nhl goaltender with most shots against between 1969-70 to 1979-80

Between the 1969-70 and 1979-80 seasons, Tony Esposito had the most shots-against by a goalie, with 21,101 against.

	NAME	SA	GP	W	L	T	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
1	Tony Esposito T. Esposito	21,101	698	342	233	118	19,272	.913	1,829	2.66	71	41323
2	Rogie Vachon R. Vachon	17,424	610	255	236	106	15,651	.898	1,773	2.99	42	35618
3	Gilles Meloche G. Meloche	14,448	464	142	236	74	12,812	.887	1,636	3.64	14	26998
4	Gary Smith G. Smith	13,444	451	150	220	63	11,991	.892	1,453	3.46	21	25216
5	Cesare Maniago C. Maniago	12,770	397	132	185	68	11,495	.900	1,275	3.33	21	22989
6	Bernie Parent B. Parent	12,473	455	223	126	93	11,414	.915	1,059	2.41	48	26363
7	Jim Rutherford J. Rutherford	11,888	418	139	207	55	10,497	.883	1,391	3.53	14	23672
8	Phil Myre P. Myre	11,222	384	135	168	69	9,968	.888	1,254	3.40	14	22157
9	Ken Dryden K. Dryden	11,083	397	258	57	74	10,213	.922	870	2.24	46	23329
10	Dan Bouchard D. Bouchard	10,962	384	164	134	72	9,859	.899	1,103	3.00	20	22051
11	Ed Giacomin E. Giacomin	10,095	370	178	119	62	9,056	.897	1,039	2.90	30	21530
12	Billy Smith B. Smith	9,556	336	138	116	67	8,604	.900	952	2.97	13	19246
13	Doug Favell D. Favell	9,549	315	105	126	59	8,607	.901	942	3.26	13	17346
14	Denis Herron D. Herron	9,374	296	105	121	52	8,403	.896	971	3.47	3	16777
15	Gilles Gilbert G. Gilbert	8,498	321	171	95	44	7,573	.891	925	3.01	18	18419
16	John Davidson J. Davidson	8,491	288	120	116	38	7,541	.888	950	3.49	7	16342
17	Eddie Johnston E. Johnston	8,455	306	151	104	41	7,541	.892	914	3.10	19	17670
18	Dunc Wilson D. Wilson	8,417	287	80	150	32	7,429	.883	988	3.75	8	15811
19	Wayne Stephenson W. Stephenson	8,164	308	142	96	45	7,293	.893	871	3.02	13	17299
20	Gerry Cheevers G. Cheevers	7,874	288	173	58	50	7,082	.899	792	2.82	19	16864
21	Gerry Desjardins G. Desjardins	7,828	271	104	119	37	6,976	.891	852	3.30	8	15488
22	Michel Plasse M. Plasse	7,725	257	80	119	43	6,820	.883	905	3.77	2	14422
23	Ron Low R. Low	7,594	245	64	139	25	6,621	.872	973	4.35	3	13410
24	Gary Edwards G. Edwards	7,267	254	79	115	45	6,405	.881	862	3.59	9	14409
25	Roger Crozier R. Crozier	7,049	239	91	82	38	6,373	.904	676	3.13	10	12946

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