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Bob Essensa

#31 · Goalie · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jan 14, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 188 lb · Catches left · Drafted 69th overall in 1983 by WIN (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1988-89. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bob Mason QUE · 22 GP, 0.853 Wendell Young PIT · 22 GP, 0.863 Ed Belfour CHI · 23 GP, 0.877 Billy Smith NYI · 17 GP, 0.851 Mark Laforest PHI · 17 GP, 0.871

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601988-89: 20 games2088-891989-90: 36 games3689-901990-91: 55 games5590-911991-92: 47 games4791-921992-93: 67 games6792-931993-94: 69 games6993-941996-97: 19 games1996-971997-98: 16 games1697-981998-99: 39 games3998-991999-00: 30 games3099-002000-01: 39 games3900-012001-02: 9 games901-02

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1988-89 WIN 20 68301 572 504 68 3.70 0.881
1989-90 WIN 36 189501 984 877 107 3.15 0.891
1990-91 WIN 55 1924604 1496 1343 153 3.15 0.898
1991-92 WIN 47 2117605 1407 1281 126 2.88 0.910
1992-93 WIN 67 3326602 2119 1892 227 3.53 0.893
1993-94 WIN 56 1930601 1714 1513 201 3.85 0.883
1993-94 DET 13 47201 337 303 34 2.62 0.899
1996-97 EDM 19 48001 406 365 41 2.83 0.899
1997-98 EDM 16 66100 404 369 35 2.54 0.913
1998-99 EDM 39 1214600 974 878 96 2.75 0.901
1999-00 PHX 30 1310301 719 646 73 2.78 0.898
2000-01 VAN 39 1812301 854 762 92 2.68 0.892
2001-02 BUF 9 05000 113 96 17 2.91 0.850
12 seasons Career 446 17317647018 12099 10829 1270 3.15 0.895

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1989-90 WIN 4 2100 100 88 12 3.49 0.880
1991-92 WIN 1 0000 17 14 3 5.51 0.824
1992-93 WIN 6 2400 183 163 20 3.27 0.891
1993-94 DET 2 0200 43 34 9 4.94 0.791
1997-98 EDM 1 0000 11 10 1 2.26 0.909
2000-01 VAN 2 0200 58 52 6 2.95 0.897
6 seasons Playoffs 16 4900 412 361 51 3.54 0.876

1988-89 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
20 18 68301 572 504 68 3.70 0.881

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1989 vs MNS W 3-2 2 2 0 1.000 00:26
Mar 31, 1989 @ CGY L 1-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Mar 28, 1989 @ LAK T 3-3 (OT) T 42 39 3 0.929 65:00
Mar 26, 1989 vs VAN L 3-7 L 26 19 7 0.731 60:00
Mar 24, 1989 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) W 41 38 3 0.927 63:45
Mar 23, 1989 @ EDM L 4-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:45
Mar 20, 1989 vs BUF L 1-4 L 21 18 3 0.857 59:52
Mar 18, 1989 @ TOR W 10-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 15, 1989 @ NYR W 6-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Mar 7, 1989 @ CGY L 5-9 26 21 5 0.808 40:00
Mar 5, 1989 vs NYI L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 58:54
Mar 3, 1989 vs EDM L 4-7 L 35 29 6 0.829 59:44
Mar 1, 1989 vs PHI T 4-4 (OT) T 44 40 4 0.909 65:00
Feb 26, 1989 vs CGY W 1-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 24, 1989 @ BUF L 4-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:12
Feb 21, 1989 @ QUE L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:15
Feb 19, 1989 vs HFD W 7-6 (OT) W 33 27 6 0.818 63:23
Feb 17, 1989 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) W 25 23 2 0.920 62:43
Feb 15, 1989 vs CGY L 1-6 10 10 0 1.000 20:00
Feb 13, 1989 @ DET T 2-2 (OT) T 26 24 2 0.923 65:00