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Ed Giacomin's 1968-1969 season

Wins
38
NHL#1
Save pct
.911
NHL#16
GAA
2.56
NHL#11
Shutouts
7
NHL#2
Games
70
92%
92% of 76

Goaltender Ed Giacomin was 29 years old when the 1968-1969 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 70 games and won 38 of them, at .911. In the playoffs he played 3 games and won 0.

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

1968-1969Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ed Giacomin plays the 1968-1969 season for New York Rangers

    Ed was 29 years old when the 1968-1969 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR2–5CHI
      L
      game 1/76
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA59:52TOIL
      .844
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYR
      W
      game 2/76
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA59:59TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      NYR2–7DET
      L
      game 3/76
      His night
      .821SV%
      32SV39SA7GA59:21TOIL
      .821
    • The game
      LAK0–7NYR
      W
      game 4/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      OAK1–6NYR
      W
      game 5/76
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    • The game
      NYR3–0MNS
      W
      game 6/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      19SV19SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      TOR5–3NYR
      L
      game 7/76
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .808
    • The game
      PIT3–7NYR
      W
      game 8/76
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      W
      game 9/76
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
    • November 1968
    • The game
      MNS1–2NYR
      W
      game 10/76
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
    • The game
      NYR0–2LAK
      L
      game 11/76
      His night
      .972SV%
      35SV36SA1GA59:36TOIL
      .972
    • The game
      NYR3–2OAK
      W
      game 12/76
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .905
    • The game
      NYR4–2CHI
      W
      game 13/76
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
    • The game
      STL3–1NYR
      L
      game 14/76
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .903
    • The game
      NYR2–1PIT
      W
      game 15/76
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      MTL2–3NYR
      W
      game 16/76
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
    • The game
      LAK2–4NYR
      W
      game 17/76
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .949
    • The game
      NYR1–5BOS
      L
      game 18/76
      His night
      .878SV%
      36SV41SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .878
    • The game
      OAK2–3NYR
      W
      game 19/76
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA59:54TOIW
      .920
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 19 of 76
      13
      wins
      NHL#1
      .922
      SV%
      NHL#5
      2.3
      GAA
      NHL#5
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      NYR
      13-6-0W-L-OT26Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI4–2NYR
      L
      game 20/76
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .862
    • The game
      NYR4–1BOS
      W
      game 21/76
      His night
      .972SV%
      35SV36SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .972
    • December 1968
    • The game
      TOR1–3NYR
      W
      game 22/76
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
    • The game
      NYR4–2MTL
      W
      game 23/76
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA59:52TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      NYR2–4DET
      L
      game 24/76
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:43TOIL
      .862
    • The game
      NYR2–5TOR
      L
      game 25/76
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .844
    • The game
      DET5–2NYR
      L
      game 26/76
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .773
    • The game
      BOS2–2NYR
      game 27/76
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA59:57TOI
      .939
    • The game
      NYR1–4MNS
      L
      game 28/76
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      L
      game 29/76
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .897
    • The game
      CHI3–1NYR
      L
      game 30/76
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA59:47TOIL
      .917
    • The game
      NYR2–2STL
      game 31/76
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOI
      .935
    • The game
      NYR3–5MTL
      L
      game 35/76
      His night
      .907SV%
      39SV43SA4GA59:26TOIL
      .907
    • The game
      MTL1–3NYR
      W
      game 36/76
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA59:55TOIW
      .971
    • The game
      BOS4–2NYR
      L
      game 37/76
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA59:58TOIL
      .871
    • The game
      NYR3–5TOR
      L
      game 38/76
      His night
      .846SV%
      11SV13SA2GA20:16TOI
      .846
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 38 of 7635 of 38 started
      17
      wins
      NHL#1
      .913
      SV%
      NHL#8
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#4
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#3
      NYR
      19-16-0W-L-OT41Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS1–5NYR
      W
      game 39/76
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
    • The game
      NYR3–1PHI
      W
      game 40/76
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .947
    • The game
      NYR2–3DET
      L
      game 41/76
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA40:00TOIL
      .880
    • The game
      NYR1–3LAK
      L
      game 42/76
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      NYR2–2STL
      game 44/76
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA60:00TOI
      .895
    • The game
      LAK1–3NYR
      W
      game 45/76
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
    • The game
      CHI0–3NYR
      W
      game 46/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      15SV15SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      MTL2–3NYR
      W
      game 47/76
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
    • The game
      DET0–2NYR
      W
      game 48/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      23SV23SA0GA59:56TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      NYR4–3STL
      W
      game 49/76
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA59:40TOIW
      .909
    • February 1969
    • The game
      NYR2–6MTL
      L
      game 50/76
      His night
      .829SV%
      29SV35SA6GA59:58TOIL
      .829
    • The game
      PIT3–7NYR
      W
      game 51/76
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
    • The game
      NYR2–3PIT
      L
      game 52/76
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .912
    • The game
      STL0–2NYR
      W
      game 53/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA59:45TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    Milestone

    Ed Giacomin reaches 100 career wins

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · February 8

    • The game
      NYR2–3OAK
      L
      game 55/76
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA58:59TOIL
      .842
    • The game
      NYR2–6TOR
      L
      game 57/76
      His night
      .824SV%
      28SV34SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .824
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 57 of 7651 of 57 started
      26
      wins
      NHL#1
      .913
      SV%
      NHL#5
      2.5
      GAA
      NHL#3
      5
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      NYR
      29-23-0W-L-OT63Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYR
      W
      game 58/76
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
    • The game
      DET1–1NYR
      game 59/76
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA59:57TOI
      .960
    • The game
      BOS0–9NYR
      W
      game 60/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      21SV21SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      CHI3–5NYR
      W
      game 61/76
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
    • March 1969
    • The game
      NYR5–8BOS
      L
      game 62/76
      His night
      .727SV%
      16SV22SA6GA33:41TOI
      .727
    • The game
      STL1–2NYR
      W
      game 63/76
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA59:55TOIW
      .947
    • The game
      NYR4–4CHI
      game 64/76
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA59:57TOI
      .871
    • The game
      NYR4–1DET
      W
      game 65/76
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
    • The game
      NYR5–3PIT
      W
      game 66/76
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .870
    • The game
      MTL2–2NYR
      game 67/76
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOI
      .935
    • The game
      PIT3–4NYR
      W
      game 68/76
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
    • The game
      DET4–6NYR
      W
      game 69/76
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .818
    • The game
      NYR4–2MNS
      W
      game 70/76
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
    • The game
      NYR1–3MTL
      L
      game 71/76
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .900
    • The game
      BOS2–4NYR
      W
      game 72/76
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA59:44TOIW
      .935
    • The game
      NYR4–6CHI
      L
      game 73/76
      His night
      .838SV%
      31SV37SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .838
    • The game
      NYR3–3BOS
      game 74/76
      His night
      .925SV%
      37SV40SA3GA60:00TOI
      .925
    • The game
      NYR4–2TOR
      W
      game 75/76
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      TOR0–4NYR
      W
      game 76/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      15SV15SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    The season in numbers

    Ed Giacomin closes the 1968-1969 season with 38 wins

    Wins
    38
    Games
    70of 76
    92%
    Shutouts
    7
    SV%
    .911
    GAA
    2.56
    Starts
    70
    Events
    38
    career best in wins
    100
    career wins
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens

    NYRvsMTL
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR1–3MTL
      L
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .923
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR2–5MTL
      L
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA59:13TOIL
      .833
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      MTL4–1NYR
      L
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .778
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–0

    NYR0–4MTL
    Eliminated
    3Games0Wins.853SV%3.3GAA
    The run in numbers

    Ed Giacomin ends the 1968-1969 playoffs with 0 wins

    Wins
    0
    Games
    3
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .853
    GAA
    3.35
    Starts
    3
    MTL0–4