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Gary Smith's 1975-1976 season

Wins
20
NHL#11
Save pct
.882
NHL#30
GAA
3.51
NHL#26
Shutouts
2
NHL#9
Games
51
63%
63% of 80

Goaltender Gary Smith was 31 years old when the 1975-1976 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks. He played 51 games and won 20 of them, at .882.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1975-1976Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Gary Smith plays the 1975-1976 season for Vancouver Canucks

    VANVancouver Canucks

    Gary was 31 years old when the 1975-1976 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      VAN3–2MNS
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–4KCS
      L
      game 2/80
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA59:12TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN0–3CHI
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–7VAN
      W
      game 4/80
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA48:09TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–3VAN
      L
      game 5/801
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .828
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–8NYR
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      .667SV%
      8SV12SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .667
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–5NYI
      game 7/801
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA60:00TOI
      .792
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–3TOR
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA59:00TOIL
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–4VAN
      W
      game 9/80
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA59:46TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM3–2VAN
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA59:35TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • November 1975
    • The game
      VAN1–6CHI
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      .824SV%
      28SV34SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .824
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–2VAN
      L
      game 14/80
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–4VAN
      W
      game 15/80
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA59:40TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4VAN
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA59:58TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–2WSH
      W
      game 19/80
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .905
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8015 of 20 started
      6
      wins
      NHL#7
      .873
      SV%
      NHL#17
      3.4
      GAA
      NHL#15
      VAN
      7-8-0W-L-OT19Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF0–4VAN
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      35SV35SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–6MTL
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      .884SV%
      38SV43SA5GA59:21TOIL
      .884
      View the game
    • December 1975
    • The game
      DET1–9VAN
      W
      game 25/80
      His night
      .933SV%
      14SV15SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–5VAN
      W
      game 27/80
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA59:54TOIW
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–3BOS
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA59:40TOIL
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–6KCS
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      .838SV%
      31SV37SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .838
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2VAN
      game 31/80
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOI
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–2DET
      W
      game 33/80
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
      View the game
    • The game
      KCS2–5VAN
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA59:55TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–4VAN
      game 35/80
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA59:56TOI
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–3DET
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–8BUF
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      .731SV%
      19SV26SA7GA50:30TOIL
      .731
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–5AFM
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      .886SV%
      39SV44SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .886
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8028 of 40 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#10
      .885
      SV%
      NHL#17
      3.4
      GAA
      NHL#15
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#11
      VAN
      15-17-0W-L-OT38Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI2–1VAN
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      CGS5–3VAN
      L
      game 43/80
      His night
      .909SV%in relief
      10SV11SA1GA18:58TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–5MNS
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .821
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS3–8VAN
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–5VAN
      game 46/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      35SV40SA5GA60:00TOI
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2VAN
      game 47/80
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:56TOI
      .929
      View the game
    • February 1976
    • The game
      VAN3–2CHI
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–2VAN
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–5STL
      L
      game 52/80
      His night
      .872SV%
      34SV39SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .872
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT7–3VAN
      L
      game 53/80
      His night
      .737SV%
      14SV19SA5GA31:42TOIL
      .737
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS0–7VAN
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      16SV16SA0GA59:49TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Milestone

    Gary Smith reaches 25 career shutouts

    in the game against Minnesota North Stars · February 20

    • The game
      STL4–5VAN
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:48TOIW
      .862
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8039 of 60 started
      17
      wins
      NHL#8
      .886
      SV%
      NHL#17
      3.3
      GAA
      NHL#14
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      VAN
      25-24-0W-L-OT61Points
      Playoff spot
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN4–5PIT
      L
      game 62/80
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA41:00TOIL
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–5BOS
      L
      game 63/80
      His night
      .868SV%
      33SV38SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .868
      View the game
    • March 1976
    • The game
      VAN3–3NYI
      game 65/801
      His night
      .925SV%
      37SV40SA3GA59:43TOI
      .925
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–3KCS
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA59:42TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–3MNS
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      10SV10SA0GA40:00TOIW
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–6LAK
      L
      game 68/801
      His night
      .824SV%
      28SV34SA6GA59:46TOIL
      .824
      View the game
    • The game
      KCS1–3VAN
      W
      game 69/80
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA59:56TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–3VAN
      L
      game 70/80
      His night
      .727SV%
      16SV22SA6GA40:00TOIL
      .727
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–3PHI
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA58:48TOIL
      .914
      View the game
    • The game
      STL5–2VAN
      L
      game 74/80
      His night
      .783SV%
      18SV23SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .783
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–7LAK
      L
      game 77/80
      His night
      .781SV%
      25SV32SA7GA53:26TOIL
      .781
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Gary Smith closes the 1975-1976 season with 20 wins

    VANVancouver Canucks
    Wins
    20
    Games
    51of 80
    64%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .882
    GAA
    3.51
    Starts
    49
    Events
    25
    career shutouts
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    10 days later
    Playoffs

    Vancouver Canucks are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Vancouver Canucks meet New York Islanders

    VANvsNYI
    Swedes on Vancouver Canucks
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    View the whole round
    2 days later
    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders knock Vancouver Canucks out 2–0

    VAN0–2NYI
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round