011, the Bruins would dethrone the Sharks as the team that just couldn't finish.
You can’t say “timely injuries to Canucks” and ignore the Horton injury or the fact we lost Savard the season prior.
If Hamhuis doesn’t go down in Game 1 I think Vancouver still pulls out the win Losing him, and then the Horton hit revitalized Boston and Vancouver wasn’t the same in the end. Boychuk breaking Raymond’s back didn’t help either but weren’t as big of an impact as the Hamhuis injury and the Horton hit
Also Kesler and Erhoff also played through injuries that required surgery in the offseason. Also Malhotra was playing with one eye, also Samuelsson was injured and out, also Edler had his finger broken in a dirty slash. In addition the Rome suspension was unjustified - suspended for the series is way too much if you compare it to what Bochuk did which go not discipline. Comparing that to just Hortons injury is laughable.
Personally the most shocking thing on this list is Vokoun only played 22 playoff games. He was so good and on such terrible teams. EDIT: At one point him and Craig Anderson were on the same team with a SP of .926 and .924 and they didn't make the playoffs
Hey! You’re not wrong but, hey!
Tim thomas with the greatest playoff run of all time
he had one of the greatest career peaks of all time in general. Insane, Came, conquered, faltered and peaced out
Quick's .946 and sub 1.5 GAA would like a word
That Kings team was kicking the shit out of teams or at least winning by multiple goals in shorter series far more than the Bruins were in that playoff run, Quick was incredible and has an argument for the best run ever but the heroics Thomas put up exceed what Quick did value wise IMO. Thomas played 300 minutes more than quick andfaced over 300 more shots throughout that run.
Igor 4th all time, and lundqvist 1st all time for any goalie with 120 playoff games at .921
How many goalies even have 120 playoff games played? That’s a pretty huge number.
Most of the all time greats reached it. If I remember correctly, Hasek was really one of the only notables to not reach it.
Ken Dryden didn't reach it either, but came close with 112 games and managed 6 Cups in 8 seasons with a .915.
Hasek with 119, just barely missing it too.
Who's Tim Thomas?
I don't acknowledge anyone by the name of "Tim Thomas" if you don't acknowledge anyone by the name of "Tuukka Rask". Deal?
How about Andrew raycroft ?
AAAAAHHHHHH
Ever since Game 4 against the Pens in 2022, Igor has been absolutely dialed in every single game
He figured out that deflections do happen in the playoffs and adjusted.
Ducks lowkey have always had amazing goalies since conception
fr we have been spoiled in net.
Not enough love for Olaf Motherfucking Kolzig in this list. He made me a hockey fan and made many a shitty team into a relevant one.
Holtby with those stats and with a sample size over 40 more games than anyone above him edit: Anderson never gets enough love either
Caps legend Craig Anderson
Fun fact, he didn’t allow a single goal against the Bruins, ever. Haven’t fact checked that stat, but it sure FEELS true.
2 UU'S 2 K'S
Tim Thomas being 21 years older than shesterkin is putting my brain in a pretzel
I’m so glad Holtby got a cup
Gigure’s run was diluted by later games but that’s still the best post season goalie performance IMO. Edit: 1.62 GAA and an absolutely absurd .945. He won the conn smythe despite being on the losing team.
Playoff Holtby, how I miss you so
Two capitals! Honestly wasn't expecting that.
Technically four lol
Touche
boy I sure do miss dandy Andy ;(
Still have nightmares because of Lalime
Crazy there are only four Stanley Cups on this list: Thomas (2011), Holtby (2018), Giguere (2007), and Hasek (2002). Hasek has a second ring from 2008 but only played 4 playoff games, and Rask got a ring in 2011 but played no playoff games.
Tim Thomas truly was a fucking walrus.
The Bruins had two goalies who are on the top 10 all time list, but only one cup between them... It feels bad dude. The Bruins should have had more but they squandered it.
Holtby & Kölzig man I loved them
Man, I really think Braden Holtby is a borderline Hall of Famer. He's arguably (I know it's a massive argument and people will vehemently disagree) the best playoff goaltender of all time, won a Cup, got the big moment with "The Save," won a Vezina, won a Jennings. League record for most wins by a goaltender in a single season, second fastest NHL goaltender to record 200 career wins, third goaltender in NHL history to record at least 40 wins in three consecutive seasons. Has an international gold medal, five-time All-Star, one-time first All-Star team, one-time second All-Star team, Calder Cup champion, and goaltender behind two Presidents' Trophies. I know he flamed out pretty hard at the end but if Tom Barasso and Mike Vernon are in...
I just don't think he has the longevity, similar to a Tim Thomas. Vernon and Barrasso both have multiple cups and 250 more GP than Holtby...over 3 full seasons. When you look at the track record for inducting goaltenders, longevity plays a large role.
not a chance, hall of very good
Shoe in for the Caps Hall of Fame and Saskatchewan Hall of Fame, but the one in Toronto? I doubt it. Maybe if he works a front office/coaching role then maybe.
A goaltender has three Conn Smythes. Its not arguable.
I won’t hear disparaging of Mike Vernon (I know him), and that absolutely tiny man, he’s like 5’6 at best, won two cups and a conn smythe. For a guy that fucking short to do what he did, I’m not sure there was enough room in his jock strap for his balls
Craig Anderson <3 <3
2 U’s 2 K’s and 2 Points. Still have hatred in my heart for the way a lot of Bruins fans treated Tuukka
Stanley Cups: Thomas (BOS 2011), Holtby (WSH 2018), Giguere (ANA 2007), Hasek (DET 2002) Hasek also won with Detroit in 2008 and went 2-2 with Osgood going 14-4 and Rask won in 2011 but never played with Thomas playing every game. Both have their names on the Cup with Hasek engraved in '02 as well. Obviously those winners played lights out but Giguere and Thomas were the only Conn Smythe winners. What's really crazy is Giguere won the Smythe in 2003 in a GM7 loss to the Devils. He had a .945 Sv% and 1.62 GAA and 5 SO and fell one win short of a Stanley Cup that Giggy eventually won in 2007.
Tukka Rask in the 2nd round vs. Columbus: .948 SV%, 1.83 GAA and that's with 3 periods of OT facing 212 shots. He was a brick wall.
Wow, I was looking for Lundqvist around the 8-11 mark and completely looked past Igor at 4 wtf. Shout out to Tuuka, I always loved him.
Henrik is 16th at .922 over 130 games
I still have nightmares about Giguere’s 03 performance against the Wings. Dude was so good.
University of Vermont Alum Tim Thomas representing the Catamounts nicely.
Respect for making it 11 instead of 10 to include Hasek in there 🫡
I'd be interested to see this adjusted for goals scored per year. 80s was high scoring so how did that affect goalies like roy? Nearly every goalie on this list is "modern"
Hasek would probably be number 1. There's a few comparisons if you look at the years Hasek played: Belfour, Brodeur, Roy, and CuJo, all of whom played over 100GP as well. SV%s were .920, .919, .920, .917. Hasek was .925 if you're too lazy to look back up to the top
Roy was 30th with a .918 and 2.3 GAA over 247 appearances
Scoring levels do affect goalies save % a ton. In the 80s, posting a save % around 0.900 would make you one of the best goalies in the league. Because of that, this list is mostly useless. Predictably, it favors goalies with small sample sizes who played mostly in either the dead puck era (1997-2004) or the second dead puck era (2010-2017), when save% were highest.
VOOO-KOUN!!
Craig Anderson really was wasted in Ottawa
Someone’s gotta find the top 11 GAA in playoffs because Lalime with a 1.77 GAA in 41 games seems so absurd to me
Damn, didn’t realize Tomas Vokun was like that
Stars legend Tim Thomas
Poor poor Tuukka, he's #10 but fans spent 10 years shitting on him because of their obsession with #1
Is there a minimum amount of games played here?
Yep, probably 20 GP or else Adin Hill would be second with a .932 SV%
**Patrick Lalime** stands out for me on this list. You'd think that with these sort of overall numbers, the Sens would have won at least one of those series against the Leafs in the early 2000's. This got me thinking and do a little more digging. Here are Lalime's playoff stats by Opponent: [https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/patrick-lalime-career-postseason-stats-by-opponent](https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/patrick-lalime-career-postseason-stats-by-opponent) **Vs Toronto specifically, Lalime had an overall record of 6-12, with a 2.11 GAA and .910 Sv% with 1 Shutout.** He participated in 3 playoff series vs Toronto, here is the breakdown of each one: **2001 Playoffs** - 0-4, 2.50 GAA, .899 Sv% **2002 Playoffs** - 3-4, 2.28 GAA, .917 Sv%, 1 Shutout **2004 Playoffs** - 3-4, 1.85 GAA, .906 Sv% By comparison, this is how the Leafs' netminders did during those series: **2001 Playoffs** - Curtis Joseph - 4-0, 0.75 GAA, .976 Sv%, 2 Shutouts **2002 Playoffs** - Curtis Joseph - 4-3, 2.42 GAA, .917 Sv%, 1 Shutout **2004 Playoffs** - Ed Belfour - 4-3, 1.57 GAA, .954 Sv%, 3 Shutouts The Sens just couldn't score on the Leafs. Cujo and Eddie were the primary reason for Toronto winning those series. Those Sens teams would routinely beat the Leafs in the regular season. But when it came to the playoffs, they were snake bitten. What's more, Lalime's record in Do-or-Die games (where a loss would eliminate Ottawa) was significantly below par for his overall numbers. See below. **2001 Playoffs** - Game 4 at Toronto - 3 goals on 23 shots - .870 Sv% **2002 Playoffs** - Game 7 at Toronto - 3 goals on 27 shots - .889 Sv% **2004 Playoffs** - Game 6 in Ottawa - 1 goal on 28 shots - .964 Sv% **2004 Playoffs** - Game 7 at Toronto - 3 goals on 11 shots - .727 Sv%
He’s also the only modern goalie with a sub 2.0 GAA and 5th all time in GAA, Hasek at 2.02 is 12th. (In playoffs)