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Ed BelfourvsJacques Plante

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

G · VAL group GOALIE

Ed Belfour

1989–2007 · 17 seasons

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G · VAL group GOALIE

Jacques Plante

1953–1973 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Ed Belfour and Jacques Plante: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ed Belfour	Stat	Jacques Plante
17	Seasons	18
174.1	Career VAL	205.5
28.1 (1991)	Peak-season VAL	27.6 (1971)
Inducted 2011	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1978
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	2
20	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	17

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NHL VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1960 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Ed Belfour and Jacques Plante have
Ed Belfour	Stat	Jacques Plante
Career
963	Games	837
Goaltending
484	Wins	437
76	Shutouts	82
2.50	Goals-against avg	2.38

1 stat not compared

Save % — only Ed Belfour has a career line.

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Ed Belfour	Jacques Plante
23	1.4	—
25	28.1	6.5
26	7.8	10
27	27.5	15.6
28	17.5	12.2
29	6.1	17.8
30	7.5	22.3
31	1.9	15
32	9.5	1.8
33	10.1	23.3
34	17.5	8.8
35	6.6	1
36	0	0.3
37	18.5	—
38	10.8	—
40	0	19.8
41	3.3	4.1
42	—	27.6
43	—	9.4
44	—	10