Question #63427. Asked by Bruce007.
Last updated Oct 02 2016.
But as impressive as all those efforts may be, they don't come close to the NHL record for saves made in a single game. That one has stood for nearly eight decades, and belongs to Red Wings goalie Normie Smith. On March 24, 1936, the Wings faced the Montreal Maroons in the playoffs in what would become the longest game in NHL history. The teams were scoreless after regulation, and stayed that way into a sixth period of overtime before Mud Bruneteau finally beat Montreal's Lorne Chabot for the winner.
Smith's final stat line: 92 shots faced, 92 saves made, and 176:30 minutes of shutout hockey - just short of three full games' worth. Wayne Gretzky's goal-scoring in 1981-82 isn't the only virtually unbreakable NHL record that ended up at 92.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/between-the-pipes-the-10-most-unusual-goaltending-records-in-the-nhl/Most saves by a goaltender, in a regular season game: Sam LoPresti (Mar. 4, 1941), 80
Most saves by a goaltender, in a playoff game: Normie Smith (Mar. 24, 1936), 92
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NHL_records_(individual)|
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