george hainsworth has the most shutouts in a single season in nhl history.
george hainsworth has the most shutouts in a single season in nhl history.
who has the most shutouts in a single season in nhl history?
george hainsworth
thompson's points percentage in a season of .875, recorded in the 1929–30 season, still remains a record. his 38 wins during that season was a boston record that was eclipsed only in the 1982–83 season, by pete peeters (who won 40 of 62 games played); since then, no bruins goaltender has had more than 37 wins in a season. thompson is the all-time bruins leader for shutouts and goals-against average, with both thompson's 468-appearance record recently broken, and by february 3, 2019, thompson's 252 career-win record surpassed by the bruins' current primary goaltender, tuukka rask. throughout his entire nhl career, thompson accrued 81 shutouts, which is sixth all-time in nhl history, and was second to only george hainsworth (who had 94) when thompson retired. he also posted seven shutouts in the playoffs. he is fifth all-time in goals-against average, allowing on average only 2.08 per a 60-minute span. he led all goaltenders in regular season games played 10 times, and in regular season wins five times.
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on 10 january 2018, vasilevskiy was named to the 2018 nhl all-star game. this was vasilevskiy's first selection to an nhl all-star game in his career. on 22 january 2018, vasilevskiy recorded a shutout in a 2–0 win over the chicago blackhawks at the united center. the shutout was vasilevskiy's 7th of the season, which tied him with nikolai khabibulin for the most shutouts in a single season by a lightning goalie. additionally, vasilevskiy set the franchise record for most road shutouts in a single season with his 6th of the season. on 27 february 2018, vasilevskiy recorded his 78th career nhl win. the win moved vasilevskiy past daren puppa for 3rd most wins in lightning history. on 20 march 2018, vasilevskiy recorded his 41st win of the season. the win moved vasilevskiy past ben bishop for the most wins in a single season in lightning history. on 3 april 2018, vasilevskiy recorded his 43rd win of the season in a 4–0 shutout of the visiting boston bruins. the win moved vasilevskiy past nikolai khabibulin for 2nd most wins in franchise history (84). vasilevskiy's 8th shutout of the season gave him sole possession for the most shutouts in a single season by a lightning goaltender. on 17 april 2018, vasilevskiy was nominated for the vezina trophy, which is given out annually to the top goaltender in the nhl.
andrei vasilevskiy