1978-1979 NHL Shutouts Leaders

Ken Dryden led the NHL with 5 shutouts in the 1978-1979 season, 1 ahead of Tony Esposito (4). It was one of 4 times Ken Dryden led in shutouts.

Led the NHL in 1978-1979 Ken Dryden MTL

5 Shutouts 1 clear of Tony Esposito

Showing Shutouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line

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