Between the 1917-18 and 1966-67 seasons, Terry Sawchuk had the most games by a goalie, with 914 games.

most regular-season games played goalie 1917-18 to 1966-67

	NAME	GP	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
1	Terry Sawchuk T. Sawchuk	914	428	313	161	16,979	15,408	.907	2,238	2.48	100	54170
2	Harry Lumley H. Lumley	803	330	329	142	4,212	3,812	.905	2,196	2.74	71	48038
3	Glenn Hall G. Hall	766	350	274	136	22,921	21,033	.918	1,900	2.51	68	45476
4	Gump Worsley G. Worsley	677	251	298	111	18,697	17,057	.912	1,986	2.99	29	39919
5	Jacques Plante J. Plante	654	346	186	119	17,210	15,786	.917	1,561	2.40	63	39059
6	Turk Broda T. Broda	629	304	222	102				1,608	2.53	61	38182
7	Tiny Thompson T. Thompson	553	284	194	75				1,180	2.07	81	34176
8	Frank Brimsek F. Brimsek	514	252	182	80				1,403	2.70	40	31230
9	John Ross Roach J. Ross Roach	491	219	204	68				1,246	2.46	58	30433
10	Johnny Bower J. Bower	488	231	170	79	12,939	11,920	.921	1,210	2.51	31	28922
11	Roy Worters R. Worters	484	171	230	82				1,143	2.27	67	30181
12	George Hainsworth G. Hainsworth	465	246	144	74				937	1.93	94	29104
13	Al Rollins A. Rollins	430	140	206	82	4,657	4,231	.909	1,189	2.77	28	25711
14	Dave Kerr D. Kerr	430	204	149	76				954	2.14	51	26807
15	Chuck Rayner C. Rayner	425	138	207	78				1,291	3.03	25	25550
16	Alec Connell A. Connell	418	193	156	68				836	1.92	81	26177
17	Lorne Chabot L. Chabot	412	200	146	62				858	2.03	71	25403
18	Jim Henry J. Henry	405	161	174	69				1,150	2.84	28	24264
19	Bill Durnan B. Durnan	383	208	112	62				901	2.36	34	22945
20	Clint Benedict C. Benedict	362	189	142	28				860	2.32	57	22286
21	Mike Karakas M. Karakas	336	114	169	53				1,000	2.91	28	20620
22	Charlie Gardiner C. Gardiner	316	112	151	52				664	2.02	42	19687
23	Bill Beveridge B. Beveridge	295	87	166	41				873	2.87	18	18243
24	Wilf Cude W. Cude	281	98	132	50				798	2.73	24	17515
25	Gerry McNeil G. McNeil	276	119	105	52	252	221	.877	645	2.34	28	16533