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Wayne Thomas's 1975-1976 season

Wins
28
NHL#6
Save pct
.900
NHL#15
GAA
3.20
NHL#17
Shutouts
2
NHL#9
Games
64
80%
80% of 80

Goaltender Wayne Thomas was 27 years old when the 1975-1976 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 64 games and won 28 of them, at .900. In the playoffs he played 10 games and won 5.

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

1975-1976Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Wayne Thomas plays the 1975-1976 season for Toronto Maple Leafs

    TORToronto Maple Leafs

    Wayne was 28 years old when the 1975-1976 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI1–2TOR
      W
      game 1/801
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
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    • The game
      TOR3–8BUF
      L
      game 2/802
      His night
      .830SV%
      39SV47SA8GA60:00TOIL
      .830
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4TOR
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      .977SV%
      43SV44SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .977
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR0–3BOS
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .923
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    • The game
      VAN2–3TOR
      W
      game 6/802
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR6–3WSH
      W
      game 7/802
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      CGS2–2TOR
      game 8/802
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOI
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–3TOR
      W
      game 9/802
      His night
      .953SV%
      41SV43SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .953
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–6PHI
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA30:53TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • November 1975
    • The game
      KCS0–3TOR
      W
      game 11/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      22SV22SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–7TOR
      W
      game 12/802
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3KCS
      game 13/802
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOI
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–2CGS
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA59:49TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–1LAK
      game 17/803
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA60:00TOI
      .974
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4TOR
      W
      game 18/802
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2TOR
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:16TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3BOS
      game 20/802
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA60:00TOI
      .923
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8017 of 20 started
      9
      wins
      NHL#4
      .922
      SV%
      NHL#2
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#6
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#6
      TOR
      9-6-0W-L-OT23Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–4CHI
      game 21/802
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOI
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–6AFM
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      .813SV%
      26SV32SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .813
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–1TOR
      game 23/802
      His night
      .977SV%
      42SV43SA1GA60:00TOI
      .977
      View the game
    • December 1975
    • The game
      TOR1–3MNS
      L
      game 24/802
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA58:59TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–2TOR
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–6PIT
      L
      game 26/802
      His night
      .692SV%
      9SV13SA4GA26:04TOIL
      .692
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3MTL
      game 27/802
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA59:57TOI
      .921
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–3TOR
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      .857SV%
      30SV35SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR6–1NYR
      W
      game 29/802
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYI
      L
      game 31/803
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      KCS1–5TOR
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–4TOR
      W
      game 33/802
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI4–1TOR
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM2–6TOR
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      .953SV%
      41SV43SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .953
      View the game
    • The game
      CGS1–5TOR
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–0TOR
      L
      game 37/802
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA59:15TOIL
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR8–6NYR
      W
      game 38/802
      His night
      .857SV%
      36SV42SA6GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI7–3TOR
      L
      game 39/802
      His night
      .720SV%
      18SV25SA7GA49:27TOIL
      .720
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8035 of 40 started
      15
      wins
      NHL#4
      .909
      SV%
      NHL#4
      3.1
      GAA
      NHL#10
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      TOR
      17-15-0W-L-OT42Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR0–2MTL
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .931
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    • The game
      TOR5–5VAN
      game 47/802
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA60:00TOI
      .773
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5CGS
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      .692SV%
      9SV13SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .692
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–6TOR
      W
      game 50/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • February 1976
    • The game
      TOR1–7PIT
      L
      game 51/801
      His night
      .854SV%
      41SV48SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .854
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–11TOR
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA59:48TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS1–4TOR
      W
      game 54/802
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .952
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5AFM
      L
      game 55/802
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA59:17TOIL
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–3TOR
      L
      game 56/801
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA59:37TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–6TOR
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8045 of 60 started
      19
      wins
      NHL#7
      .900
      SV%
      NHL#8
      3.3
      GAA
      NHL#11
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#13
      TOR
      25-24-0W-L-OT61Points
      Playoff spot
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      AFM1–7TOR
      W
      game 61/802
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      DET0–8TOR
      W
      game 62/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5BUF
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      .857SV%
      30SV35SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      CGS2–4TOR
      W
      game 64/802
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
      View the game
    • March 1976
    • The game
      MNS2–4TOR
      W
      game 65/802
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–1STL
      W
      game 66/802
      His night
      .973SV%
      36SV37SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .973
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–1LAK
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      .929SV%
      13SV14SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR7–7CGS
      game 68/802
      His night
      .854SV%
      41SV48SA7GA60:00TOI
      .854
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–2TOR
      game 69/802
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOI
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–6BOS
      L
      game 70/802
      His night
      .714SV%
      10SV14SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .714
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2TOR
      game 71/803
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOI
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–6CHI
      L
      game 72/802
      His night
      .824SV%
      28SV34SA6GA58:55TOIL
      .824
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    • The game
      WSH3–7TOR
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–4PHI
      L
      game 74/802
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:30TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–1MTL
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–2TOR
      L
      game 76/802
      His night
      .925SV%
      37SV40SA3GA59:49TOIL
      .925
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–5TOR
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–4DET
      game 78/802
      His night
      .750SV%
      12SV16SA4GA60:00TOI
      .750
      View the game
    • April 1976
    • The game
      BOS4–2TOR
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA58:28TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Wayne Thomas closes the 1975-1976 season with 28 wins

    TORToronto Maple Leafs
    Wins
    28
    Games
    64of 80
    80%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .900
    GAA
    3.20
    Starts
    64
    Events
    28
    career best in wins
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career wins
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    TORvsPIT
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PIT1–4TOR
      W
      1
      His night
      .972SV%
      35SV36SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .972
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      TOR0–2PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      .979SV%
      47SV48SA1GA59:37TOIL
      .979
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      PIT0–4TOR
      W
      1
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 2–1

    TOR2–1PIT
    Advance
    3Games2Wins.982SV%0.7GAA
    3 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet Philadelphia Flyers

    TORvsPHI
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      TOR1–4PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      .909SV%
      40SV44SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .909
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR1–3PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      PHI4–5TOR
      W
      1
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 4
      PHI3–4TOR
      W
      1
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      TOR1–7PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      .818SV%
      27SV33SA6GA47:07TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 6
      PHI5–8TOR
      W
      1
      His night
      .894SV%
      42SV47SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .894
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare3–3withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 7
      TOR3–7PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      .837SV%
      36SV43SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .837
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–3

    TOR3–4PHI
    Eliminated
    7Games3Wins.872SV%4.7GAA
    The run in numbers

    Wayne Thomas ends the 1975-1976 playoffs with 5 wins

    TORToronto Maple Leafs
    Wins
    5
    Games
    10
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .906
    GAA
    3.48
    Starts
    10
    Events
    1
    First playoff shutout
    1
    First playoff win
    PIT2–1→PHI3–4