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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 1989-90. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rick Wamsley CGY · 36 GP, 0.875 Mike Liut WSH · 37 GP, 0.905 Chris Terreri NJD · 35 GP, 0.890 Ron Tugnutt QUE · 35 GP, 0.859 Glenn Healy NYI · 39 GP, 0.894

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

1989-90 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
36 33 189501 984 877 107 3.15 0.891

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 29, 1990 @ LAK W 1-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 25, 1990 @ VAN T 3-3 (OT) T 31 28 3 0.903 65:00
Mar 21, 1990 vs MTL W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 17, 1990 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) W 41 37 4 0.902 64:52
Mar 12, 1990 @ CGY L 4-5 (OT) L 39 34 5 0.872 61:40
Mar 9, 1990 vs EDM W 7-5 8 4 4 0.500 20:00
Mar 4, 1990 vs LAK W 5-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Feb 27, 1990 @ MNS L 3-8 L 29 23 6 0.793 52:02
Feb 24, 1990 @ HFD W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 20, 1990 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) L 17 13 4 0.765 62:06
Feb 16, 1990 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) T 30 27 3 0.900 65:00
Feb 14, 1990 vs BOS W 3-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Feb 8, 1990 @ LAK W 5-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Feb 4, 1990 vs CHI W 7-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Jan 31, 1990 vs TOR T 5-5 (OT) T 34 29 5 0.853 65:00
Jan 25, 1990 @ PHI L 6-8 L 31 24 7 0.774 59:06
Jan 19, 1990 vs NYI L 4-6 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:28
Jan 17, 1990 @ EDM L 3-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:26
Jan 16, 1990 vs QUE L 6-8 0 0 0 0.000 01:53
Jan 14, 1990 vs STL W 6-5 W 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Jan 10, 1990 vs WSH W 6-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 6, 1990 @ PIT L 3-5 L 20 16 4 0.800 59:41
Jan 3, 1990 @ HFD W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 31, 1989 vs EDM W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 29, 1989 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) W 50 49 1 0.980 62:49
Dec 26, 1989 vs MNS W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Dec 21, 1989 @ EDM L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:15
Dec 19, 1989 @ LAK L 5-9 6 4 2 0.667 20:00
Dec 13, 1989 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) T 28 25 3 0.893 65:00
Dec 10, 1989 vs CGY W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 6, 1989 @ CGY W 4-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Dec 1, 1989 vs DET T 3-3 (OT) T 31 28 3 0.903 65:00
Nov 23, 1989 vs STL L 2-5 14 12 2 0.857 47:41
Nov 21, 1989 @ NYI W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Nov 15, 1989 @ MTL L 1-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Nov 12, 1989 vs CGY W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00