Allan Raymond (Al) Jensen

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Hamilton, Ontario, November 27, 1958.
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HEIGHT: 5'10".
WEIGHT: 180 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 31 (Detroit), 35 (Washington), 29 (Los Angeles).
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Selected by Detroit Red Wings in second round (fourth Wings pick, thirty-first overall) of National Hockey League amateur draft, 1978.
Traded by Detroit to Washington Capitals for Mark Lofthouse, July 23, 1981.
Traded by Washington to Los Angeles Kings for Garry Galley, February 14, 1987.

ACCOLADES:

Named to Ontario Major Junior Hockey League All-Star Second Team, 1976-77.
Named to Ontario Major Junior Hockey League All-Star First Team, 1977-78.
Shared (with Pat Riggin) William M. Jennings Trophy, 1983-84.
Selected to start National Hockey League All-Star Game for Wales Conference, but missed game due to injury, 1984.

VEZINA TROPHY BALLOTING (1983-84 to PRESENT):

	PTS	1st	2nd	3rd	RANK	SHARE
1983-84	37	4	5	2	4	0.35
1985-86	1	0	0	1	9	0.01

ALL-STAR TEAM BALLOTING (1983-84 to PRESENT):

	PTS	1st	2nd	3rd	RANK	SHARE
1983-84	100				4	0.32
1985-86	15	1	1	7	5	0.05

INJURIES:

Suffered arm muscle strain during practice, November 23, 1984.
Strained medial collateral ligament in left knee; missed twenty games, January 9, 1985. Jensen finished the game.

RECORDS:

Al's twenty-five wins during the 1983-84 season set a new record (since broken) for the Washington Capitals.

PENALTY SHOTS:

Allowed penalty shot goal (Peter Sundstrom), March 2, 1986.
Stopped penalty shot (Joe Mullen), March 28, 1987. Mullen scored on the attempt, but the goal was disallowed when it was determined that he used an illegal stick.

DID YOU KNOW?

The NHL's Central Scouring Bureau ranked Al the top goaltender available for the 1978 draft.
On December 14, 1982, Al was the goaltender who allowed Marcel Dionne's 500th career National Hockey League goal.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                         GP    Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
75-76 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL       28   1451                97   3.97                    0   0   1     7
      Hamilton Fincups MEM CUP     SPARE GOALTENDER
76-77 St. Catharines Fincups OMJHL 48   2727               168   3.70                    2   0   4     6
77-78 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL       43   2582               144   3.35                    3   0   1     6
      Canada WORLD JUNIOR           3    180                12   4.00
78-79 Kalamazoo Wings IHL          47   2596               156   3.61                    2   0   3     6
79-80 Adirondack Red Wings AHL     57   3406  27  24   5   199   3.51    1767   .887     2   0   0    10
80-81 Adirondack Red Wings AHL     60   3169  27  21   3   203   3.84    1695   .880     3   0   2    10
      Detroit Red Wings NHL         1     60   0   1   0     7   7.00                    0   0   0     0
81-82 Hershey Bears AHL             8    407   4   1   1    24   3.54                    0   0   0    21
      Washington Capitals NHL      26   1274   8   8   4    81   3.81                    0   0   2     6
82-83 Hershey Bears AHL             6    316                14   2.66                    1   0   0     0
      Washington Capitals NHL      40   2358  22  12   6   135   3.44    1275   .881     1   0   0     6
83-84 Hershey Bears AHL             3    180   1   2   0    16   5.33     118   .864     0   0   0     0
      Washington Capitals NHL      43   2414  25  13   3   117   2.91     995   .882     4   0   0    22
84-85 Binghamton Whalers AHL        3    180   2   1   0     9   3.00      97   .907     0   0   0     2
      Washington Capitals NHL      14    803  10   3   1    34   2.54     295   .885     1   0   0     6
85-86 Washington Capitals NHL      44   2437  28   9   3   129   3.19    1168   .890     2   0   1     4
86-87 Binghamton Whalers AHL       13    684   6   6   1    42   3.68     335   .875     0   0   0     6
      Washington Capitals NHL       6    328   1   3   1    27   4.94     183   .852     0   0   0     0
      Los Angeles Kings NHL         5    300   1   4   0    27   5.40     153   .824     0   0   1     0
87-88 New Haven Nighthawks AHL     20   1129   5  12   3    84   4.46     659   .873     0   0   1     6
SEVEN (7) NHL SEASONS             179   9974  95  53  18   557   3.35                    8   0   4    44

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                         GP    Min   W   L   T   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
75-76 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL        3    140   2   0   0    8   2.58                    1
76-77 St. Catharines Fincups OMJHL 13    707   7   5   1   36   2.97                    1
77-78 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL       17    967   8   5   4   43   2.54                    1
78-79 Kalamazoo Wings IHL          12    718               34   2.84                    0   0   3     2
79-80 Adirondack Red Wings AHL      4    212   0   4       15   4.25                    0   0   0     0
80-81 Adirondack Red Wings AHL     11    626   7   4       46   4.41                    0   0   0     0
81-82 Hershey Bears AHL             3    162   2   1        9   3.33                    0   0   0     0
82-83 Washington Capitals NHL       3    139   1   2       10   4.32                    0   0   0     0
83-84 Washington Capitals NHL       6    258   3   1       14   3.26     120   .883     0   0   1     2
84-85 Washington Capitals NHL       3    201   1   2        8   2.39      86   .907     0   0   0     2
THREE (3) NHL POSTSEASONS          12    598   5   5       32   3.21                    0   0   1     4

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

10/16/84: W (60m, 15/18) 5-3 victory vs. Los Angeles (Janecyk).
11/03/84: W (60m, 39/43) 6-4 victory vs. New Jersey (Kamppuri).
11/07/84: L (60m, 21/25) 3-4 defeat at NY Rangers (Hanlon).
11/13/84: T (65m, 23/26) 3-3 OT tie vs. Minnesota (Meloche).
01/09/85: W (60m, 25/27) 4-2 victory at St. Louis (Wamsley).
03/05/85: W (60m, 19/20) 4-1 victory vs. New Jersey (Resch).
03/07/85: L (16m59s, 4/6) 6-9 defeat at Philadelphia (Froese) [Replaced Riggin].
03/14/85: W (60m, 17/17) 4-0 victory vs. Toronto (Wregget).
03/19/85: W (60m, 20/21) 4-1 victory vs. New Jersey (Low).
03/22/85: W (60m, 30/31) 3-1 victory vs. Montreal (Soetaert).
03/24/85: W (60m, 13/16) 7-3 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Ford).
03/27/85: L (60m, 16/19) 1-3 defeat vs. Hartford (Liut).
03/30/85: W (60m, 14/17) 4-3 victory vs. NY Islanders (Smith).
04/06/85: W (60m, 21/25) 7-4 victory at Pittsburgh (Herron).
04/11/85: W (81m23s, 36/37) 2-1 2OT victory vs. NY Islanders (Hrudey).
04/13/85: L (60m, 13/15) 1-2 defeat at NY Islanders (Smith).
04/14/85: L (59m, 27/32) 4-6 defeat at NY Islanders (Smith).
10/12/85: - (28m28s, 9/9) 1-4 defeat at New Jersey (Resch) [Replaced Riggin].
10/13/85: L (59m, 20/23) 2-4 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Lindbergh).
10/16/85: W (60m47s, 17/22) 6-5 OT victory at Toronto (Bernhardt).
10/23/85: L (60m, 28/32) 2-4 defeat at Calgary (Lemelin).
10/25/85: T (32m51s, 16/19) 7-7 OT tie at Winnipeg (Hayward) [Replaced Riggin].
10/27/85: W (60m, 37/39) 4-2 victory at Chicago (Sauve).
10/29/85: W (60m, 22/25) 6-3 victory vs. St. Louis (May).
11/01/85: W (60m, 26/29) 5-3 victory vs. NY Islanders (Hrudey).
11/02/85: L (60m, 24/29) 3-5 defeat at NY Islanders (Smith).
11/06/85: W (60m, 38/39) 4-1 victory at Pittsburgh (Romano).
11/12/85: W (60m, 28/30) 5-2 victory vs. Edmonton (Moog).
11/15/85: W (60m, 27/30) 5-3 victory vs. Vancouver (Brodeur).
11/16/85: T (65m, 27/29) 2-2 OT tie at Boston (Keans).
11/19/85: - (0m35s, 0/0) 4-3 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Herron) [Replaced Peeters].
11/20/85: W (60m, 22/23) 3-1 victory at Pittsburgh (Romano).
11/27/85: W (60m, 19/22) 5-3 victory vs. Montreal (Roy).
11/30/85: W (60m, 34/36) 6-2 victory at New Jersey (Chevrier).
12/07/85: W (60m, 21/22) 2-1 victory vs. Vancouver (Brodeur).
12/14/85: W (60m, 23/27) 5-4 victory at Los Angeles (Eliot).
12/18/85: W (60m, 38/40) 5-2 victory at Edmonton (Fuhr).
12/22/85: W (60m, 36/41) 7-5 victory at Quebec (Malarchuk).
12/28/85: L (59m, 26/32) 4-7 defeat vs. Chicago (Sauve).
01/01/86: W (60m, 30/30) 3-0 victory vs. NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck).
01/04/86: W (60m, 24/27) 9-3 victory vs. New Jersey (Resch, St. Laurent, Resch).
01/09/86: L (60m, 31/35) 0-4 defeat at Philadelphia (Jensen).
01/14/86: L (60m, 25/29) 3-4 defeat vs. Calgary (D'Amour, Lemelin).
01/21/86: W (60m, 31/36) 7-5 victory vs. Minnesota (Beaupre).
01/24/86: - (19m, 5/5) 5-7 defeat vs. NY Islanders (Smith) [Replaced Peeters].
01/25/86: W (60m, 23/26) 6-3 victory at Minnesota (Casey).
01/28/86: L (60m, 30/37) 0-7 defeat at Detroit (LaForest).
01/29/86: L (60m, 26/31) 2-5 defeat at Toronto (Edwards).
02/01/86: W (60m, 14/18) 5-4 victory vs. New Jersey (Chevrier).
02/02/86: - (40m, 19/23) 5-4 victory at Hartford (Liut) [Replaced by Mason].
02/15/86: W (60m, 23/24) 4-1 victory at Los Angeles (Melanson).
02/18/86: W (60m, 25/29) 5-4 victory at NY Islanders (Hrudey).
02/23/86: L (60m, 29/33) 1-4 defeat at Buffalo (Barrasso).
03/01/86: W (60m, 20/20) 4-0 victory vs. NY Rangers (Hanlon).
03/02/86: W (60m, 33/35) 4-2 victory at NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck).
03/11/86: W (60m, 19/22) 5-3 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Meloche).
03/17/86: W (60m, 23/26) 5-3 victory at Pittsburgh (Romano).
03/21/86: W (60m, 22/25) 5-3 victory vs. Winnipeg (Bouchard).
03/23/86: W (20m, 10/11) 6-5 victory vs. Philadelphia (Froese, Resch) [Replaced Peeters].
03/25/86: W (60m, 17/20) 6-3 victory vs. Boston (Riggin).
03/29/86: T (65m, 19/25) 6-6 OT tie at Hartford (Liut).
10/09/86: L (60m, 27/32) 4-5 defeat at Pittsburgh (Meloche).
10/13/86: W (63m20s, 39/45) 7-6 OT victory at NY Rangers (Soetaert).
10/21/86: T (65m, 27/31) 4-4 OT tie at Quebec (Malarchuk).
10/29/86: L (60m, 34/40) 3-6 defeat at Edmonton (Moog).
12/17/86: - (20m, 10/11) 1-6 defeat at NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck) [Replaced Mason].
12/19/86: L (60m, 21/27) 4-6 defeat at New Jersey (Chevier, McLean).
Traded by Capitals to Los Angeles Kings.
02/24/87: W (60m, 18/21) 8-3 victory vs. Winnipeg (Reddick, Penney).
02/28/87: L (59m, 31/36) 3-6 defeat at Minnesota (Beaupre).
03/06/87: L (60m, 26/35) 3-9 defeat at Edmonton (Fuhr, Moog).
03/22/87: L (60m, 26/32) 3-6 defeat at Hartford (Weeks).
03/28/87: L (60m, 26/30) 3-4 defeat vs. Calgary (Vernon).

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