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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 1998-99. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Grant Fuhr STL · 39 GP, 0.892 Corey Schwab TBL · 40 GP, 0.891 Mikhail Shtalenkov PHX · 38 GP, 0.898 Peter Skudra PIT · 37 GP, 0.892 Steve Shields SJS · 37 GP, 0.921

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

1998-99 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
39 33 1214600 974 878 96 2.75 0.901

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1999 @ COL L 2-5 L 23 19 4 0.826 58:13
Apr 1, 1999 vs TOR L 1-5 17 15 2 0.882 39:58
Mar 30, 1999 vs PHX L 4-7 L 22 18 4 0.818 51:34
Mar 13, 1999 @ STL L 4-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 58:48
Mar 10, 1999 @ DAL L 4-7 6 3 3 0.500 12:23
Mar 5, 1999 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) T 36 34 2 0.944 65:00
Mar 1, 1999 @ COL W 4-3 W 50 47 3 0.940 60:00
Feb 26, 1999 vs BUF W 6-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Feb 21, 1999 vs NYR L 1-2 (OT) L 28 26 2 0.929 60:45
Feb 18, 1999 @ LAK L 2-3 15 15 0 1.000 41:04
Feb 15, 1999 @ DAL L 1-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Feb 13, 1999 @ STL W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:54
Feb 11, 1999 @ DET L 2-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 58:50
Feb 8, 1999 @ CGY L 1-2 L 26 24 2 0.923 58:53
Feb 5, 1999 vs NSH W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:56
Feb 3, 1999 vs OTT T 2-2 (OT) T 34 32 2 0.941 65:00
Jan 27, 1999 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) L 33 29 4 0.879 64:52
Jan 21, 1999 @ SJS T 3-3 (OT) T 22 19 3 0.864 65:00
Jan 17, 1999 vs DET W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 14, 1999 @ VAN W 3-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 59:59
Jan 12, 1999 vs DAL T 2-2 (OT) T 23 21 2 0.913 64:51
Jan 10, 1999 @ ANA L 4-6 13 12 1 0.923 30:55
Jan 9, 1999 @ LAK T 1-1 (OT) T 30 29 1 0.967 65:00
Jan 7, 1999 @ PHX W 7-1 W 45 44 1 0.978 60:00
Dec 29, 1998 vs MTL L 2-5 15 15 0 1.000 33:56
Dec 23, 1998 vs SJS L 3-5 12 9 3 0.750 21:10
Dec 18, 1998 @ TBL W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Dec 11, 1998 @ DET L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:58
Dec 6, 1998 vs DAL L 2-6 L 19 14 5 0.737 34:23
Nov 18, 1998 vs DET L 2-6 L 26 20 6 0.769 60:00
Nov 12, 1998 @ OTT T 1-1 (OT) T 34 33 1 0.971 63:59
Nov 6, 1998 vs COL L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Nov 4, 1998 vs NSH W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:53
Nov 2, 1998 vs VAN W 5-3 W 16 13 3 0.813 59:51
Oct 31, 1998 vs PIT W 4-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 59:54
Oct 28, 1998 vs WSH W 8-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:58
Oct 24, 1998 @ COL L 4-6 L 13 12 1 0.923 38:38
Oct 20, 1998 @ NYR L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:14
Oct 10, 1998 vs LAK L 1-2 9 8 1 0.889 19:59