NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals Against Average

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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank Player GAA Year
1. Alec Connell* 0.600 1927
  Tiny Thompson* 0.600 1929
3. Terry Sawchuk* 0.625 1952
4. George Hainsworth* 0.750 1930
5. John Ross Roach 0.766 1929
6. Clint Benedict* 0.864 1928
7. Dave Kerr 1.085 1937
8. Turk Broda* 1.097 1951
9. Alec Connell* 1.116 1935
10. Tiny Thompson* 1.232 1933
11. Frank Brimsek* 1.250 1939
12. Normie Smith 1.275 1937
13. Marty Turco 1.296 2007
14. Lorne Chabot 1.308 1928
15. Charlie Gardiner* 1.317 1931
16. Charlie Gardiner* 1.328 1934
17. Turk Broda* 1.336 1950
18. Normie Smith 1.341 1936
19. Jacques Plante* 1.351 1960
20. Bernie Parent* 1.358 1968
21. Patrick Lalime 1.389 2002
22. Curtis Joseph 1.391 2004
23. Jonathan Quick 1.405 2012
24. Earl Robertson 1.412 1937
25. Frederik Andersen 1.412 2016
26. Martin Brodeur* 1.417 2002
27. Rogie Vachon* 1.420 1969
28. Jacques Plante* 1.426 1969
29. Ilya Bryzgalov 1.457 2006
30. John Vanbiesbrouck 1.463 1999
31. Jacques Plante* 1.488 1970
32. Hal Winkler 1.500 1927
33. Earl Robertson 1.516 1938
34. Bill Durnan* 1.530 1944
35. Chris Osgood 1.552 2008
36. Ken Dryden* 1.558 1977
37. Dave Kerr 1.560 1940
38. George Hainsworth* 1.564 1935
39. Turk Broda* 1.569 1949
40. Lorne Chabot 1.574 1933
41. Terry Sawchuk* 1.597 1954
42. Andy Aitkenhead 1.600 1933
43. Johnny Bower* 1.600 1963
44. Dominik Hasek* 1.613 1994
45. Martin Brodeur* 1.614 2000
46. Kevin Weekes 1.619 2002
47. Jean-Sebastien Giguere 1.620 2003
48. Martin Brodeur* 1.650 2003
49. Bert Gardiner 1.660 1939
50. Jacques Plante* 1.660 1957
51. Tiny Thompson* 1.667 1930
52. Arturs Irbe 1.669 2002
53. Martin Brodeur* 1.669 1995
54. Ed Belfour* 1.671 1999
55. Gump Worsley* 1.677 1965
56. Gerry Cheevers* 1.681 1969
57. Glen Hanlon 1.682 1987
58. Terry Sawchuk* 1.683 1951
59. Patrick Roy* 1.696 2001
60. Georges Vezina* 1.698 1919
61. Matt Murray 1.704 2017
62. Evgeni Nabokov 1.711 2004
63. Kelly Hrudey 1.712 1985
64. Braden Holtby 1.713 2015
65. Nikolai Khabibulin 1.714 2004
66. Mike Karakas 1.715 1938
67. Braden Holtby 1.722 2016
68. Turk Broda* 1.727 1938
69. Martin Brodeur* 1.730 1997
70. Turk Broda* 1.738 1940
71. George Hainsworth* 1.746 1931
72. Martin Jones 1.751 2017
73. Jacques Plante* 1.752 1954
74. Mike Vernon 1.757 1997
75. Cesare Maniago 1.764 1973
76. Ron Tugnutt 1.769 2000
77. Roberto Luongo 1.770 2007
78. Dominik Hasek* 1.775 1999
79. Patrick Roy* 1.790 2000
80. Ed Belfour* 1.790 1998
81. Jacques Plante* 1.800 1956
82. Dominik Hasek* 1.815 2007
83. Patrick Lalime 1.818 2003
84. Henrik Lundqvist 1.823 2012
85. Brent Johnson 1.830 2002
86. Corey Crawford 1.835 2013
87. Miikka Kiprusoff 1.849 2004
88. Harry Lumley* 1.850 1950
89. Gerry McNeil 1.851 1953
90. Tim Thomas 1.854 2009
91. Ben Bishop 1.854 2016
92. Dominik Hasek* 1.856 2002
93. Jonathan Quick 1.856 2013
94. Carey Price 1.858 2017
95. Eddie Johnston 1.860 1972
96. Devan Dubnyk 1.862 2017
97. Antti Niemi 1.872 2013
98. Gump Worsley* 1.876 1968
99. Marty Turco 1.879 2003
100. Tuukka Rask 1.883 2013
101. Bernie Parent* 1.891 1975
102. Ken Dryden* 1.896 1978
103. Ed Belfour* 1.898 2000
104. Brian Elliott 1.902 2013
105. Gerry McNeil 1.910 1951
106. Mike Liut 1.911 1986
107. Bill Durnan* 1.920 1947
108. Gerry McNeil 1.921 1952
109. Ken Dryden* 1.925 1976
110. Patrick Roy* 1.926 1986
111. Curtis Joseph 1.928 1998
112. Billy Smith* 1.929 1979
113. Olaf Kolzig 1.935 1996
114. Johnny Mowers 1.942 1943
115. Jacques Plante* 1.943 1958
116. Turk Broda* 1.947 1939
117. Martin Brodeur* 1.948 1994
118. Braden Holtby 1.952 2012
119. Olaf Kolzig 1.954 1998
120. Manny Fernandez 1.955 2003
121. Pekka Rinne 1.955 2017
122. Jake Allen 1.956 2017
123. Patrick Lalime 1.958 2004
124. Marc-Andre Fleury 1.966 2008
125. Martin Brodeur* 1.966 1998
126. Jean-Sebastien Giguere 1.968 2007
127. Steve Mason 1.970 2014
128. Chris Osgood 1.975 2000
129. Ron Tugnutt 1.978 1997
130. Byron Dafoe 1.980 1999
131. Tim Thomas 1.985 2011
132. Mike Smith 1.987 2012
133. Byron Dafoe 1.991 1998
134. Tuukka Rask 1.993 2014
135. Gump Worsley* 1.994 1966
136. Charlie Hodge 2.000 1965
137. Craig Anderson 2.005 2012
138. Chris Osgood 2.006 2009
139. Tomas Vokoun 2.014 2013
140. Bernie Parent* 2.020 1974
141. Glenn Hall* 2.023 1961
142. Tomas Vokoun 2.024 2004
143. Guy Hebert 2.024 1997
144. Dominik Hasek* 2.026 1998
145. Darcy Kuemper 2.029 2014
146. Brian Boucher 2.030 2000
147. Frank Brimsek* 2.037 1941
148. Bob Sauve 2.043 1980
149. Roman Turek 2.048 2001
150. Roberto Luongo 2.053 2016
151. Lorne Chabot 2.055 1932
152. Turk Broda* 2.057 1941
153. Curtis Joseph 2.058 2000
154. Bill Durnan* 2.065 1946
155. Pekka Rinne 2.068 2012
156. Henrik Lundqvist 2.071 2007
157. Ed Belfour* 2.072 1996
158. Martin Brodeur* 2.074 2001
159. Mike Richter 2.074 1994
160. Johnny Bower* 2.074 1962
161. Olaf Kolzig 2.080 2003
162. Marty Turco 2.083 2008
163. Matt Murray 2.083 2016
164. David Aebischer 2.084 2004
165. Dominik Hasek* 2.089 2001
166. Patrick Roy* 2.089 1989
167. Sam LoPresti 2.094 1941
168. Ed Belfour* 2.094 2004
169. Les Binkley 2.101 1970
170. Curtis Joseph 2.102 2001
171. Patrick Roy* 2.105 1996
172. Carey Price 2.108 2011
173. Petr Mrazek 2.109 2015
174. Mike Richter 2.109 1997
175. Henrik Lundqvist 2.110 2015
176. Nikolai Khabibulin 2.113 1997
177. Chris Osgood 2.116 1996
178. Chris Osgood 2.116 1998
179. Marc-Andre Fleury 2.117 2015
180. Johnny Bower* 2.119 1964
181. Martin Brodeur* 2.121 2012
182. Wilf Cude 2.126 1934
183. Ron Hextall 2.133 1996
184. Harry Lumley* 2.134 1945
185. Patrick Roy* 2.135 1993
186. Johnny Mowers 2.136 1941
187. Damian Rhodes 2.136 1998
188. Cam Ward 2.137 2006
189. Henrik Lundqvist 2.138 2014
190. Gerry Cheevers* 2.141 1976
191. Henrik Lundqvist 2.142 2013
192. Tim Thomas 2.143 2012
193. Roman Cechmanek 2.145 2003
194. Andrew Raycroft 2.147 2004
195. Harry Lumley* 2.151 1949
196. Turk Broda* 2.154 1948
197. Martin Jones 2.159 2016
198. Felix Potvin 2.160 2002
199. Jussi Markkanen 2.164 2006
200. Braden Holtby 2.165 2018
201. Jim Henry 2.167 1942
202. Glenn Resch 2.171 1975
203. Rick DiPietro 2.179 2004
204. Ben Bishop 2.180 2015
205. Bill Durnan* 2.180 1949
206. Evgeni Nabokov 2.181 2008
207. Grant Fuhr* 2.184 1997
208. Jonas Hiller 2.188 2014
209. George Hainsworth* 2.189 1934
210. Ed Belfour* 2.190 1995
211. Tony Esposito* 2.196 1971
212. Michel Larocque 2.197 1980
213. Jake Allen 2.197 2015
214. Roy Worters* 2.200 1936
  Bill Beveridge 2.200 1937
216. Arturs Irbe 2.205 1999
217. Patrick Roy* 2.205 1997
218. Steve Penney 2.206 1984
219. Corey Crawford 2.206 2011
220. Glenn Resch 2.208 1979
221. Andy Moog 2.209 1990
222. Rick Wamsley 2.209 1982
223. Glenn Hall* 2.211 1965
224. Ryan Miller 2.216 2007
225. Wilf Cude 2.217 1937
226. Braden Holtby 2.218 2013
227. Ed Giacomin* 2.218 1971
228. Tommy Salo 2.219 2001
229. Niklas Backstrom 2.225 2007
230. Evgeni Nabokov 2.226 2007
231. Frank McCool 2.231 1945
232. Jonas Hiller 2.231 2009
233. Gerry Cheevers* 2.231 1970
234. Ed Belfour* 2.234 2001
235. Ken Wregget 2.235 1989
  Carey Price 2.235 2015
237. Tuukka Rask 2.237 2017
238. Don Simmons 2.237 1958
239. Marc-Andre Fleury 2.241 2018
240. Olaf Kolzig 2.241 2001
241. Miikka Kiprusoff 2.243 2006
242. Henrik Lundqvist 2.246 2017
243. Chuck Rayner* 2.248 1950
244. Ilya Bryzgalov 2.249 2007
245. Martin Brodeur* 2.252 2006
246. John Vanbiesbrouck 2.253 1996
247. Henrik Lundqvist 2.257 2011
248. Martin Jones 2.258 2018
249. Ray Emery 2.259 2007
250. Mike Vernon 2.259 1989
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