highest save pct by goaltender in 80s nhl

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Patrick Roy had the best save percentage by a goalie, at .894.

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highest save pct with a minimum of 20.5 games played per 82 team games by goaltender in 80s NHL

	NAME	SV%	GP	W	L	T	SA	SV	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
1	Patrick Roy P. Roy	.894	187	102	51	24	4,868	4,351	517	2.91	9	10666
2	Jon Casey J. Casey	.893	97	31	35	17	2,699	2,410	289	3.40	1	5102
3	Ron Hextall R. Hextall	.893	192	97	71	19	5,600	5,000	600	3.24	1	11104
4	Bob Froese B. Froese	.891	227	123	65	19	5,944	5,295	649	3.09	13	12622
5	Kelly Hrudey K. Hrudey	.890	257	116	94	28	7,602	6,768	834	3.43	7	14568
6	Billy Smith B. Smith	.890	381	182	131	45	10,726	9,543	1,183	3.34	11	21232
7	Bill Ranford B. Ranford	.888	80	37	29	6	2,128	1,890	238	3.32	4	4299
8	Peter Sidorkiewicz P. Sidorkiewicz	.888	45	22	19	4	1,242	1,103	139	3.10	4	2695
9	Pelle Lindbergh P. Lindbergh	.887	157	87	49	15	4,432	3,929	503	3.31	7	9125
10	Pete Peeters P. Peeters	.886	434	235	134	44	11,183	9,905	1,278	3.07	19	25018
11	Tony Esposito T. Esposito	.886	244	107	91	46	7,913	7,008	905	3.73	9	14542
12	Allan Bester A. Bester	.885	157	49	71	16	4,858	4,301	557	3.94	7	8487
13	Andy Moog A. Moog	.885	282	165	69	29	8,085	7,158	927	3.54	6	15721
14	Rejean Lemelin R. Lemelin	.885	394	179	123	57	11,138	9,857	1,281	3.52	9	21834
15	Tom Barrasso T. Barrasso	.885	310	142	117	35	8,731	7,724	1,007	3.39	13	17824
16	Don Beaupre D. Beaupre	.884	326	131	129	45	9,844	8,705	1,139	3.72	4	18360
17	John Vanbiesbrouck J. Vanbiesbrouck	.884	269	119	109	24	7,819	6,914	905	3.60	6	15086
18	Gilles Meloche G. Meloche	.884	378	155	135	62	11,001	9,722	1,279	3.58	7	21458
19	Richard Sevigny R. Sevigny	.884	176	80	54	20	4,355	3,848	507	3.21	5	9463
20	Kari Takko K. Takko	.884	108	29	53	14	3,075	2,717	358	3.80	1	5645
21	Glen Hanlon G. Hanlon	.883	377	135	163	47	10,791	9,533	1,258	3.63	9	20807
22	Roland Melanson R. Melanson	.883	281	124	103	33	8,320	7,349	971	3.66	4	15910
23	Jiri Crha J. Crha	.883	69	28	27	11	2,230	1,969	261	3.98	0	3934
24	Mike Liut M. Liut	.883	570	251	232	68	16,580	14,637	1,943	3.53	20	32979
25	Grant Fuhr G. Fuhr	.883	389	211	106	48	11,612	10,251	1,361	3.71	7	22033

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