Hockey Central
Goals Against Average Leaders
 
(Minimum 13 games played, 1994-95; minimum 27 games played, 1992-93 to 1993-94, 1995-95 to 1997-98; 25 games played, 1926-26 to 1991-92; 15 games played, 1917-18 to 1925-26)
 
Season Goaltender and Club GP Mins. GA SO Avg.
2010-11 Tim Thomas, Boston 57 3,364 112 9 2.00
2009-10 Tuukka Rask, Boston 45 2,562 84 5 1.97
2008-09 Tim Thomas, Boston 54 3,259 114 5 2.10
2007-08 Chris Osgood, Detroit 43 2,409 84 4 2.09
2006-07 Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota 41 2,227 73 5 1.97
2005-06 Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary 74 4,380 151 10 2.07
2003-04 Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary 38 2,301 65 4 1.69
2002-03 Marty Tarco, Dallas 55 3,203 92 7 1.72
2001-02 Patrick Roy, Colorado 63 3,773 122 9 1.94
2000-01 Marty Turco, Dallas 26 1,266 40 3 1.90
1999-2000 Brian Boucher, Philadelphia 35 2,038 65 4 1.91
1998-99 Ron Tugnutt, Ottawa 43 2,508 75 3 1.79
1997-98 Ed Belfour, Dallas 61 3,581 112 9 1.88
1996-97 Martin Brodeur, New Jersey 67 3,838 120 10 1.88
1995-96 Ron Hextall, Philadelphia 53 3,102 112 4 2.17
1994-95 Dominik Hasek, Buffalo 41 2,416 85 5 2.11
1993-94 Dominik Hasek, Buffalo 58 3,358 109 7 1.95
1992-93 Felix Potvin, Toronto 48 2,781 116 2 2.50
1991-92 Patrick Roy, Monteal 67 3,935 115 5 2.36
1990-91 Ed Belfour, Chicago 74 4,127 170 4 2.47
1989-90 Mike Liut, Hartford, Washington 37 2,161 91 4 2.53
1988-89 Patrick Roy, Montreal 48 2,744 113 4 2.47
1987-88 Pete Peeters, Washington 35 1,896 88 2 2.78
1986-87 Brian Hayward, Montreal 37 2,178 102 1 2.81
1985-86 Bob Froese, Philadelphia 51 2,728 116 5 2.55
1984-85 Tom Barrasso, Buffalo 54 3,248 144 5 2.66
1983-84 Pat Riggin, Washington 41 2,299 102 4 2.66
1982-83 Pete Peeters, Boston 62 3,611 142 8 2.36
1981-82 Denis Herron, Montreal 27 1,547 68 3 2.64
1980-81 Richard Sevigny, Montreal 33 1,777 71 2 2.40
1979-80 Bob Sauve, Buffalo 32 1,880 74 4 2.36
1978-79 Ken Dryden, Montreal 47 2,814 108 5 2.30
1977-78 Ken Dryden, Montreal 52 3,071 105 5 2.05
1976-77 Michel Larocque, Montreal 26 1,525 53 4 2.09
1975-76 Ken Dryden, Montreal 62 3,580 121 8 2.03
1974-75 Bernie Parent, Philadelphia 68 4,041 137 12 2.03
1973-74 Bernie Parent, Philadelphia 73 4,314 136 12 1.89
1972-73 Ken Dryden, Montreal 54 3,165 119 6 2.26
1971-72 Tony Esposito, Chicago 48 2,780 82 9 1.77
1970-71 Jacques Plante, Toronto 40 2,329 73 4 1.88
1969-70 Ernie Wakely, St. Louis 30 1,651 58 4 2.11
1968-69 Jacques Plante, St. Louis 37 2,139 70 5 1.96
1967-68 Gump Worsley, Montreal 40 2,213 73 6 1.98
1966-67 Glenn Hall, Chicago 32 1,664 66 2 2.38
1965-66 Johnny Bower, Toronto 35 1,998 75 3 2.25
1964-65 Johnny Bower, Toronto 34 2,040 81 3 2.38
1963-64 Johnny Bower, Toronto 51 3,009 106 5 2.11
1962-63 Jacques Plante, Montreal 56 3,320 138 5 2.49
1961-62 Jacques Plante, Montreal 70 4,200 166 4 2.37
1960-61 Johnny Bower, Toronto 58 3,480 145 2 2.50
1959-60 Jacques Plante, Montreal 69 4,140 175 3 2.54
1958-59 Jacques Plante, Montreal 67 4,000 144 9 2.16
1957-58 Jacques Plante, Montreal 57 3,386 119 9 2.11
1956-57 Jacques Plante, Montreal 61 3,660 123 9 2.02
1955-56 Jacques Plante, Montreal 64 3,840 119 7 1.86
1954-55 Terry Sawchuk, Detroit 68 4,080 132 12 1.94
1953-54 Harry Lumley, Toronto 69 4,140 128 13 1.86
1952-53 Terry Sawchuk, Detroit 63 3,780 120 9 1.90
1951-52 Terry Sawchuk, Detroit 70 4,200 133 12 1.90
1950-51 Al Rollins, Toronto 40 2,367 70 5 1.77
1949-50 Bill Durnan, Montreal 64 3,840 141 8 2.20
1948-49 Bill Durnan, Montreal 60 3,600 126 10 2.10
1947-48 Turk Broda, Toronto 60 3,600 143 5 2.38
1946-47 Bill Durnan, Montreal 60 3,600 138 4 2.30
1945-46 Bill Durnan, Montreal 40 2,400 104 4 2.60
1944-45 Bill Durnan, Montreal 50 3,000 121 1 2.42
1943-44 Bill Durnan, Montreal 50 3,000 109 2 2.18
1942-43 Johnny Mowers, Detroit 50 3,010 124 6 2.47
1941-42 Frank Brimsek, Boston 47 2,930 115 3 2.35
1940-41 Turk Broda, Toronto 48 2,970 99 5 2.00
1939-40 Dave Kerr, NY Rangers 48 3,000 77 8 1.54
1938-39 Frank Brimsek, Boston 43 2,610 68 10 1.56
1937-38 Tiny Thompson, Boston 48 2,970 89 7 1.80
1936-37 Norman Smith, Detroit 48 2,980 102 6 2.05
1935-36 Tiny Thompson, Boston 48 2,930 82 10 1.68
1934-35 Lorne Chabot, Chicago 48 2,940 88 8 1.80
1933-34 Wilf Cude, Detroit, Montreal 30 1,920 47 5 1.47
1932-33 Tiny Thompson, Boston 48 3,000 88 11 1.76
1931-32 Chuck Gardiner, Chicago 48 2,989 92 4 1.85
1930-31 Roy Worters, NY Americans 44 2,760 74 8 1.61
1929-30 Tiny Thompson, Boston 44 2,680 98 3 2.19
1928-29 George Hainsworth, Montreal 44 2,800 43 22 0.92
1927-28 George Hainsworth, Montreal 44 2,730 48 13 1.05
1926-27 Clint Benedict, Mtl. Maroons 43 2,748 65 13 1.42
1925-26 Alex Connell, Ottawa 36 2,251 42 15 1.12
1924-25 Georges Vezina, Montreal 30 1,860 56 5 1.81
1923-24 Georges Vezina, Montreal 24 1,459 48 3 1.97
1922-23 Clint Benedict, Ottawa 24 1,478 54 4 2.18
1921-22 Clint Benedict, Ottawa 24 1,508 84 2 3.34
1920-21 Clint Benedict, Ottawa 24 1,457 75 2 3.09
1919-20 Clint Benedict, Ottawa 24 1,444 64 5 2.66
1918-19 Clint Benedict, Ottawa 18 1,113 53 2 2.86
1917-18 Georges Vezina, Montreal 21 1,282 84 1 3.93