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John Garrett's 1979-1980 season

Wins
16
NHL#20
Save pct
.866
NHL#54
GAA
3.99
NHL#49
Shutouts
0
NHL#29
Games
52
65%
65% of 80

Goaltender John Garrett was 28 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Hartford Whalers. He played 52 games and won 16 of them, at .866. In the playoffs he played 1 game and won 0.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    John Garrett makes his NHL debut

    HFDHartford Whalers1–4MNSMinnesota North Stars

    John was 28 years old · Metropolitan Sports Center, USA

    Other Swedes on the ice: Kent-Erik Andersson and Per-Olov Brasar.

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    • The game
      HFD1–4MNS
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .867
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    • The game
      HFD3–3PIT
      game 2/80
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOI
      .903
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    • The game
      HFD3–3CHI
      game 3/80
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOI
      .880
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    • The game
      HFD1–3BUF
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .885
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    • The game
      LAK3–6HFD
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA59:55TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    Milestone

    John Garrett records his first NHL win

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 19

    • The game
      HFD1–6NYI
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      .813SV%
      26SV32SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .813
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    • The game
      HFD2–2QUE
      game 7/80
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOI
      .929
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    • The game
      NYI2–1HFD
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:06TOIL
      .929
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    • The game
      HFD2–2NYR
      game 9/802
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOI
      .926
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    • The game
      HFD4–2TOR
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA59:56TOIW
      .949
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    • November 1979
    • The game
      TOR3–5HFD
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA59:42TOIW
      .909
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    • The game
      HFD7–2CLR
      W
      game 12/80
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
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    • The game
      CHI4–2HFD
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      .800SV%
      16SV20SA4GA59:46TOIL
      .800
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    • The game
      HFD2–3WIN
      L
      game 15/802
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:27TOIL
      .897
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    • The game
      HFD4–5BOS
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      .783SV%
      18SV23SA5GA59:04TOIL
      .783
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    • The game
      BUF3–5HFD
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:58TOIW
      .889
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    • The game
      QUE4–4HFD
      game 19/801
      His night
      .789SV%
      15SV19SA4GA60:00TOI
      .789
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    • The game
      AFM2–4HFD
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 started
      6
      wins
      NHL#12
      .886
      SV%
      NHL#13
      3.1
      GAA
      NHL#10
      HFD
      7-7-0W-L-OT20Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • December 1979
    • The game
      HFD4–4MTL
      game 23/80
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOI
      .862
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    • The game
      HFD3–3WSH
      game 24/802
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:52TOI
      .893
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    • The game
      NYR7–4HFD
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      .788SV%
      26SV33SA7GA59:33TOIL
      .788
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    • The game
      HFD3–5VAN
      L
      game 27/802
      His night
      .737SV%
      14SV19SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .737
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    • The game
      HFD5–6CLR
      L
      game 29/801
      His night
      .829SV%
      29SV35SA6GA59:24TOIL
      .829
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    • The game
      WSH4–5HFD
      W
      game 30/803
      His night
      .810SV%
      17SV21SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .810
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    • The game
      BUF4–2HFD
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      .902SV%
      37SV41SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .902
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    • The game
      HFD2–4PHI
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      .900SV%
      36SV40SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .900
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    • The game
      PHI4–4HFD
      game 33/80
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOI
      .871
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    • The game
      HFD0–3STL
      L
      game 34/80
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .864
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    • The game
      WSH6–3HFD
      L
      game 36/803
      His night
      .806SV%
      25SV31SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .806
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    • The game
      DET2–1HFD
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA59:25TOIL
      .938
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    • The game
      HFD2–6MNS
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      .850SV%
      34SV40SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .850
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    • The game
      HFD6–4DET
      W
      game 40/801
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8032 of 40 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#17
      .872
      SV%
      NHL#22
      3.7
      GAA
      NHL#18
      HFD
      10-20-0W-L-OT30Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–7HFD
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
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    • The game
      CHI3–5HFD
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .921
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    • The game
      WIN2–7HFD
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
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    • The game
      MTL7–2HFD
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      .800SV%
      28SV35SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .800
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    • The game
      BOS2–8HFD
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
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    • February 1980
    • The game
      NYI3–5HFD
      W
      game 49/803
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA59:53TOIW
      .900
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    • The game
      CLR4–4HFD
      game 51/80
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOI
      .857
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    • The game
      MNS6–2HFD
      L
      game 52/801
      His night
      .800SV%
      24SV30SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD3–5TOR
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA58:54TOIL
      .871
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    • The game
      NYR4–6HFD
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
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    • The game
      EDM2–6HFD
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .895
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    • The game
      HFD5–9QUE
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      .690SV%
      20SV29SA9GA60:00TOIL
      .690
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    • The game
      BOS6–3HFD
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      .500SV%
      5SV10SA5GA25:42TOIL
      .500
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    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8045 of 60 started
      15
      wins
      NHL#10
      .868
      SV%
      NHL#22
      3.8
      GAA
      NHL#21
      HFD
      21-27-0W-L-OT54Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • March 1980
    • The game
      HFD5–9WSH
      L
      game 64/802
      His night
      .727SV%
      24SV33SA9GA60:00TOIL
      .727
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    • The game
      MNS6–1HFD
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      .857SV%in relief
      6SV7SA1GA20:00TOI
      in relief
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    • The game
      HFD5–5MTL
      game 72/80
      His night
      .875SV%
      35SV40SA5GA60:00TOI
      .875
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    • The game
      STL7–5HFD
      L
      game 73/80
      His night
      .767SV%
      23SV30SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .767
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    • The game
      HFD2–2LAK
      game 76/80
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOI
      .939
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    • April 1980
    • The game
      HFD4–6PIT
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      .857SV%
      36SV42SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .857
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    • The game
      QUE2–9HFD
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
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    The season in numbers

    John Garrett closes the 1979-1980 season with 16 wins

    HFDHartford Whalers
    Wins
    16
    Games
    52of 80
    65%
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .866
    GAA
    3.99
    Starts
    51
    Events
    16
    career best in wins
    1
    First NHL win
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Hartford Whalers meet Montréal Canadiens

    HFDvsMTL
    Swedes on Hartford Whalers
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      HFD4–8MTL
      L
      His night
      .800SV%
      32SV40SA8GA59:50TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 3–0

    HFD0–3MTL
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round