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Sean BurkevsTerry Sawchuk

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

G · VAL group GOALIE

Sean Burke

1988–2007 · 18 seasons

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Terry Sawchuk

1950–1970 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Sean Burke and Terry Sawchuk: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Sean Burke	Stat	Terry Sawchuk
18	Seasons	21
130.1	Career VAL	146.1
23.3 (2001)	Peak-season VAL	22.8 (1951)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1971
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
4	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	16

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 Sean Burke and Terry Sawchuk have
Sean Burke	Stat	Terry Sawchuk
Career
820	Games	971
Goaltending
324	Wins	445
38	Shutouts	103
2.96	Goals-against avg	2.50

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Save % — only Sean Burke 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	Sean Burke	Terry Sawchuk
21	1.1	22.8
22	0.7	21.2
23	4	15.5
24	0	15.7
25	—	16.1
26	0	4.4
27	13.5	8.1
28	11.4	3.7
29	16.5	0
30	13.1	7.2
31	0	0
32	5.2	0
33	10.5	7.5
34	23.3	5.7
35	17.2	7.4
36	9.1	2.5
37	3.1	6.9
38	—	0
39	0.3	1.4
40	1.1	—