most saves by a rookie nhl goalie in his first start

Ken Dryden has the most saves by a rookie goalie, with 1,888 saves in 1971-72.

	NAME	SV	SEASON	TM	GP	GS	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
1	Ken Dryden K. Dryden	1,888	1971-72	MTL	64		39	8	15		2,030	.930	142	2.24	8	3798
2	Tony Esposito T. Esposito	1,859	1969-70	CHI	63		38	17	8		1,995	.932	136	2.17	15	3760
3	Glenn Hall G. Hall	1,805	1955-56	DET	70		30	24	16		1,952	.925	147	2.10	12	4198
4	Don Edwards D. Edwards	1,785	1977-78	BUF	72		38	16	17		1,970	.906	185	2.64	5	4206
5	Ed Chadwick E. Chadwick	1,778	1956-57	TOR	70		21	34	15		1,964	.905	186	2.66	5	4196
6	Roger Crozier R. Crozier	1,763	1964-65	DET	70		40	22	7		1,931	.913	168	2.42	6	4165
7	Ron Hextall R. Hextall	1,739	1986-87	PHI	66		37	21	6		1,929	.902	190	3.01	1	3792
8	Ed Belfour E. Belfour	1,713	1990-91	CHI	74		43	19	7		1,883	.910	170	2.47	4	4127
9	Jimmy Howard J. Howard	1,708	2009-10	DET	63	61	37	15		10	1,849	.924	141	2.26	3	3740
10	Mike Liut M. Liut	1,660	1979-80	STL	64		32	23	9		1,854	.895	194	3.18	2	3658
11	Gerry Desjardins G. Desjardins	1,656	1968-69	LAK	61		19	29	9		1,845	.898	189	3.24	4	3495
12	Alex Nedeljkovic A. Nedeljkovic	1,618	2021-22	DET	59	52	20	24	0	9	1,796	.901	178	3.31	4	3231
13	Eddie Johnston E. Johnston	1,603	1962-63	BOS	50		11	27	10		1,796	.893	193	3.98	1	2910
14	Bruce Gamble B. Gamble	1,588	1960-61	BOS	52		12	33	7		1,781	.892	193	3.71	0	3118
15	Sean Burke S. Burke	1,586	1988-89	NJD	62		22	31	9		1,816	.873	230	3.84	3	3590
16	Gary Inness G. Inness	1,535	1974-75	PIT	57		24	18	10		1,696	.905	161	3.10	2	3116
17	Steve Mason S. Mason	1,518	2008-09	CBJ	61	61	33	20		7	1,658	.916	140	2.29	10	3664
18	Peter Ing P. Ing	1,516	1990-91	TOR	56		16	29	8		1,716	.883	200	3.84	1	3126
19	Karel Vejmelka K. Vejmelka	1,499	2021-22	ARI	52	49	13	32	0	3	1,669	.898	170	3.68	1	2773
20	Jiri Crha J. Crha	1,473	1980-81	TOR	54		20	20	11		1,684	.875	211	4.08	0	3105
21	Andrew Raycroft A. Raycroft	1,469	2003-04	BOS	57	55	29	18	9		1,586	.926	117	2.05	3	3420
22	Mike Palmateer M. Palmateer	1,455	1976-77	TOR	50		23	18	8		1,609	.904	154	3.22	4	2873
23	Gilles Meloche G. Meloche	1,450	1971-72	CGS	56		16	25	13		1,623	.893	173	3.33	4	3118
24	Evgeni Nabokov E. Nabokov	1,447	2000-01	SJS	66	65	32	21	7		1,582	.915	135	2.19	6	3700
25	Dave Parro D. Parro	1,435	1981-82	WSH	52		16	26	7		1,641	.874	206	4.21	1	2937

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