The Canadiens' best goalies
Carey Price has the most wins of the 88 goalies who played with the Canadiens, 361 in 712 games. Jacques Plante is 2nd with 314.
The Canadiens' goalies this season
- Jacob Fowler9 games16 with the Canadiens.7wins
- Jakub Dobes6 games38 with the Canadiens.2wins
By decade: 2020s · 2010s · 2000s · 1990s · 1980s · 1970s · 1960s · 1950s · 1940s · 1930s · 1920s · 1918–19
Compare with in · side by side
| Place | Player | wins | shutouts | saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carey Price2007 – 2022 · 712 games | 361 | 49 | 19,304 |
| 2 | Jacques Plante1952 – 1963 · 556 games | 314 | 58 | 12,579† |
| 3 | Patrick Roy1984 – 1996 · 551 games | 289 | 29 | 13,876 |
| 4 | Ken Dryden1970 – 1979 · 397 games | 258 | 46 | 10,213 |
| 5 | Bill Durnan1943 – 1950 · 383 games | 208 | 34 | — |
| 6 | George Hainsworth1926 – 1937 · 318 games | 167 | 75 | — |
| 7 | Michel Larocque1973 – 1981 · 231 games | 144 | 17 | 5,231 |
| 8 | Jose Theodore1995 – 2006 · 353 games | 141 | 23 | 8,957 |
| T9 | Gerry McNeil1947 – 1957 · 276 games | 119 | 28 | 221† |
| T9 | Charlie Hodge1954 – 1967 · 237 games | 119 | 21 | 5,498† |
| 11 | Rogie Vachon1966 – 1972 · 206 games | 108 | 13 | 5,441 |
| 12 | Georges Vezina1917 – 1926 · 190 games | 103 | 13 | — |
| 13 | Gump Worsley1963 – 1970 · 172 games | 90 | 16 | 4,105 |
| 14 | Samuel Montembeault2021 – 2026 · 206 games | 81 | 5 | 5,461 |
| 15 | Wilf Cude1933 – 1941 · 220 games | 80 | 18 | — |
| 16 | Rick Wamsley1980 – 1984 · 131 games | 72 | 5 | 2,863 |
| 17 | Brian Hayward1986 – 1990 · 141 games | 71 | 5 | 3,245 |
| T18 | Richard Sevigny1979 – 1984 · 141 games | 67 | 4 | 3,154 |
| T18 | Jocelyn Thibault1995 – 1999 · 158 games | 67 | 7 | 4,026 |
| 20 | Jeff Hackett1998 – 2003 · 161 games | 63 | 8 | 3,995 |
| 21 | Cristobal Huet2005 – 2008 · 117 games | 58 | 11 | 3,234 |
| 22 | Jaroslav Halak2006 – 2010 · 101 games | 56 | 9 | 2,832 |
| 23 | Denis Herron1979 – 1982 · 86 games | 43 | 4 | 1,953 |
| T24 | Paul Bibeault1940 – 1946 · 102 games | 41 | 2 | — |
| T24 | Jake Allen2020 – 2024 · 127 games | 41 | 3 | 3,559 |
wins by decade
2020s
- Samuel Montembeault2021 – 2026 · 206 games81
- Jake Allen2020 – 2024 · 127 games41
- Carey Price2019 – 2022 · 88 games40
- › Jakub Dobes2024 – 2027 · 65 games38
- › Jacob Fowler2025 – 2027 · 26 games16
2010s
- Carey Price2009 – 2019 · 531 games274
- Jaroslav Halak2009-10 · 45 games26
- Peter Budaj2011 – 2014 · 54 games23
- Mike Condon2015-16 · 55 games21
- Antti Niemi2017 – 2019 · 36 games15
2000s
- Jose Theodore1999 – 2006 · 318 games132
- Cristobal Huet2005 – 2008 · 117 games58
- Carey Price2007 – 2009 · 93 games47
- Jeff Hackett1999 – 2003 · 108 games39
- Jaroslav Halak2006 – 2009 · 56 games30
1990s
- Patrick Roy1989 – 1996 · 364 games187
- Jocelyn Thibault1995 – 1999 · 158 games67
- Andre Racicot1989 – 1994 · 68 games26
- Jeff Hackett1998-99 · 53 games24
- Andy Moog1997-98 · 42 games18
1980s
- Patrick Roy1984 – 1989 · 187 games102
- Rick Wamsley1980 – 1984 · 131 games72
- Richard Sevigny1979 – 1984 · 141 games67
- Brian Hayward1986 – 1989 · 112 games61
- Denis Herron1979 – 1982 · 86 games43
1970s
- Ken Dryden1970 – 1979 · 397 games258
- Michel Larocque1973 – 1979 · 164 games111
- Rogie Vachon1969 – 1972 · 112 games54
- Wayne Thomas1972 – 1974 · 52 games31
- Phil Myre1969 – 1972 · 49 games21
1960s
- Jacques Plante1959 – 1963 · 235 games127
- Charlie Hodge1959 – 1967 · 209 games104
- Gump Worsley1963 – 1969 · 166 games87
- Rogie Vachon1966 – 1969 · 94 games54
- Cesare Maniago1962-63 · 14 games5
1950s
- Jacques Plante1952 – 1959 · 321 games187
- Gerry McNeil1949 – 1957 · 274 games119
- Bill Durnan1949-50 · 64 games26
- Charlie Hodge1954 – 1959 · 28 games15
- Bob Perreault1955-56 · 6 games3
1940s
- Bill Durnan1943 – 1949 · 319 games182
- Paul Bibeault1940 – 1946 · 102 games41
- Bert Gardiner1940 – 1942 · 52 games14
- Claude Bourque1939-40 · 36 games9
- Wilf Cude1939 – 1941 · 10 games3
1930s
- George Hainsworth1929 – 1937 · 186 games91
- Wilf Cude1933 – 1939 · 210 games77
- Lorne Chabot1933-34 · 47 games21
- Claude Bourque1938-39 · 25 games9
- Roy Worters1929-30 · 1 game1
1920s
- Georges Vezina1919 – 1926 · 151 games81
- George Hainsworth1926 – 1929 · 132 games76
- Herb Rheaume1925-26 · 31 games10
- Frenchy Lacroix1925-26 · 5 games1
1918–19
- Georges Vezina1917 – 1919 · 39 games22
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Method
- Every goalie who played with the Canadiens, ranked by wins over his games there. Regular-season games only.
- A number with a † is short: some of his games with the Canadiens don't have it recorded.
- A goalie's wins are his starts'.
- A decade counts his wins with the Canadiens in its seasons.