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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 1990-91. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jon Casey MNS · 55 GP, 0.891 Peter Ing TOR · 56 GP, 0.883 Ron Tugnutt QUE · 56 GP, 0.885 Mike Vernon CGY · 54 GP, 0.878 Chris Terreri NJD · 53 GP, 0.893

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

1990-91 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
55 47 1924604 1496 1343 153 3.15 0.898

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 28, 1991 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) L 33 30 3 0.909 61:49
Mar 23, 1991 @ EDM W 3-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 22, 1991 @ VAN L 1-3 L 27 25 2 0.926 59:10
Mar 18, 1991 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) L 37 33 4 0.892 62:28
Mar 15, 1991 vs EDM W 4-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 13, 1991 vs BUF L 2-6 L 22 18 4 0.818 40:00
Mar 12, 1991 @ CGY L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:34
Mar 10, 1991 vs NJD W 4-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Mar 8, 1991 vs WSH L 1-2 L 32 30 2 0.938 57:05
Mar 2, 1991 @ LAK L 3-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Feb 26, 1991 vs HFD W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Feb 24, 1991 vs LAK L 3-5 L 21 17 4 0.810 58:55
Feb 22, 1991 vs LAK L 4-6 0 0 0 0.000 00:33
Feb 20, 1991 vs VAN T 5-5 (OT) T 47 42 5 0.894 65:00
Feb 14, 1991 @ NJD T 3-3 (OT) T 1 1 0 1.000 01:14
Feb 12, 1991 @ DET L 1-6 L 23 19 4 0.826 48:12
Feb 10, 1991 vs BUF L 0-2 L 21 20 1 0.952 59:41
Feb 8, 1991 vs PIT W 6-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Feb 6, 1991 vs TOR T 5-5 (OT) T 38 33 5 0.868 65:00
Feb 3, 1991 @ NYR W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Feb 2, 1991 @ WSH W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 30, 1991 @ MTL L 4-8 21 18 3 0.857 40:00
Jan 27, 1991 vs EDM L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:08
Jan 25, 1991 vs NYI W 8-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 21, 1991 vs MNS W 2-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 16, 1991 @ VAN W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 15, 1991 @ CGY L 5-7 0 0 0 0.000 01:25
Jan 11, 1991 vs CHI L 1-3 L 25 23 2 0.920 59:19
Jan 7, 1991 @ BOS L 2-5 19 17 2 0.895 40:00
Jan 5, 1991 @ HFD L 3-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:12
Jan 4, 1991 @ BUF L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 52:35
Jan 2, 1991 vs CGY T 3-3 (OT) T 30 27 3 0.900 65:00
Dec 31, 1990 vs VAN W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Dec 28, 1990 vs BOS W 6-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 26, 1990 @ MNS W 6-4 W 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Dec 22, 1990 vs DET L 2-5 L 22 19 3 0.864 54:54
Dec 20, 1990 @ DET L 1-3 L 18 15 3 0.833 59:17
Dec 13, 1990 @ CHI L 4-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 58:45
Dec 11, 1990 @ STL T 3-3 (OT) 14 14 0 1.000 19:33
Dec 8, 1990 @ LAK T 4-4 (OT) T 40 36 4 0.900 65:00
Dec 2, 1990 vs VAN L 1-5 L 21 17 4 0.810 40:00
Nov 30, 1990 vs MNS L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:09
Nov 28, 1990 vs CGY T 2-2 (OT) T 36 34 2 0.944 65:00
Nov 25, 1990 @ MTL L 3-4 L 44 40 4 0.909 59:30
Nov 22, 1990 @ NYI L 1-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:22
Nov 18, 1990 vs STL W 4-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Nov 16, 1990 vs NYR L 4-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Nov 14, 1990 vs PIT L 4-6 3 2 1 0.667 20:00
Nov 12, 1990 @ TOR L 2-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:45
Nov 9, 1990 vs HFD W 5-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Nov 3, 1990 @ VAN W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Oct 31, 1990 @ EDM W 1-0 (OT) W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:23
Oct 26, 1990 vs LAK W 6-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Oct 19, 1990 vs VAN W 7-5 W 23 18 5 0.783 60:00
Oct 16, 1990 @ NYI L 1-4 L 10 7 3 0.700 20:00