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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 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pat Jablonski PHX · 19 GP, 0.887 Darcy Wakaluk PHX · 16 GP, 0.899 Jose Theodore MTL · 16 GP, 0.896 Craig Billington COL · 23 GP, 0.909 Glenn Healy NYR · 23 GP, 0.907

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

1996-97 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
19 10 4801 406 365 41 2.83 0.899

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 12, 1997 @ VAN L 4-5 L 9 8 1 0.889 27:14
Mar 11, 1997 @ NJD L 1-6 18 15 3 0.833 48:38
Mar 7, 1997 @ DAL L 1-2 15 15 0 1.000 48:38
Feb 27, 1997 @ LAK L 3-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 60:00
Feb 17, 1997 @ ANA L 1-5 13 13 0 1.000 20:00
Feb 13, 1997 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) L 36 33 3 0.917 62:20
Feb 9, 1997 vs WSH W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 22, 1997 @ NYI L 1-8 8 5 3 0.625 16:41
Jan 8, 1997 @ CHI L 1-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:48
Dec 28, 1996 vs SJS W 5-3 W 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Dec 23, 1996 @ VAN W 7-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 22, 1996 vs DET L 2-6 3 3 0 1.000 11:41
Dec 15, 1996 @ FLA L 3-6 L 18 15 3 0.833 48:48
Nov 27, 1996 vs LAK L 1-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 59:59
Nov 9, 1996 @ TOR L 3-7 17 16 1 0.941 25:49
Nov 6, 1996 @ PIT L 2-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:20
Oct 24, 1996 @ LAK W 8-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 15, 1996 @ COL L 2-7 8 6 2 0.750 20:00
Oct 9, 1996 @ DET L 0-2 L 29 28 1 0.966 59:28