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Gary Smith's 1968-1969 season

Wins
21
NHL#5
Save pct
.905
NHL#23
GAA
2.96
NHL#20
Shutouts
4
NHL#5
Games
54
71%
71% of 76

Goaltender Gary Smith was 24 years old when the 1968-1969 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Oakland Seals. He played 54 games and won 21 of them, at .905. In the playoffs he played 7 games and won 3.

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

1968-1969Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Gary Smith plays the 1968-1969 season for Oakland Seals

    Gary was 24 years old when the 1968-1969 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      OAK1–4STL
      L
      game 4/76
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .879
    • The game
      OAK4–3CHI
      W
      game 5/76
      His night
      .933SV%
      42SV45SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .933
    • The game
      OAK3–2MNS
      W
      game 6/76
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      OAK1–6NYR
      L
      game 7/76
      His night
      .846SV%
      33SV39SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .846
    • The game
      MTL4–2OAK
      L
      game 8/76
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .826
    • November 1968
    • The game
      CHI2–5OAK
      W
      game 10/76
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
    • The game
      PIT3–1OAK
      L
      game 11/76
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:58TOIL
      .897
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 19 of 767 of 19 started
      3
      wins
      .895
      SV%
      3.4
      GAA
      OAK
      4-12-0W-L-OT11Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      OAK2–1PHI
      W
      game 20/76
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      OAK3–3MNS
      game 22/76
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOI
      .880
    • The game
      MTL4–5OAK
      W
      game 23/76
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .857
    • December 1968
    • The game
      PIT4–4OAK
      game 24/76
      His night
      .800SV%
      16SV20SA4GA60:00TOI
      .800
    • The game
      PHI0–4OAK
      W
      game 25/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      MNS4–1OAK
      L
      game 26/76
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .862
    • The game
      DET0–6OAK
      W
      game 27/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA59:55TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      OAK1–3DET
      L
      game 28/76
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .921
    • The game
      OAK4–7CHI
      L
      game 29/76
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA27:18TOIL
      .862
    • The game
      OAK3–2MNS
      W
      game 30/76
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .946
    • The game
      OAK2–5TOR
      L
      game 31/76
      His night
      .881SV%
      37SV42SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .881
    • The game
      STL1–0OAK
      L
      game 32/76
      His night
      .929SV%
      13SV14SA1GA59:33TOIL
      .929
    • The game
      PHI1–2OAK
      W
      game 33/76
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .944
    • The game
      OAK3–1BOS
      W
      game 34/76
      His night
      .973SV%
      36SV37SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .973
    • The game
      OAK1–3NYR
      L
      game 35/76
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .914
    • The game
      OAK2–1PHI
      W
      game 37/76
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA59:50TOIW
      .968
    • The game
      OAK3–7TOR
      L
      game 38/76
      His night
      .917SV%in relief
      11SV12SA1GA15:06TOI
      in relief
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 38 of 7623 of 38 started
      11
      wins
      NHL#4
      .911
      SV%
      NHL#10
      2.7
      GAA
      NHL#7
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#3
      OAK
      13-20-0W-L-OT31Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–1OAK
      L
      game 39/76
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .870
    • The game
      LAK0–0OAK
      game 40/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      25SV25SA0GA60:00TOI
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      OAK4–8MTL
      L
      game 41/76
      His night
      .583SV%
      7SV12SA5GA21:03TOIL
      .583
    • The game
      CHI3–4OAK
      W
      game 44/76
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
    • The game
      NYR3–1OAK
      L
      game 45/76
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .912
    • The game
      OAK5–3MTL
      W
      game 47/76
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA59:52TOIW
      .919
    • The game
      OAK3–5DET
      L
      game 48/76
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA59:17TOIL
      .882
    • The game
      OAK1–3STL
      L
      game 49/76
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .914
    • The game
      BOS3–3OAK
      game 50/76
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA59:52TOI
      .870
    • The game
      TOR4–5OAK
      W
      game 51/76
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA59:34TOIW
      .886
    • February 1969
    • The game
      OAK5–8LAK
      L
      game 52/76
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA23:25TOI
      .765
    • The game
      MTL1–5OAK
      W
      game 53/76
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA59:51TOIW
      .970
    • The game
      OAK3–3BOS
      game 55/76
      His night
      .935SV%
      43SV46SA3GA60:00TOI
      .935
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 57 of 7636 of 57 started
      15
      wins
      NHL#7
      .906
      SV%
      NHL#9
      2.9
      GAA
      NHL#8
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#5
      OAK
      21-27-0W-L-OT51Points
      Playoff spot
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      OAK2–3PHI
      L
      game 58/76
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA59:39TOIL
      .906
    • The game
      CHI2–5OAK
      W
      game 59/76
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
    • The game
      STL2–3OAK
      W
      game 60/76
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOI
      .909
    • The game
      LAK4–3OAK
      L
      game 61/76
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:39TOIL
      .862
    • The game
      MNS5–6OAK
      W
      game 62/76
      His night
      .727SV%
      8SV11SA3GA16:51TOI
      .727
    • March 1969
    • The game
      PHI4–4OAK
      game 64/76
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:00TOI
      .840
    • The game
      OAK2–5MNS
      L
      game 65/76
      His night
      .886SV%
      39SV44SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .886
    • The game
      OAK2–5STL
      L
      game 66/76
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .844
    • The game
      OAK4–1CHI
      W
      game 68/76
      His night
      .974SV%
      38SV39SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
    • The game
      TOR3–1OAK
      L
      game 69/76
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .906
    • The game
      PIT2–7OAK
      W
      game 70/76
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
    • The game
      OAK2–3LAK
      L
      game 71/76
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA59:26TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      DET4–4OAK
      game 72/76
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA60:00TOI
      .886
    • The game
      OAK4–0LAK
      W
      game 73/76
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      LAK4–5OAK
      W
      game 74/76
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .886
    • The game
      STL5–3OAK
      L
      game 75/76
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      4SV4SA0GA20:00TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      MNS2–7OAK
      W
      game 76/76
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
    The season in numbers

    Gary Smith closes the 1968-1969 season with 21 wins

    Wins
    21
    Games
    54of 76
    71%
    Shutouts
    4
    SV%
    .905
    GAA
    2.96
    Starts
    52
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Oakland Seals are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Oakland Seals meet Los Angeles Kings

    OAKvsLAK
    Swedes on Oakland Seals
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      LAK5–4OAK
      L
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA60:19TOIL
      .839
    • Los Angeles Kingslead1–0againstOakland Seals
    • Game 2
      LAK2–4OAK
      W
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • Oakland Sealsare1–1withLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 3
      OAK5–2LAK
      W
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
    • Oakland Sealslead2–1againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 4
      OAK2–4LAK
      L
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .879
    • Oakland Sealsare2–2withLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 5
      LAK1–4OAK
      W
      His night
      .973SV%
      36SV37SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .973
    • Oakland Sealslead3–2againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 6
      OAK3–4LAK
      L
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA59:19TOIL
      .889
    • Oakland Sealsare3–3withLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 7
      LAK5–3OAK
      L
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .833
    Quarterfinal

    Los Angeles Kings knock Oakland Seals out 4–3

    OAK3–4LAK
    Eliminated
    7Games3Wins.899SV%3.3GAA
    The run in numbers

    Gary Smith ends the 1968-1969 playoffs with 3 wins

    Wins
    3
    Games
    7
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .899
    GAA
    3.29
    Starts
    7
    Events
    1
    First playoff win
    LAK3–4