1978 NHL Shots Against Leaders

Tony Esposito led the NHL in shots against in 1978 with 2,099, 261 ahead of Mike Palmateer (1,838). It stands 63rd among all single seasons in NHL history.

Showing Shots Against and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	SA	GP	W	L	GAA
1	TE Tony Esposito	CHI	2,099	63	24	28	3.28
2	MP Mike Palmateer	TOR	1,838	58	26	21	2.96
3	Dan Bouchard	AFM	1,810	64	32	21	3.33
4	Denis Herron	PIT	1,667	56	22	19	3.37
5	Don Edwards	BUF	1,569	54	26	18	3.02
6	Gilles Meloche	MNS	1,498	53	20	25	3.34
7	Rogie Vachon	DET	1,378	50	10	27	3.91
8	ML Mario Lessard	LAK	1,368	49	23	15	3.11
9	Glenn Resch	NYI	1,235	43	26	7	2.50
10	Michel Plasse	CLR	1,201	41	9	29	3.97
11	Phil Myre	STL	1,201	39	9	22	4.34
12	KD Ken Dryden	MTL	1,190	47	30	10	2.30
13	ES Ed Staniowski	STL	1,164	39	9	25	3.83
14	GI Gary Inness	WSH	1,087	37	14	14	3.71
15	BO Bill Oleschuk	CLR	1,082	40	6	19	3.86
16	BS Billy Smith	NYI	1,074	39	25	8	2.87
17	GB Gary Bromley	VAN	1,073	38	11	19	3.81
18	JD John Davidson	NYR	1,031	39	20	12	3.53
19	Ron Grahame	LAK	985	34	11	19	4.22
20	GC Gerry Cheevers	BOS	981	43	23	9	3.16
21	WS Wayne Stephenson	PHI	946	40	20	10	3.36
22	GH Glen Hanlon	VAN	921	31	12	13	3.10
23	JB Jim Bedard	WSH	918	30	6	17	4.36
24	JR Jim Rutherford	DET	885	32	13	14	3.27
25	ML Michel Larocque	MTL	841	34	22	7	2.84
26	Bernie Parent	PHI	834	36	16	12	2.71
27	BS Bob Sauve	BUF	805	29	10	10	3.73
28	GM Greg Millen	PIT	771	28	14	11	3.38
29	WT Wayne Thomas	NYR	752	31	15	10	3.64
30	PH Paul Harrison	TOR	676	25	8	12	3.51
31	GE Gary Edwards	MNS	625	25	6	11	3.74
32	Mike Veisor	CHI	625	17	5	8	3.54
33	Gilles Gilbert	BOS	567	23	12	8	3.55
34	BW Bernie Wolfe	WSH	470	17	4	9	4.75
35	DW Dunc Wilson	VAN	468	17	2	10	4.17
36	RL Rejean Lemelin	AFM	465	18	8	8	3.33
37	DS Doug Soetaert	NYR	434	17	5	7	3.81
38	JP Jim Pettie	BOS	432	19	8	6	3.59
39	Doug Favell	CLR	185	7	0	5	5.38
40	PL Pete Lopresti	MNS	157	7	2	4	4.88
41	DG Doug Grant	STL	122	4	0	2	7.28
42	Pete Peeters	PHI	109	5	1	2	3.47
43	Robbie Moore	PHI	96	5	3	0	1.77
44	YB Yves Belanger	AFM	78	5	1	2	6.96
45	RB Rollie Boutin	WSH	53	2	0	1	6.67
46	RC Rick St. Croix	PHI	53	2	0	1	3.08
47	TR Terrance Richardson	STL	36	1	0	1	9.00
48	GL Gordon Laxton	PIT	27	1	0	1	8.00
49	RI Randy Ireland	BUF	21	2	0	0	6.02
50	PH Pierre Hamel	TOR	1	1	0	0	0.00