But there aren't many important goalies. And Jacques Plante was an important goalie," says Ken Dryden on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series." Teammates thought he was eccentric and aloof.

Vasilevskiy ended up reaching that number in only 490 games, making him the fastest player to ever get there, surpassing Hall of Fame goalie Jacques Plante. The obvious asterisk that will come ...

Bobrovsky will break that tie with his next victory. Then the Russian will trail Jacques Plante (437), Terry Sawchuk (445), Curtis Joseph (454), Henrik Lundqvist (459), Ed Belvour (484), Roberto ...