Since expansion, a goalie has played at least 70 games in a season 83 times.
Of those 83...
- 4 won the Cup (Parent 1974, Fuhr 1988, and Brodeur 2000 & 2003)
- 1 lost in the Final (Brodeur 2001)
- 2 lost in the Conference Final (Hasek 1998 & Nabokov 2010)
- 16 lost in the second round of the playoffs
- 35 lost in the first round of the playoffs
- 25 missed the playoffs entirely
Talbot is on pace for 74 games played.