NHL & WHA Yearly 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

NHL Leaders Table
Year Player GP
2026 Carter Hart 19
  Jakub Dobes 19
2025 Sergei Bobrovsky 23
2024 Sergei Bobrovsky 24
2023 Jake Oettinger 19
  Sergei Bobrovsky 19
2022 Andrei Vasilevskiy 23
2021 Andrei Vasilevskiy 23
2020 Andrei Vasilevskiy 25
  Anton Khudobin 25
2019 Jordan Binnington 26
2018 Braden Holtby 23
2017 Pekka Rinne 22
2016 Martin Jones 24
2015 Ben Bishop 25
2014 Jonathan Quick 26
2013 Corey Crawford 23
2012 Martin Brodeur* 24
2011 Tim Thomas 25
  Roberto Luongo* 25
2010 Antti Niemi 22
2009 Marc-André Fleury 24
2008 Marc-André Fleury 20
2007 Ray Emery 20
2006 Cam Ward 23
2004 Miikka Kiprusoff 26
2003 Martin Brodeur* 24
2002 Dominik Hašek* 23
2001 Martin Brodeur* 25
2000 Martin Brodeur* 23
  Ed Belfour* 23
1999 Ed Belfour* 23
1998 Chris Osgood 22
1997 Mike Vernon* 20
1996 John Vanbiesbrouck 22
  Patrick Roy* 22
1995 Martin Brodeur* 20
1994 Kirk McLean 24
1993 Félix Potvin 21
1992 Tom Barrasso* 21
1991 Jon Casey 23
1990 Bill Ranford 22
1989 Mike Vernon* 22
1988 Grant Fuhr* 19
1987 Ron Hextall 26
1986 Mike Vernon* 21
1985 Pelle Lindbergh 18
  Grant Fuhr* 18
1984 Billy Smith* 21
1983 Billy Smith* 17
  Pete Peeters 17
1982 Billy Smith* 18
1981 Billy Smith* 17
1980 Billy Smith* 20
1979 John Davidson 18
1978 Ken Dryden* 15
1977 Ken Dryden* 14
  Gerry Cheevers* 14
1976 Ken Dryden* 13
1975 Bernie Parent* 15
  Gerry Desjardins 15
1974 Bernie Parent* 17
1973 Ken Dryden* 17
1972 Ed Giacomin* 10
1971 Ken Dryden* 20
1970 Gerry Cheevers* 13
1969 Jacques Plante* 10
1968 Glenn Hall* 18
1967 Terry Sawchuk* 10
1966 Roger Crozier 12
1965 Glenn Hall* 13
1964 Johnny Bower* 14
1963 Terry Sawchuk* 11
1962 Glenn Hall* 12
1961 Glenn Hall* 12
1960 Johnny Bower* 10
1959 Johnny Bower* 12
1958 Don Simmons 11
1957 Don Simmons 10
  Jacques Plante* 10
1956 Jacques Plante* 10
  Glenn Hall* 10
1955 Jacques Plante* 12
1954 Terry Sawchuk* 12
1953 Jim Henry 9
1952 Gerry McNeil 11
1951 Gerry McNeil 11
1950 Harry Lumley* 14
1949 Harry Lumley* 11
1948 Harry Lumley* 10
1947 Bill Durnan* 11
  Turk Broda* 11
1946 Frank Brimsek* 10
1945 Harry Lumley* 14
1944 Mike Karakas 9
  Bill Durnan* 9
1943 Johnny Mowers 10
1942 Turk Broda* 13
1941 Frank Brimsek* 11
1940 Dave Kerr 12
1939 Frank Brimsek* 12
1938 Mike Karakas 8
1937 Dave Kerr 9
1936 George Hainsworth* 9
1935 George Hainsworth* 7
  Alec Connell* 7
1934 Wilf Cude 9
1933 Lorne Chabot 9
1932 John Ross Roach 7
  Lorne Chabot 7
1931 George Hainsworth* 10
1930 Tiny Thompson* 6
  George Hainsworth* 6
1929 John Ross Roach 6
1928 Clint Benedict* 9
1927 Hal Winkler 8
1926 Clint Benedict* 4
1925 Georges Vezina* 2
  John Ross Roach 2
1924 Georges Vezina* 2
  Clint Benedict* 2
1923 Georges Vezina* 2
  Clint Benedict* 2
1922 John Ross Roach 2
  Clint Benedict* 2
1921 Jake Forbes 2
  Clint Benedict* 2
1919 Georges Vezina* 5
  Clint Benedict* 5
1918 Georges Vezina* 2
  Hap Holmes* 2

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Year Player GP
1979 Dave Dryden 13
1977 Joe Daley 20
1976 Cap Raeder 14
  Ron Grahame 14
1975 Richard Brodeur 15
1974 Don McLeod 14
1973 Al Smith 15