At the same time, data collection for goaltending is sparse, to put it mildly. Save percentage, a baseline statistic, was not recorded until 1955-56.

It is practically fruitless, then, to compare Tuukka Rask’s latest season, for example, to one of Tiny Thompson’s heyday in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Hockey-Reference has practically thrown up its hands. The site, invaluable at adjusting scoring for forwards and defensemen to account for different eras, does not attempt to flatten puck-stopping performances.

We will, nevertheless, persist. With statistics being somewhat of a guide, here are the top 10 seasons by Bruins goalies in team history.