what is the most saves by a nhl goalie in one game in history

Ron Tugnutt has the most saves by a goalie in a game, with 70 saves versus the Bruins on March 21, 1991.

Interpreted as:
What is the most saves by a NHL goalie in one regular-season game in history?
NAME SV DATE TM OPP DEC SA SV% GA GAA SHO MIN
1 Ron Tugnutt
R. Tugnutt
70
3/21/1991
QUE QUE
@
BOS BOS
T
73
.959
3
2.77
0
65
2 Mario Lessard
M. Lessard
65
3/24/1981
LAK LAK
@
MNS MNS
W
68
.956
3
3.00
0
60
3 Juuse Saros
J. Saros
64
1/5/2023
NSH NSH
@
CAR CAR
W
67
.955
3
3.00
0
60
4 Joe Daley
J. Daley
64
12/10/1970
BUF BUF
@
BOS BOS
L
72
.889
8
8.00
0
60
5 Gump Worsley
G. Worsley
63
2/7/1971
MNS MNS
@
BOS BOS
T
67
.940
4
4.00
0
60
6 Allan Bester
A. Bester
60
3/15/1984
TOR TOR
@
HFD HFD
L
65
.923
5
5.00
0
60
7 Ben Scrivens
B. Scrivens
59
1/29/2014
EDM EDM
vs
SJS SJS
W
59
1.000
0
0.00
1
60
8 Mike Richter
M. Richter
59
1/31/1991
NYR NYR
@
VAN VAN
T
62
.952
3
2.77
0
65
9 Wayne Rutledge
W. Rutledge
59
2/14/1970
LAK LAK
@
STL STL
L
61
.967
2
2.00
0
60
10 Al Rollins
A. Rollins
59
12/13/1956
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
L
62
.952
3
3.00
0
60
11 Mike Smith
M. Smith
58
12/3/2016
ARI ARI
vs
CBJ CBJ
O
60
.967
2
1.85
0
65
12 Dwayne Roloson
D. Roloson
58
11/23/2009
NYI NYI
@
TOR TOR
W
61
.951
3
2.80
0
64
13 Semyon Varlamov
S. Varlamov
57
11/2/2017
COL COL
vs
CAR CAR
W
60
.950
3
3.01
0
60
14 Cam Ward
C. Ward
57
10/25/2008
CAR CAR
@
NYI NYI
W
60
.950
3
3.00
0
60
15 Roberto Luongo
R. Luongo
57
2/27/2002
FLA FLA
vs
DET DET
L
60
.950
3
2.81
0
64
16 Jeff Hackett
J. Hackett
57
12/26/1992
SJS SJS
vs
LAK LAK
W
59
.966
2
2.00
0
60
17 Tom Barrasso
T. Barrasso
57
3/12/1989
PIT PIT
@
CHI CHI
W
62
.919
5
5.00
0
60
18 Al Rollins
A. Rollins
57
10/9/1955
CHI CHI
vs
TOR TOR
W
58
.983
1
1.00
0
60
19 Alex Lyon
A. Lyon
56
4/6/2023
FLA FLA
vs
OTT OTT
W
58
.966
2
2.00
0
60
20 Elvis Merzlikins
E. Merzlikins
56
1/26/2022
CBJ CBJ
vs
CGY CGY
L
62
.903
6
6.00
0
60
21 Nikolai Khabibulin
N. Khabibulin
56
4/5/2007
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
W
58
.966
2
1.85
0
65
22 Rick DiPietro
R. DiPietro
56
3/5/2007
NYI NYI
@
NYR NYR
O
57
.982
1
0.92
0
65
23 Byron Dafoe
B. Dafoe
56
10/28/1995
LAK LAK
@
TOR TOR
T
58
.966
2
1.85
0
65
24 Bill Ranford
B. Ranford
56
3/17/1993
EDM EDM
@
NYR NYR
W
59
.949
3
2.97
0
61
25 Bob Mason
B. Mason
56
3/28/1988
CHI CHI
@
MNS MNS
T
63
.889
7
6.46
0
65
StatMuse has game-level data for saves going back to the 1955-56 season.

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