Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Tony Esposito had the most saves in a decade, with 17,368 saves in the 1970s.

Interpreted as:

most saves by a player in the decade of the 1970s

	NAME	SV	DECADE	GP	W	L	T	SA	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
1	Tony Esposito T. Esposito	17,368	1970s	629	311	211	102	18,992	.914	1,624	2.62	65	37192
2	Rogie Vachon R. Vachon	14,218	1970s	551	235	206	98	15,782	.901	1,564	2.92	38	32155
3	Cesare Maniago C. Maniago	11,495	1970s	397	132	185	68	12,770	.900	1,275	3.33	21	22989
4	Gary Smith G. Smith	11,490	1970s	431	146	209	59	12,870	.893	1,380	3.43	21	24146
5	Gilles Meloche G. Meloche	11,416	1970s	410	115	216	69	12,892	.886	1,476	3.71	13	23864
6	Bernie Parent B. Parent	11,414	1970s	455	223	126	93	12,473	.915	1,059	2.41	48	26363
7	Ken Dryden K. Dryden	10,213	1970s	397	258	57	74	11,083	.922	870	2.24	46	23329
8	Jim Rutherford J. Rutherford	9,958	1970s	395	133	194	52	11,257	.885	1,299	3.49	13	22351
9	Ed Giacomin E. Giacomin	9,056	1970s	370	178	119	62	10,095	.897	1,039	2.90	30	21530
10	Phil Myre P. Myre	8,982	1970s	343	117	161	54	10,095	.890	1,113	3.37	14	19795
11	Doug Favell D. Favell	8,607	1970s	315	105	126	59	9,549	.901	942	3.26	13	17346
12	Dan Bouchard D. Bouchard	8,424	1970s	331	141	115	62	9,364	.900	940	2.97	18	18986
13	Billy Smith B. Smith	7,686	1970s	298	123	102	60	8,534	.901	848	2.97	11	17137
14	Denis Herron D. Herron	7,625	1970s	262	80	118	49	8,516	.895	891	3.60	3	14869
15	Eddie Johnston E. Johnston	7,541	1970s	306	151	104	41	8,455	.892	914	3.10	19	17670
16	Dunc Wilson D. Wilson	7,429	1970s	287	80	150	32	8,417	.883	988	3.75	8	15811
17	Gerry Desjardins G. Desjardins	6,976	1970s	271	104	119	37	7,828	.891	852	3.30	8	15488
18	Gilles Gilbert G. Gilbert	6,856	1970s	288	151	86	41	7,693	.891	837	3.05	17	16488
19	Michel Plasse M. Plasse	6,684	1970s	251	80	116	41	7,563	.884	879	3.74	2	14095
20	John Davidson J. Davidson	6,602	1970s	247	100	101	34	7,430	.889	828	3.54	5	14043
21	Roger Crozier R. Crozier	6,373	1970s	239	91	82	38	7,049	.904	676	3.13	10	12946
22	Gerry Cheevers G. Cheevers	6,230	1970s	246	149	47	43	6,906	.902	676	2.82	15	14390
23	Wayne Stephenson W. Stephenson	5,926	1970s	252	124	72	35	6,610	.897	684	2.90	13	14161
24	Ron Low R. Low	5,909	1970s	219	51	130	22	6,794	.870	885	4.45	3	11935
25	Gary Edwards G. Edwards	5,819	1970s	228	70	108	35	6,599	.882	780	3.64	9	12874