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Al Smith's 1969-1970 season

Wins

NHL#11

Save pct

.899

NHL#21

GAA

3.03

NHL#17

Shutouts

NHL#12

Games

60% of 76

Goaltender Al Smith was 23 years old when the 1969-1970 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 46 games and won 15 of them, at .899. In the playoffs he played 3 games and won 1.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1969-1970Playoffs

Year 1969
57 years ago
Season opener
October 15
Al Smith plays the 1969-1970 season for Pittsburgh Penguins
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Al was 23 years old when the 1969-1970 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 4th NHL season in all.
- The game
  PHI3–3PIT
  October 15game 2/76
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA60:00TOI
  .875
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- The game
  PIT0–4BOS
  L
  October 19game 4/76
  His night
  .897SV%
  35SV39SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .897
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- The game
  PIT0–2LAK
  L
  October 22game 6/76
  His night
  .846SV%
  11SV13SA2GA60:00TOIL
  .846
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- The game
  PIT4–1MNS
  W
  October 25game 7/76
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .962
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- The game
  NYR3–1PIT
  L
  October 29game 8/761
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA59:37TOIL
  .943
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- November 1969
- The game
  PIT3–4DET
  L
  November 2game 10/76
  His night
  .895SV%
  34SV38SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .895
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- The game
  STL4–0PIT
  L
  November 19game 16/76
  His night
  1.000SV%in relief
  3SV3SA0GA20:00TOI
  in relief
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- The game
  PHI3–5PIT
  W
  November 22game 17/76
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .897
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- The game
  PIT2–3CHI
  L
  November 23game 18/76
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA59:54TOIL
  .875
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- Checkpoint
  November 23
  1/4 into the season
  Game 19 of 768 of 19 started
  2
  wins
  NHL#14
  .905
  SV%
  NHL#10
  2.6
  GAA
  NHL#7
  PIT
  5-10-0W-L-OT14Points
  9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  OAK3–5PIT
  W
  November 29game 20/76
  His night
  .880SV%
  22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .880
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- The game
  PIT3–3PHI
  November 30game 21/76
  His night
  .927SV%
  38SV41SA3GA60:00TOI
  .927
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- December 1969
- The game
  DET1–2PIT
  W
  December 3game 22/76
  His night
  .957SV%
  22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .957
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- The game
  PIT0–5TOR
  L
  December 6game 23/76
  His night
  .872SV%
  34SV39SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .872
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- The game
  PIT1–2BOS
  L
  December 14game 27/76
  His night
  .950SV%
  38SV40SA2GA60:00TOIL
  .950
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- The game
  MTL5–2PIT
  L
  December 17game 28/76
  His night
  .848SV%
  28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .848
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- The game
  BOS6–4PIT
  L
  December 20game 29/76
  His night
  .870SV%
  40SV46SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .870
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Year 1970
56 years ago
- The game
  PIT0–6STL
  L
  January 3game 34/76
  His night
  .941SV%in relief
  16SV17SA1GA46:15TOI
  in relief
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- The game
  TOR4–4PIT
  January 4game 35/76
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA60:00TOI
  .862
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- The game
  NYR5–3PIT
  L
  January 7game 36/761
  His night
  .886SV%
  31SV35SA4GA59:16TOIL
  .886
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- The game
  PIT1–3MTL
  L
  January 8game 37/76
  His night
  .923SV%
  36SV39SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .923
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- The game
  DET5–3PIT
  L
  January 10game 38/76
  His night
  .872SV%
  34SV39SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .872
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- Checkpoint
  January 10
  1/2 into the season
  Game 38 of 7619 of 38 started
  4
  wins
  NHL#15
  .900
  SV%
  NHL#13
  3.2
  GAA
  NHL#12
  PIT
  11-21-0W-L-OT28Points
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PIT0–5CHI
  L
  January 14game 39/76
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA22:44TOIL
  .875
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- The game
  OAK3–3PIT
  January 21game 42/76
  His night
  .870SV%
  20SV23SA3GA60:00TOI
  .870
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- The game
  STL1–2PIT
  W
  January 31game 46/76
  His night
  .964SV%
  27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .964
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- February 1970
- The game
  PIT0–6NYR
  L
  February 1game 47/761
  His night
  .833SV%
  30SV36SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .833
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- The game
  PIT7–5MNS
  W
  February 4game 48/76
  His night
  .815SV%
  22SV27SA5GA60:00TOIW
  .815
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- The game
  LAK1–3PIT
  W
  February 7game 49/76
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .962
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- The game
  MNS3–6PIT
  W
  February 8game 50/76
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .875
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- The game
  PIT1–7CHI
  L
  February 11game 51/76
  His night
  .750SV%
  21SV28SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .750
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- The game
  PIT4–2DET
  W
  February 15game 53/76
  His night
  .938SV%
  30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .938
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- The game
  PHI2–4PIT
  W
  February 17game 54/76
  His night
  .895SV%
  17SV19SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .895
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- The game
  PIT6–1LAK
  W
  February 19game 55/76
  His night
  .944SV%
  17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .944
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- The game
  PIT3–6OAK
  L
  February 21game 56/76
  His night
  .500SV%
  3SV6SA3GA11:34TOI
  .500
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- Checkpoint
  February 21
  3/4 into the season
  Game 57 of 7631 of 57 started
  11
  wins
  NHL#11
  .891
  SV%
  NHL#13
  3.3
  GAA
  NHL#12
  PIT
  20-29-0W-L-OT48Points
  Playoff spot
  8th in the whole NHL
- The game
  LAK0–1PIT
  W
  February 26game 58/76
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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Milestone
Al Smith records his first NHL shutout
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · February 26
- The game
  OAK2–3PIT
  W
  February 28game 59/76
  His night
  .931SV%
  27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .931
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- March 1970
- The game
  MTL1–2PIT
  W
  March 4game 60/76
  His night
  .971SV%
  33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .971
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- The game
  PIT3–5DET
  L
  March 5game 61/76
  His night
  .894SV%
  42SV47SA5GA59:54TOIL
  .894
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- The game
  STL2–2PIT
  March 7game 62/76
  His night
  .929SV%
  26SV28SA2GA60:00TOI
  .929
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- The game
  PIT0–0NYR
  March 8game 63/76
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  33SV33SA0GA60:00TOI
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  PIT2–2OAK
  March 11game 64/76
  His night
  .900SV%
  18SV20SA2GA60:00TOI
  .900
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- The game
  PIT1–4LAK
  L
  March 12game 65/76
  His night
  .769SV%
  10SV13SA3GA35:28TOIL
  .769
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- The game
  NYR2–0PIT
  L
  March 18game 67/76
  His night
  .976SV%
  40SV41SA1GA59:50TOIL
  .976
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- The game
  CHI5–3PIT
  L
  March 21game 69/76
  His night
  .773SV%
  17SV22SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .773
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- The game
  STL5–5PIT
  March 29game 73/76
  His night
  .750SV%in relief
  3SV4SA1GA19:12TOI
  in relief
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- April 1970
- The game
  PHI1–4PIT
  W
  April 1game 74/76
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .962
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- The game
  MNS5–1PIT
  L
  April 5game 76/76
  His night
  .821SV%
  23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .821
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The season in numbers
April 5
Al Smith closes the 1969-1970 season with 15 wins
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Wins
15
Games
46of 76
61%
Shutouts
2
SV%
.899
GAA
3.03
Starts
43
Events
1
First NHL shutout
3 days later
Playoffs
April 8
Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 8
Pittsburgh Penguins meet Oakland Seals
PITvsOAK
Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
No Swedes
Swedes on Oakland Seals
No Swedes
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4 days later
Quarterfinal
April 12
Pittsburgh Penguins knock Oakland Seals out 4–0
PIT4–0OAK
Advance
He did not play in this round
7 days later
Semifinal
April 19
Pittsburgh Penguins meet St. Louis Blues
PITvsSTL
Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
No Swedes
Swedes on St. Louis Blues
No Swedes
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- Game 4
  STL1–2PIT
  W
  April 26
  His night
  .958SV%
  23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .958
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- Pittsburgh Penguinsare2–2withSt. Louis Blues
- Game 5
  PIT0–5STL
  L
  April 28
  His night
  .857SV%
  30SV35SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .857
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- St. Louis Blueslead3–2againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 6
  STL4–3PIT
  L
  April 30
  His night
  .867SV%
  26SV30SA4GA59:11TOIL
  .867
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Semifinal
April 30
St. Louis Blues knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–2
PIT2–4STL
Eliminated
3Games1Wins.888SV%3.3GAA
The run in numbers
April 30
Al Smith ends the 1969-1970 playoffs with 1 wins
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Wins
1
Games
3
Shutouts
0
SV%
.888
GAA
3.35
Starts
3
Events
1
First playoff win
OAK4–0→STL2–4

Al Smith plays the 1969-1970 season for Pittsburgh Penguins

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Al Smith records his first NHL shutout

Al Smith closes the 1969-1970 season with 15 wins

Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs

Pittsburgh Penguins meet Oakland Seals

Pittsburgh Penguins knock Oakland Seals out 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins meet St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–2

Al Smith ends the 1969-1970 playoffs with 1 wins