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1971-1972 NHL Goals Against Leaders

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Roger Crozier led the NHL in goals against with 214 in the 1971-1972 season, 41 ahead of Gilles Meloche (173). It stands 59th among all single seasons in NHL history.

Roger Crozier Led the NHL in 1971-1972 Roger Crozier BUF
214 Goals Against 41 clear of Gilles Meloche
Showing Goals Against and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team GA GP W L GAA
1 Roger Crozier Roger Crozier BUF 214 63 13 34 3.52
2 Gilles Meloche Gilles Meloche CGS 173 56 16 25 3.33
3 Dunc Wilson VAN 173 53 16 30 3.62
4 Gary Edwards LAK 150 44 13 23 3.60
5 Ken Dryden Ken Dryden MTL 142 64 39 8 2.24
6 Doug Favell Doug Favell PHI 140 54 18 25 2.81
7 Al Smith DET 134 43 18 20 3.22
8 Bernie Parent Bernie Parent TOR 116 47 17 18 2.57
9 Jim Rutherford Jim Rutherford PIT 116 40 17 15 3.23
10 Eddie Giacomin Eddie Giacomin NYR 115 44 24 10 2.71
11 Cesare Maniago Cesare Maniago MNS 112 43 20 17 2.65
12 Rogie Vachon Rogie Vachon MTL +1 111 29 6 19 4.15
13 Eddie Johnston Eddie Johnston BOS 102 38 27 8 2.71
14 Gerry Cheevers Gerry Cheevers BOS 101 41 27 5 2.50
15 Les Binkley PIT 98 31 7 15 3.53
16 Ernie Wakely STL 91 30 8 18 3.40
17 Jacques Plante Jacques Plante TOR 86 34 16 13 2.63
18 George Gardner George Gardner VAN 86 24 3 14 4.19
19 Joe Daley DET 85 29 11 10 3.15
20 Tony Esposito Tony Esposito CHI 82 48 31 10 1.77
21 Gilles Villemure Gilles Villemure NYR 74 37 24 7 2.09
22 Jacques Caron STL 69 28 14 8 2.56
23 Gump Worsley Gump Worsley MNS 68 34 16 10 2.12
24 Dave Dryden Dave Dryden BUF 68 20 3 9 3.98
25 Gary Smith Gary Smith CHI 62 28 14 5 2.42
26 Gary Kurt CGS 60 16 1 7 4.30
27 Bruce Gamble Bruce Gamble PHI 58 24 7 8 2.94
28 Lyle Carter CGS 50 15 4 7 4.16
29 Denis DeJordy Denis DeJordy LAK +1 48 12 3 7 4.63
30 Jim McLeod STL 44 16 6 6 3.01
31 Andy Brown DET 37 10 4 5 3.98
32 Roy Edwards Roy Edwards PIT 36 15 2 8 2.55
33 Ed Dyck VAN 35 12 1 6 3.67
34 Phil Myre Phil Myre MTL 32 9 4 5 3.65
35 Peter McDuffe STL 29 10 0 6 3.69
36 Billy Smith Billy Smith LAK 23 5 1 3 4.60
37 Gerry Desjardins Gerry Desjardins CHI 21 6 1 2 3.51
38 Bobby Taylor PHI 16 6 1 2 3.00
39 Don McLeod PHI 14 4 0 3 4.65
40 Gilles Gilbert Gilles Gilbert MNS 11 4 1 2 3.04
41 Wayne Stephenson Wayne Stephenson STL 9 2 0 1 5.40