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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 1991-92. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Vanbiesbrouck NYR · 45 GP, 0.910 Kay Whitmore HFD · 45 GP, 0.880 Ron Hextall PHI · 45 GP, 0.883 Ed Belfour CHI · 52 GP, 0.894 Jon Casey MNS · 52 GP, 0.882

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

1991-92 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
47 45 2117605 1407 1281 126 2.88 0.910

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 16, 1992 @ SJS W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 59:54
Apr 14, 1992 @ EDM W 6-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Mar 6, 1992 @ WSH T 3-3 (OT) 4 3 1 0.750 09:03
Mar 1, 1992 vs EDM L 2-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:08
Feb 26, 1992 @ EDM L 1-6 L 15 11 4 0.733 31:20
Feb 23, 1992 vs LAK L 2-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:22
Feb 21, 1992 vs NJD W 6-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Feb 19, 1992 vs STL L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:22
Feb 17, 1992 @ NYI L 4-5 (OT) L 20 15 5 0.750 62:55
Feb 15, 1992 @ TOR W 3-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Feb 13, 1992 @ MNS L 1-6 L 22 18 4 0.818 40:00
Feb 7, 1992 vs CGY W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 4, 1992 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) T 21 18 3 0.857 65:00
Feb 2, 1992 vs SJS W 6-0 W, SO 40 40 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 31, 1992 vs QUE T 4-4 (OT) T 28 24 4 0.857 65:00
Jan 28, 1992 @ PIT W 4-0 W, SO 38 38 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 26, 1992 @ BUF L 2-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:42
Jan 21, 1992 @ HFD T 3-3 (OT) 6 4 2 0.667 20:00
Jan 14, 1992 vs VAN L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:00
Jan 12, 1992 vs SJS L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:51
Jan 10, 1992 vs CHI W 6-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 8, 1992 vs EDM W 5-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Jan 6, 1992 @ NYR L 2-4 L 42 38 4 0.905 58:45
Jan 4, 1992 @ PIT L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:34
Jan 2, 1992 @ BOS W 3-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 31, 1991 vs NYR L 2-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:51
Dec 19, 1991 @ VAN L 1-3 L 19 17 2 0.895 41:18
Dec 8, 1991 vs WSH W 4-3 10 10 0 1.000 15:59
Dec 6, 1991 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) T 33 29 4 0.879 65:00
Dec 4, 1991 vs BUF W 5-4 W 43 39 4 0.907 60:00
Dec 1, 1991 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) W 27 25 2 0.926 60:24
Nov 27, 1991 vs NYR W 3-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 60:00
Nov 25, 1991 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) T 33 30 3 0.909 65:00
Nov 23, 1991 @ EDM W 4-0 W, SO 36 36 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 20, 1991 vs NYI W 3-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Nov 17, 1991 @ PHI W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Nov 16, 1991 @ NJD W 1-0 W, SO 40 40 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 14, 1991 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) L 43 41 2 0.953 62:31
Nov 11, 1991 vs LAK W 6-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 3, 1991 vs STL T 3-3 (OT) T 35 32 3 0.914 65:00
Nov 1, 1991 vs CGY L 6-7 (OT) L 37 30 7 0.811 63:52
Oct 29, 1991 @ QUE L 2-7 L 13 8 5 0.615 32:45
Oct 27, 1991 vs WSH W 6-5 W 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Oct 25, 1991 vs PHI W 2-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 12, 1991 @ LAK T 3-3 (OT) T 30 27 3 0.900 65:00
Oct 8, 1991 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) L 33 30 3 0.909 63:29
Oct 6, 1991 vs CGY W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00