nhl goalies leaders in save percentage 1980

Denis Herron had the best save percentage by a goalie in 1979-80, at .907.

Interpreted as:
NHL goalies leaders in save percentage with a minimum of 25.625 games played per 82 team games 1980
NAME SV% SEASON TM GP GS W L T SA SV GA GAA SHO MIN
1 Denis Herron
D. Herron
.907
1979-80
MTL MTL
34
25
3
3
858
778
80
2.52
0
1908
2 Tony Esposito
T. Esposito
.903
1979-80
CHI CHI
69
31
22
16
2,109
1,904
205
2.98
6
4131
3 Bob Sauve
B. Sauve
.901
1979-80
BUF BUF
32
20
8
4
751
677
74
2.36
4
1878
4 Glenn Resch
G. Resch
.901
1979-80
NYI NYI
45
23
14
6
1,334
1,202
132
3.05
3
2599
5 Billy Smith
B. Smith
.898
1979-80
NYI NYI
38
15
14
7
1,022
918
104
2.96
2
2109
6 Pete Peeters
P. Peeters
.898
1979-80
PHI PHI
40
29
5
5
1,061
953
108
2.73
1
2370
7 Dan Bouchard
D. Bouchard
.898
1979-80
AFM AFM
53
23
19
10
1,598
1,435
163
3.19
2
3065
8 Gilles Meloche
G. Meloche
.897
1979-80
MNS MNS
54
27
20
5
1,556
1,396
160
3.06
1
3134
9 Mike Liut
M. Liut
.895
1979-80
STL STL
64
32
23
9
1,854
1,660
194
3.18
2
3658
10 Pat Riggin
P. Riggin
.894
1979-80
AFM AFM
25
11
9
2
686
613
73
3.21
2
1365
11 Don Edwards
D. Edwards
.893
1979-80
BUF BUF
49
27
9
12
1,167
1,042
125
2.57
2
2915
12 Gilles Gilbert
G. Gilbert
.891
1979-80
BOS BOS
33
20
9
3
805
717
88
2.73
1
1931
13 Ron Low
R. Low
.890
1979-80
TOT
26
13
9
3
800
712
88
3.58
0
1475
14 Michel Dion
M. Dion
.888
1979-80
QUE QUE
50
15
25
6
1,520
1,349
171
3.71
2
2765
15 John Davidson
J. Davidson
.885
1979-80
NYR NYR
41
20
15
4
1,061
939
122
3.18
2
2299
16 Glen Hanlon
G. Hanlon
.883
1979-80
VAN VAN
57
17
29
10
1,644
1,451
193
3.48
0
3331
17 Steve Baker
S. Baker
.882
1979-80
NYR NYR
27
9
8
6
667
588
79
3.41
1
1389
18 Greg Millen
G. Millen
.881
1979-80
PIT PIT
44
18
18
7
1,321
1,164
157
3.65
2
2581
19 Gerry Cheevers
G. Cheevers
.880
1979-80
BOS BOS
42
24
11
7
968
852
116
2.81
4
2474
20 Michel Larocque
M. Larocque
.880
1979-80
MTL MTL
39
17
13
8
1,042
917
125
3.33
3
2255
21 Wayne Stephenson
W. Stephenson
.880
1979-80
WSH WSH
56
18
24
10
1,554
1,367
187
3.58
0
3138
22 Gary Edwards
G. Edwards
.877
1979-80
MNS MNS
26
9
7
10
668
586
82
3.20
0
1536
23 Pierre Hamel
P. Hamel
.877
1979-80
WIN WIN
35
9
19
3
1,055
925
130
4.02
0
1939
24 Al Smith
A. Smith
.876
1979-80
HFD HFD
30
11
10
8
862
755
107
3.67
2
1748
25 Phil Myre
P. Myre
.875
1979-80
PHI PHI
41
18
7
15
1,127
986
141
3.58
0
2363
StatMuse has season-level data for save percentage going back to the 1955-56 season.

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
52
26
4
108
37
Lightning Lightning
47
27
8
102
75
Panthers Panthers
47
31
4
98
29
Senators Senators
45
30
7
97
9
Canadiens Canadiens
40
31
11
91
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Red Wings Red Wings
39
35
8
86
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Sabres Sabres
36
39
7
79
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Bruins Bruins
33
39
10
76
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Wed
10/8
MTL MTL
@
TOR TOR
7:00 PM
Thu
10/9
MTL MTL
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sat
10/11
MTL MTL
@
CHI CHI
7:00 PM
Tue
10/14
SEA SEA
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Thu
10/16
NSH NSH
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
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Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Jets Jets
56
22
4
116
86
Stars Stars
50
26
6
106
53
Avalanche Avalanche
49
29
4
102
43
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
50
22
10
110
56
Kings Kings
48
25
9
105
44
Oilers Oilers
48
29
5
101
23
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
52
26
4
108
37
Lightning Lightning
47
27
8
102
75
Panthers Panthers
47
31
4
98
29
Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Capitals Capitals
51
22
9
111
56
Hurricanes Hurricanes
47
30
5
99
33
Devils Devils
42
33
7
91
20

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/2
NSH NSH
@
DAL DAL
1-5
Wed
4/2
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
4-5
Wed
4/2
LAK LAK
@
UTA UTA
4-2
Wed
4/2
ANA ANA
@
CGY CGY
1-4
Wed
4/2
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@
VGK VGK
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
10/7
CHI CHI
@
FLA FLA
5:00 PM
Tue
10/7
PIT PIT
@
NYR NYR
8:00 PM
Tue
10/7
COL COL
@
LAK LAK
10:30 PM
Wed
10/8
MTL MTL
@
TOR TOR
7:00 PM
Wed
10/8
BOS BOS
@
WSH WSH
7:30 PM