goalie most sv% vs capitals, 1973-74 to 1978-79, min 5 games

Between the 1973-74 and 1978-79 seasons, Glenn Resch had the best save percentage by a goalie when playing 5+ games against the Capitals, at .953.

NAME SV% GP GS W L T SA SV GA GAA SHO MIN
1 Glenn Resch
G. Resch
.953
9
7
1
1
192
183
9
1.02
4
530
2 Ken Dryden
K. Dryden
.949
21
19
0
1
447
424
23
1.13
9
1220
3 Eddie Johnston
E. Johnston
.929
7
5
0
1
154
143
11
1.65
1
400
4 Gary Inness
G. Inness
.929
8
7
0
1
210
195
15
1.88
1
480
5 Cesare Maniago
C. Maniago
.923
8
6
1
1
222
205
17
2.13
1
479
6 Dan Bouchard
D. Bouchard
.921
10
7
0
2
239
220
19
2.05
0
557
7 Gord McRae
G. McRae
.919
7
6
0
1
172
158
14
2.00
1
420
8 Billy Smith
B. Smith
.913
12
9
0
2
277
253
24
2.15
1
669
9 Rogie Vachon
R. Vachon
.911
24
16
3
5
604
550
54
2.25
3
1440
10 Gilles Meloche
G. Meloche
.910
17
10
5
1
432
393
39
2.39
1
978
11 Gilles Gilbert
G. Gilbert
.909
9
8
0
0
154
140
14
1.72
2
487
12 Don Edwards
D. Edwards
.906
9
6
0
2
213
193
20
2.46
1
487
13 Denis Herron
D. Herron
.905
18
7
6
4
536
485
51
2.95
0
1038
14 Gary Bromley
G. Bromley
.904
5
4
1
0
104
94
10
2.14
1
280
15 Wayne Thomas
W. Thomas
.901
8
5
1
2
223
201
22
3.01
0
439
16 Phil Myre
P. Myre
.900
12
7
3
2
269
242
27
2.31
3
702
17 Gerry Cheevers
G. Cheevers
.898
9
6
0
3
216
194
22
2.48
0
533
18 Gary Smith
G. Smith
.897
7
5
1
1
156
140
16
2.45
0
392
19 Wayne Stephenson
W. Stephenson
.897
7
7
0
0
194
174
20
2.86
0
419
20 Mike Palmateer
M. Palmateer
.896
10
4
3
3
279
250
29
3.07
1
566
21 Ed Staniowski
E. Staniowski
.896
5
2
3
0
134
120
14
2.81
0
299
22 Pete Lopresti
P. Lopresti
.894
8
4
0
4
218
195
23
2.88
0
480
23 Jim Rutherford
J. Rutherford
.891
19
11
5
3
477
425
52
2.74
2
1139
24 Tony Esposito
T. Esposito
.890
17
11
4
2
456
406
50
2.94
0
1019
25 Gerry Desjardins
G. Desjardins
.889
7
5
0
1
153
136
17
2.68
0
380
StatMuse has game-level data for save percentage going back to the 1955-56 season.

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0
4
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