 Brodeur is second all @-@ time in playoff games played ( to Patrick Roy 's 247 ) , playoff wins ( to Roy 's 151 ) , games played in a single regular season ( to Grant Fuhr 's 79 in the 1996 – 97 season ) , and eighth all @-@ time in goals @-@ against average ( minimum 250 NHL games played ) . Brodeur also acquired more than 30 franchise records , including most all @-@ time regular season and playoff wins , shutouts , lowest goals @-@ against @-@ average , and is second in games played ( 1205 ) as a Devil to Ken Daneyko 's 1283 games . The only major awards he was eligible to win but never did are the Hart Memorial Trophy , given to the regular season 's most valuable player , and the Conn Smythe Trophy , granted annually to the most outstanding player in the postseason . 
