20- Ed Belfour (Stars, Maple Leafs, Panthers)
Belfour used the number 20 as a starter with the Dallas Stars from 1997 to 2002, including the Stars’ Stanley Cup winning run in 1999. Belfour also used the number with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2002 through 2006, as well as the Florida Panthers in 2006-07.
First SC Game Win: 1999 Stanley Cup Finals Game 2 (Ed Belfour, Stars)
Last SC Game Win: 2000 Stanley Cup Finals Game 5 (Ed Belfour, Stars)
Total SC Championship Wins: 1 (starter)
Total SC Game Wins: 6
Last Used: 2013-14 (Evgeni Nabokov, Islanders)
21- N/A
22- Glenn Hall (Red Wings)
Hall used 22 in his rookie season with the Detroit Red Wings in 1952-53, before switching to number 1 the following season.
Total SC Championship Wins: 0
Total SC Game Wins: 0
Last Used: 1952-53 (Glenn Hall, Red Wings)
23- Al Rollins (Maple Leafs)
Rollins used 23 as his number with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1950 to 1952, including the Maple Leafs’ Stanley Cup run in 1951 as a backup. However, Rollins would change his number to 1 following his departure for the Chicago Black Hawks.
Total SC Championship Wins: 1 (backup)
Total SC Game Wins: 0
Last Used: 1964-65 (Marcel Paille, Rangers)
24- Don Simmons (Maple Leafs)
Simmons used number 24 from 1962 through 1964 with the Toronto Maple Leafs, during which time the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup in 1963 and 1964 with Simmons as backup goaltender.
Total SC Championship Wins: 2 (backup)
Total SC Game Wins: 0
Last Used: 1964-65 (Terry Sawchuk, Maple Leafs)
25- Jacob Markstrom (Canucks)
Markstrom began using 25 as a member of the Vancouver Canucks in 2015 and has continued using it to the present day, assuming starting goaltender duties in the 2017-18 season.
Total SC Championship Wins: 0
Total SC Game Wins: 0
Currently Used by: Jacob Markstrom (Canucks)
26- N/A
27- Ron Hextall (Flyers, Nordiques)
One of the most revolutionary goaltenders of all time, Hextall used the number 27 with the Philadelphia Flyers from 1986 to 1992, then again with the Quebec Nordiques in 1992-93, then with the Flyers again from 1994 to 1999.
First SC Game Win: 1987 Stanley Cup Finals Game 3 (Ron Hextall, Flyers)
Last SC Game Win: 1987 Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 (Ron Hextall, Flyers)
Total SC Championship Wins: 0
Total SC Game Wins: 3
Last Used: 1998-99 (Ron Hextall, Flyers)
28- Bob Sauve (Sabres, Devils)
Sauve wore number 28 during his career backup role with the Buffalo Sabres from 1977 to 1985, then once again as a backup with the New Jersey Devils in his one season stint in 1988-89.
Total SC Championship Wins: 0
Total SC Game Wins: 0
Last Used: 1998-99 (Jimmy Waite, Coyotes)
29- Ken Dryden (Canadiens)
Dryden won six Stanley Cups in with the Montreal Canadiens in 1971, 1973 and then four straight from 1976-79, all as a starter, during his tenure from 1970 to 1979 before leaving to pursue a broadcasting career.
Other Stanley Cup winning goaltenders using 29 include Mike Vernon, who won in 1997 with the Detroit Red Wings, and Marc-Andre Fleury, who won with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009.
Dryden’s number 29 was retired by the Canadiens in 2007.
First SC Game Win: 1971 Stanley Cup Game 3 (Ken Dryden, Canadiens)
Last SC Game Win: 2018 Stanley Cup Game 1 (Marc-Andre Fleury, Golden Knights)
Total SC Championship Wins: 14 (10 starter, 4 backup)
Total SC Game Wins: 35
Currently Used by: Mackenzie Blackwood (Devils), Marc-Andre Fluery (Golden Knights)
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