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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Corey Schwab TBL · 16 GP, 0.892 Steve Shields BUF · 16 GP, 0.909 Wade Flaherty NYI · 16 GP, 0.926 Eric Fichaud NYI · 17 GP, 0.905 Jamie Storr LAK · 17 GP, 0.929

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

1997-98 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
16 11 66100 404 369 35 2.54 0.913

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 18, 1998 vs TOR W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Apr 1, 1998 @ VAN L 2-4 4 4 0 1.000 20:00
Mar 17, 1998 @ DET L 3-4 L 46 42 4 0.913 59:27
Mar 2, 1998 @ COL W 5-4 (OT) W 10 10 0 1.000 21:41
Feb 27, 1998 vs ANA L 0-4 L 17 14 3 0.824 59:47
Feb 25, 1998 vs OTT W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 59:56
Feb 7, 1998 @ CGY L 2-4 L 24 23 1 0.958 53:28
Jan 24, 1998 @ PHX W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 22, 1997 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) T 26 23 3 0.885 64:16
Dec 12, 1997 @ DET W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 59:52
Dec 5, 1997 vs DET W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 3, 1997 @ DAL L 1-4 15 15 0 1.000 35:29
Nov 6, 1997 @ PHI L 2-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Oct 17, 1997 @ ANA L 1-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 58:56
Oct 13, 1997 @ VAN L 0-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Oct 3, 1997 vs DET L 2-8 16 13 3 0.813 32:37