1979 NHL Save Percentage Leaders

Denis Herron led the NHL in save percentage in 1979 with .907, 4 points ahead of Tony Esposito (.903).

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Led the NHL in 1979 Denis Herron MTL

.907 Save Percentage .004 clear of Tony Esposito

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#	Player	Team	SV%	GP	W	L	GAA
1	Denis Herron	MTL	.907	34	25	3	2.52
2	Tony Esposito	CHI	.903	69	31	22	2.98
3	Bob Sauve	BUF	.901	32	20	8	2.36
4	Glenn Resch	NYI	.901	45	23	14	3.05
5	Billy Smith	NYI	.898	38	15	14	2.96
6	Pete Peeters	PHI	.898	40	29	5	2.73
7	Dan Bouchard	AFM	.898	53	23	19	3.19
8	Gilles Meloche	MNS	.897	54	27	20	3.06
9	Mike Liut	STL	.895	64	32	23	3.18
10	Don Edwards	BUF	.893	49	27	9	2.57
11	Gilles Gilbert	BOS	.891	33	20	9	2.73
12	MD Michel Dion	QUE	.888	50	15	25	3.71
13	JD John Davidson	NYR	.885	41	20	15	3.18
14	GH Glen Hanlon	VAN	.883	57	17	29	3.48
15	GM Greg Millen	PIT	.881	44	18	18	3.65
16	Gerry Cheevers	BOS	.880	42	24	11	2.81
17	Michel Larocque	MTL	.880	39	17	13	3.33
18	Wayne Stephenson	WSH	.880	56	18	24	3.58
19	PH Pierre Hamel	WIN	.877	35	9	19	4.02
20	Phil Myre	PHI	.875	41	18	7	3.58
21	Mike Palmateer	TOR	.873	38	16	14	3.69
22	Rogie Vachon	DET	.873	59	20	30	3.62
23	Hardy Astrom	CLR	.870	49	9	27	3.77
24	Mario Lessard	LAK	.870	50	18	22	3.93
25	John Garrett	HFD	.866	52	16	24	3.99
26	RH Rob Holland	PIT	.864	34	10	17	3.84