NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Games Played (Goalie)
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | GP | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Ron Hextall | 26 | 1987 |
  | Miikka Kiprusoff | 26 | 2004 |
  | Jonathan Quick | 26 | 2014 |
  | Jordan Binnington | 26 | 2019 |
5. | Martin Brodeur* | 25 | 2001 |
  | Roberto Luongo* | 25 | 2011 |
  | Tim Thomas | 25 | 2011 |
  | Henrik Lundqvist* | 25 | 2014 |
  | Ben Bishop | 25 | 2015 |
  | Anton Khudobin | 25 | 2020 |
  | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 25 | 2020 |
12. | Kirk McLean | 24 | 1994 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 24 | 2003 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 24 | 2009 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 24 | 2012 |
  | Martin Jones | 24 | 2016 |
  | Tuukka Rask | 24 | 2019 |
18. | Jon Casey | 23 | 1991 |
  | Mike Richter | 23 | 1994 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 23 | 1999 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 23 | 2000 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 23 | 2000 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 23 | 2001 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 23 | 2002 |
  | Nikolai Khabibulin | 23 | 2004 |
  | Cam Ward | 23 | 2006 |
  | Chris Osgood | 23 | 2009 |
  | Corey Crawford | 23 | 2013 |
  | Braden Holtby | 23 | 2018 |
  | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 23 | 2021 |
  | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 23 | 2022 |
32. | Mike Vernon* | 22 | 1989 |
  | Bill Ranford | 22 | 1990 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 22 | 1996 |
  | John Vanbiesbrouck | 22 | 1996 |
  | Chris Osgood | 22 | 1998 |
  | Antti Niemi | 22 | 2010 |
  | Tuukka Rask | 22 | 2013 |
  | Pekka Rinne | 22 | 2017 |
  | Carey Price | 22 | 2021 |
41. | Billy Smith* | 21 | 1984 |
  | Mike Vernon* | 21 | 1986 |
  | Tom Barrasso* | 21 | 1992 |
  | Félix Potvin | 21 | 1993 |
  | Olaf Kölzig | 21 | 1998 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 21 | 2002 |
  | Jean-Sébastien Giguère | 21 | 2003 |
  | Matt Murray | 21 | 2016 |
49. | Ken Dryden* | 20 | 1971 |
  | Billy Smith* | 20 | 1980 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 20 | 1986 |
  | Andy Moog | 20 | 1990 |
  | Tom Barrasso* | 20 | 1991 |
  | Kelly Hrudey | 20 | 1993 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 20 | 1993 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 20 | 1995 |
  | Mike Vernon* | 20 | 1997 |
  | Curtis Joseph | 20 | 2002 |
  | Ray Emery | 20 | 2007 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 20 | 2008 |
  | Henrik Lundqvist* | 20 | 2012 |
  | Jonathan Quick | 20 | 2012 |
  | Corey Crawford | 20 | 2015 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 20 | 2018 |
  | Martin Jones | 20 | 2019 |
  | Semyon Varlamov | 20 | 2020 |
  | Igor Shesterkin | 20 | 2022 |
68. | Grant Fuhr* | 19 | 1987 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 19 | 1988 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 19 | 1989 |
  | Andy Moog | 19 | 1991 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 19 | 1999 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 19 | 1999 |
  | Chris Osgood | 19 | 2008 |
  | Corey Crawford | 19 | 2014 |
  | Henrik Lundqvist* | 19 | 2015 |
  | Craig Anderson | 19 | 2017 |
  | Sergei Bobrovsky | 19 | 2023 |
  | Jake Oettinger | 19 | 2023 |
80. | Glenn Hall* | 18 | 1968 |
  | Tony Esposito* | 18 | 1971 |
  | John Davidson | 18 | 1979 |
  | Billy Smith* | 18 | 1982 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 18 | 1985 |
  | Pelle Lindbergh | 18 | 1985 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 18 | 1992 |
  | Glenn Healy | 18 | 1993 |
  | Félix Potvin | 18 | 1994 |
  | Mike Vernon* | 18 | 1995 |
  | Brian Boucher | 18 | 2000 |
  | Johan Hedberg | 18 | 2001 |
  | Artūrs Irbe | 18 | 2002 |
  | Patrick Lalime | 18 | 2003 |
  | Robert Esche | 18 | 2004 |
  | Ryan Miller | 18 | 2006 |
  | Dwayne Roloson | 18 | 2006 |
  | Jean-Sébastien Giguère | 18 | 2007 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 18 | 2007 |
  | Marty Turco | 18 | 2008 |
  | Cam Ward | 18 | 2009 |
  | Jaroslav Halák | 18 | 2010 |
  | Antti Niemi | 18 | 2011 |
  | Jonathan Quick | 18 | 2013 |
  | Brian Elliott | 18 | 2016 |
105. | Ken Dryden* | 17 | 1973 |
  | Bernie Parent* | 17 | 1974 |
  | Billy Smith* | 17 | 1981 |
  | Richard Brodeur | 17 | 1982 |
  | Pete Peeters | 17 | 1983 |
  | Billy Smith* | 17 | 1983 |
  | Mario Gosselin | 17 | 1985 |
  | Sean Burke | 17 | 1988 |
  | Réjean Lemelin | 17 | 1988 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 17 | 1991 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 17 | 1994 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 17 | 1997 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 17 | 1998 |
  | Curtis Joseph | 17 | 1999 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 17 | 2000 |
  | Evgeni Nabokov | 17 | 2004 |
  | Martin Biron | 17 | 2008 |
  | Dwayne Roloson | 17 | 2011 |
  | Connor Hellebuyck | 17 | 2018 |
  | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 17 | 2018 |
125. | Gilles Gilbert | 16 | 1974 |
  | Ken Dryden* | 16 | 1979 |
  | Andy Moog | 16 | 1983 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 16 | 1984 |
  | John Vanbiesbrouck | 16 | 1986 |
  | Alain Chevrier | 16 | 1989 |
  | Bill Ranford | 16 | 1992 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 16 | 1995 |
  | Ryan Miller | 16 | 2007 |
  | Mike Smith | 16 | 2012 |
  | Frederik Andersen | 16 | 2015 |
  | John Gibson | 16 | 2017 |
  | Robin Lehner | 16 | 2020 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 16 | 2021 |
  | Darcy Kuemper | 16 | 2022 |
  | Mike Smith | 16 | 2022 |
  | Adin Hill | 16 | 2023 |
142. | Tony Esposito* | 15 | 1973 |
  | Gerry Desjardins | 15 | 1975 |
  | Bernie Parent* | 15 | 1975 |
  | Ken Dryden* | 15 | 1978 |
  | Steve Penney | 15 | 1984 |
  | Murray Bannerman | 15 | 1985 |
  | Ron Hextall | 15 | 1989 |
  | Andy Moog | 15 | 1992 |
  | Ron Hextall | 15 | 1995 |
  | Chris Osgood | 15 | 1996 |
  | Mike Richter | 15 | 1997 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 15 | 1998 |
  | Nikolai Khabibulin | 15 | 2009 |
  | Evgeni Nabokov | 15 | 2010 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 15 | 2017 |
157. | Harry Lumley* | 14 | 1945 |
  | Harry Lumley* | 14 | 1950 |
  | Johnny Bower* | 14 | 1964 |
  | Cesare Maniago | 14 | 1968 |
  | Gerry Cheevers* | 14 | 1977 |
  | Ken Dryden* | 14 | 1977 |
  | Steve Baker | 14 | 1981 |
  | Kelly Hrudey | 14 | 1987 |
  | Greg Millen | 14 | 1990 |
  | Artūrs Irbe | 14 | 1994 |
  | Roman Turek | 14 | 2001 |
  | Dan Cloutier | 14 | 2003 |
  | Michael Leighton | 14 | 2010 |
  | Braden Holtby | 14 | 2012 |
  | Jimmy Howard | 14 | 2013 |
  | Pekka Rinne | 14 | 2016 |
  | Carter Hart | 14 | 2020 |
  | Jacob Markström | 14 | 2020 |
  | Semyon Varlamov | 14 | 2021 |
  | Philipp Grubauer | 14 | 2023 |
177. | Turk Broda* | 13 | 1942 |
  | Frank McCool | 13 | 1945 |
  | Terry Sawchuk* | 13 | 1964 |
  | Glenn Hall* | 13 | 1965 |
  | Gerry Cheevers* | 13 | 1970 |
  | Ed Giacomin* | 13 | 1974 |
  | Ken Dryden* | 13 | 1976 |
  | Mike Palmateer | 13 | 1978 |
  | Pete Peeters | 13 | 1980 |
  | Gilles Meloche | 13 | 1981 |
  | Don Beaupre | 13 | 1984 |
  | Brian Hayward | 13 | 1987 |
  | Ken Wregget | 13 | 1987 |
  | Vincent Riendeau | 13 | 1991 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 13 | 1991 |
  | Kirk McLean | 13 | 1992 |
  | Tom Barrasso* | 13 | 1999 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 13 | 1999 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 13 | 2001 |
  | Félix Potvin | 13 | 2001 |
  | Roman Čechmánek | 13 | 2003 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 13 | 2004 |
  | Evgeni Nabokov | 13 | 2008 |
  | Jonas Hiller | 13 | 2009 |
  | Semyon Varlamov | 13 | 2009 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 13 | 2010 |
  | Tuukka Rask | 13 | 2010 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 13 | 2014 |
  | Braden Holtby | 13 | 2015 |
  | Braden Holtby | 13 | 2017 |
  | Cam Talbot | 13 | 2017 |
  | Pekka Rinne | 13 | 2018 |
  | Ben Bishop | 13 | 2019 |
  | Antti Raanta | 13 | 2022 |
211. | Frank Brimsek* | 12 | 1939 |
  | Dave Kerr | 12 | 1940 |
  | Johnny Mowers | 12 | 1942 |
  | Chuck Rayner* | 12 | 1950 |
  | Terry Sawchuk* | 12 | 1954 |
  | Jacques Plante* | 12 | 1955 |
  | Johnny Bower* | 12 | 1959 |
  | Glenn Hall* | 12 | 1961 |
  | Glenn Hall* | 12 | 1962 |
  | Roger Crozier | 12 | 1966 |
  | Gump Worsley* | 12 | 1968 |
  | Ed Giacomin* | 12 | 1971 |
  | Glenn Resch | 12 | 1975 |
  | Gerry Cheevers* | 12 | 1978 |
  | Bernie Parent* | 12 | 1978 |
  | Steve Penney | 12 | 1985 |
  | Pete Peeters | 12 | 1988 |
  | Kelly Hrudey | 12 | 1991 |
  | Tom Barrasso* | 12 | 1993 |
  | Kirk McLean | 12 | 1993 |
  | Jon Casey | 12 | 1996 |
  | Ron Hextall | 12 | 1996 |
  | Curtis Joseph | 12 | 1997 |
  | Garth Snow | 12 | 1997 |
  | Curtis Joseph | 12 | 1998 |
  | Byron Dafoe | 12 | 1999 |
  | Curtis Joseph | 12 | 2000 |
  | Steve Shields | 12 | 2000 |
  | Patrick Lalime | 12 | 2002 |
  | Evgeni Nabokov | 12 | 2002 |
  | José Théodore | 12 | 2002 |
  | Marty Turco | 12 | 2003 |
  | Roberto Luongo* | 12 | 2007 |
  | Brian Boucher | 12 | 2010 |
  | Jimmy Howard | 12 | 2010 |
  | Roberto Luongo* | 12 | 2010 |
  | Pekka Rinne | 12 | 2011 |
  | Henrik Lundqvist* | 12 | 2013 |
  | Carey Price | 12 | 2014 |
  | Tuukka Rask | 12 | 2014 |
  | Carey Price | 12 | 2015 |
  | Braden Holtby | 12 | 2016 |
  | Henrik Lundqvist* | 12 | 2017 |
  | Matt Murray | 12 | 2018 |
  | Tuukka Rask | 12 | 2018 |
  | Philipp Grubauer | 12 | 2019 |
  | Jacob Markström | 12 | 2022 |
  | Stuart Skinner | 12 | 2023 |
WHA Leaders
Rank | Player | GP | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Joe Daley | 20 | 1977 |
2. | Richard Brodeur | 17 | 1977 |
3. | Al Smith | 15 | 1973 |
  | Richard Brodeur | 15 | 1975 |
5. | Ron Grahame | 14 | 1976 |
  | Cap Raeder | 14 | 1976 |
  | Don McLeod | 14 | 1974 |
8. | Dave Dryden | 13 | 1979 |
  | Ron Grahame | 13 | 1975 |
10. | Joe Daley | 12 | 1976 |
  | John Garrett | 12 | 1975 |
13. | Andre Gill | 11 | 1974 |
  | Richard Brodeur | 11 | 1978 |
  | Ernie Wakely | 11 | 1976 |
16. | Gilles Gratton | 10 | 1974 |
  | Cam Newton | 10 | 1974 |
  | Don McLeod | 10 | 1976 |
  | Gary Smith | 10 | 1979 |
  | Ernie Wakely | 10 | 1975 |
21. | Ron Grahame | 9 | 1977 |
  | Gerry Cheevers* | 9 | 1973 |
23. | John Garrett | 8 | 1979 |
24. | Ernie Wakely | 7 | 1973 |
  | Al Smith | 7 | 1974 |
  | Wayne Rutledge | 7 | 1973 |
  | Joe Daley | 7 | 1973 |
  | John Garrett | 7 | 1974 |
29. | Al Smith | 6 | 1975 |
  | Jim Park | 6 | 1976 |
31. | Joe Daley | 5 | 1978 |
  | Gary Bromley | 5 | 1978 |
  | Russ Gillow | 5 | 1973 |
  | John Garrett | 5 | 1978 |
  | Ken Lockett | 5 | 1977 |
  | Paul Hoganson | 5 | 1977 |
  | Jack Norris | 5 | 1976 |
  | Richard Brodeur | 5 | 1976 |
  | Les Binkley | 5 | 1974 |
  | Gerry Cheevers* | 5 | 1974 |
  | Mike Curran | 5 | 1974 |
  | Gerry Cheevers* | 5 | 1975 |
  | Jim Shaw | 5 | 1975 |
44. | Lynn Zimmerman | 4 | 1978 |
  | Don McLeod | 4 | 1978 |
  | Al Smith | 4 | 1979 |
  | Normand Lapointe | 4 | 1977 |
  | Michel Dion | 4 | 1977 |
  | Les Binkley | 4 | 1973 |
  | Jack McCartan | 4 | 1973 |
  | Wayne Rutledge | 4 | 1976 |
  | Bruce Landon | 4 | 1976 |
  | Gary Kurt | 4 | 1975 |
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