Between the 1970-71 and 1979-80 seasons, Tony Esposito had the most shutouts, with 56 shutouts.

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NHL most regular-season shutouts by a player 1970-71 to 1979-80

	NAME	SHO	GP	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
1	Tony Esposito T. Esposito	56	635	304	216	110	19,106	17,413	.911	1,693	2.70	37564
2	Ken Dryden K. Dryden	46	397	258	57	74	11,083	10,213	.922	870	2.24	23329
3	Bernie Parent B. Parent	45	393	210	97	73	10,314	9,426	.914	888	2.35	22694
4	Rogie Vachon R. Vachon	38	546	224	218	94	15,465	13,854	.896	1,611	3.03	31933
5	Ed Giacomin E. Giacomin	24	300	143	98	48	8,154	7,278	.893	876	3.02	17389
6	Glenn Resch G. Resch	22	250	139	62	42	6,995	6,389	.913	606	2.50	14570
7	Dan Bouchard D. Bouchard	20	384	164	134	72	10,962	9,859	.899	1,103	3.00	22051
8	Cesare Maniago C. Maniago	19	347	123	161	52	10,993	9,881	.899	1,112	3.32	20103
9	Gary Smith G. Smith	19	386	131	186	51	11,214	9,956	.888	1,258	3.52	21460
10	Gilles Gilbert G. Gilbert	18	320	171	94	44	8,459	7,540	.891	919	3.00	18359
11	Michel Larocque M. Larocque	16	203	128	39	28	5,172	4,630	.895	542	2.80	11617
12	Eddie Johnston E. Johnston	16	269	135	95	30	7,304	6,498	.890	806	3.12	15496
13	Mike Palmateer M. Palmateer	15	209	99	72	30	6,372	5,754	.903	618	3.08	12045
14	Gerry Cheevers G. Cheevers	15	247	149	50	42	6,537	5,853	.895	684	2.83	14481
15	Gilles Meloche G. Meloche	14	464	142	236	74	14,448	12,812	.887	1,636	3.64	26998
16	Phil Myre P. Myre	14	374	131	165	67	10,976	9,741	.887	1,235	3.42	21654
17	Jim Rutherford J. Rutherford	14	418	139	207	55	11,888	10,497	.883	1,391	3.53	23672
18	Billy Smith B. Smith	13	336	138	116	67	9,556	8,604	.900	952	2.97	19246
19	Wayne Stephenson W. Stephenson	13	308	142	96	45	8,164	7,293	.893	871	3.02	17299
20	Doug Favell D. Favell	12	300	101	121	55	9,033	8,134	.900	899	3.26	16528
21	Gilles Villemure G. Villemure	12	192	97	59	25	4,941	4,434	.897	507	2.81	10822
22	Don Edwards D. Edwards	11	200	107	50	40	5,322	4,791	.900	531	2.71	11754
23	Wayne Thomas W. Thomas	10	233	100	87	33	6,755	6,023	.892	732	3.34	13145
24	Roger Crozier R. Crozier	10	205	75	76	29	6,014	5,421	.901	593	3.21	11069
25	Gary Edwards G. Edwards	9	253	79	114	45	7,236	6,378	.881	858	3.59	14349