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Terry SawchukvsBilly Smith

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

G · VAL group GOALIE

Terry Sawchuk

1950–1970 · 21 seasons

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Billy Smith

1972–1989 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Terry Sawchuk and Billy Smith: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Terry Sawchuk	Stat	Billy Smith
21	Seasons	18
146.1	Career VAL	179.3
22.8 (1951)	Peak-season VAL	21.8 (1983)
Inducted 1971	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1993
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
16	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	14

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 Terry Sawchuk and Billy Smith have
Terry Sawchuk	Stat	Billy Smith
Career
971	Games	679
Goaltending
445	Wins	305
103	Shutouts	22
2.50	Goals-against avg	3.18

1 stat not compared

Save % — only Billy Smith 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	Terry Sawchuk	Billy Smith
21	22.8	—
22	21.2	0
23	15.5	4.5
24	15.7	15.9
25	16.1	12
26	4.4	15
27	8.1	12.5
28	3.7	11.1
29	0	9.6
30	7.2	15.3
31	0	20.4
32	0	21.8
33	7.5	18
34	5.7	6
35	7.4	8
36	2.5	0
37	6.9	9.2
38	0	0
39	1.4	—