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Tiny ThompsonvsMartin Biron

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

G · VAL group GOALIE

Tiny Thompson

1929–1940 · 12 seasons

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Martin Biron

1996–2014 · 16 seasons

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At a glance

Tiny Thompson and Martin Biron: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Tiny Thompson	Stat	Martin Biron
12	Seasons	16
112.2	Career VAL	75.4
15.8 (1937)	Peak-season VAL	16.8 (2008)
Inducted 1959	Hall of Fame	—
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	2

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 Tiny Thompson and Martin Biron have
Tiny Thompson	Stat	Martin Biron
Career
553	Games	508
Goaltending
284	Wins	230
81	Shutouts	28
2.07	Goals-against avg	2.61

1 stat not compared

Save % — only Martin Biron 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	Tiny Thompson	Martin Biron
22	—	5.9
23	—	2.8
24	—	13.2
25	5.4	4.4
26	14.1	6.7
27	12.9	—
28	11.8	6
29	9.2	3
30	4.2	16.8
31	8.1	13.2
32	9.7	0
33	15.8	3.4
34	13.3	0
35	4.8	—
36	2.9	—