NHL Shutout Leaders - Take a Look at the Numbers!
Posted 7:38 AM ET | Comments 2
Martin Brodeur's shutout last night was his 95 All-time which moves him ahead George Hainsworth on the NHL All-Time Shutout Leader List. When I first looked at the top 10 Shutout list, I was surprised that I did not see Patrick Roy on that list since he is the All-Time Wins leader. This got me thinking of the All-Time list Goalies and what percentage of Wins were shutouts.
Top 10 Wins List
1 Patrick Roy 551
2 MARTIN BRODEUR 512
3 Ed Belfour 484
4 Terry Sawchuk 447
5 Curtis Joseph 446
6 Jacques Plante 437
7 Tony Esposito 423
8 Glenn Hall 407
9 Grant Fuhr 403
10 Mike Vernon 385
Top 10 Shutouts List
1 Terry Sawchuck 103
2 MARTIN BRODEUR 95
3 George Hainsworth 94
4 Glenn Hall 84
5 Jacques Plante 82
6 Alex Connell 81
Tiny Thompson 81
8 DOMINIK HASEK 77
9 Tony Esposito 76
Ed Belfour 76
So out of these Top 10 Goalies, the shutout percentage to wins goes as follows:
GP W SO (SO/W)%
Alex Connell 417 193 81 41.97
George Hainsworth 465 246 94 38.21
Tiny Thompson 553 284 81 28.52
Terry Sawchuk 852 447 103 23.04
DOMINIK HASEK 712 373 77 20.64
Glenn Hall 906 407 84 20.64
Jacques Plante 837 437 82 18.76
MARTIN BRODEUR 923 512 95 18.55
Tony Esposito 886 423 76 17.97
Ed Belfour 963 484 76 15.70
Patrick Roy 1029 551 66 11.98
Curtis Joseph 913 446 51 11.43
Mike Vernon 781 385 27 7.01
Grant Fuhr 867 403 25 6.20
So only using these numbers, who would you say is the best goalie of all time?
Top 10 Wins List
1 Patrick Roy 551
2 MARTIN BRODEUR 512
3 Ed Belfour 484
4 Terry Sawchuk 447
5 Curtis Joseph 446
6 Jacques Plante 437
7 Tony Esposito 423
8 Glenn Hall 407
9 Grant Fuhr 403
10 Mike Vernon 385
Top 10 Shutouts List
1 Terry Sawchuck 103
2 MARTIN BRODEUR 95
3 George Hainsworth 94
4 Glenn Hall 84
5 Jacques Plante 82
6 Alex Connell 81
Tiny Thompson 81
8 DOMINIK HASEK 77
9 Tony Esposito 76
Ed Belfour 76
So out of these Top 10 Goalies, the shutout percentage to wins goes as follows:
GP W SO (SO/W)%
Alex Connell 417 193 81 41.97
George Hainsworth 465 246 94 38.21
Tiny Thompson 553 284 81 28.52
Terry Sawchuk 852 447 103 23.04
DOMINIK HASEK 712 373 77 20.64
Glenn Hall 906 407 84 20.64
Jacques Plante 837 437 82 18.76
MARTIN BRODEUR 923 512 95 18.55
Tony Esposito 886 423 76 17.97
Ed Belfour 963 484 76 15.70
Patrick Roy 1029 551 66 11.98
Curtis Joseph 913 446 51 11.43
Mike Vernon 781 385 27 7.01
Grant Fuhr 867 403 25 6.20
So only using these numbers, who would you say is the best goalie of all time?
Although I admire you work, shoutout % for GP doesn't really mean a whole lot to me because shutouts relate to a team's defense as well. I would have to say Broduer is the best, but Roy is tied with him or really close. But I haven't seen the other goalies like Esposito and Connell play so I don't know.
Interesting numbers, I think to get a true comparison though you'd have to stack them up against the current league as well. IE What percentage of the league total for shutouts is a certain player recording.