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Tony EspositovsJacques Plante

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

G · VAL group GOALIE

Tony Esposito

1969–1984 · 16 seasons

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Jacques Plante

1953–1973 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Tony Esposito and Jacques Plante: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Tony Esposito	Stat	Jacques Plante
16	Seasons	18
289.1	Career VAL	205.5
35.3 (1974)	Peak-season VAL	27.6 (1971)
Inducted 1988	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1978
5	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	2
23	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 Tony Esposito and Jacques Plante have
Tony Esposito	Stat	Jacques Plante
Career
886	Games	837
Goaltending
423	Wins	437
76	Shutouts	82
2.93	Goals-against avg	2.38

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Save % — only Tony Esposito 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	Tony Esposito	Jacques Plante
25	3.2	6.5
26	22.6	10
27	15.5	15.6
28	20.8	12.2
29	19.3	17.8
30	35.3	22.3
31	20.8	15
32	20.7	1.8
33	18.4	23.3
34	27.8	8.8
35	24.7	1
36	25	0.3
37	22.4	—
38	1.8	—
39	10.8	—
40	0	19.8
41	—	4.1
42	—	27.6
43	—	9.4
44	—	10