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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 1999-00. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jose Theodore MTL · 30 GP, 0.919 Mikhail Shtalenkov FLA · 30 GP, 0.905 Ken Wregget DET · 29 GP, 0.900 Garth Snow VAN · 32 GP, 0.902 Norm Maracle ATL · 32 GP, 0.890

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

1999-00 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
30 27 1310301 719 646 73 2.78 0.898

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 9, 2000 @ DAL T 2-2 (OT) T 30 28 2 0.933 65:00
Apr 7, 2000 vs SJS L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:02
Mar 23, 2000 vs COL L 2-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Mar 15, 2000 vs STL L 3-5 4 4 0 1.000 08:54
Mar 5, 2000 @ CHI L 3-7 L 11 7 4 0.636 20:00
Mar 3, 2000 vs DAL L 1-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 1, 2000 vs CAR W 7-5 14 10 4 0.714 20:00
Feb 23, 2000 @ TOR L 3-5 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:54
Feb 14, 2000 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0.000 00:47
Feb 3, 2000 vs DAL L 0-2 L 17 15 2 0.882 59:56
Feb 1, 2000 @ SJS W 1-0 (OT) W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 61:32
Jan 4, 2000 @ DET W 5-2 8 7 1 0.875 19:27
Jan 1, 2000 vs EDM L 4-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:04
Dec 28, 1999 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) T 37 35 2 0.946 65:00
Dec 26, 1999 @ LAK W 3-2 (OT) W 37 35 2 0.946 63:18
Dec 22, 1999 @ ANA W 8-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:28
Dec 19, 1999 vs SJS W 4-3 W 15 12 3 0.800 60:00
Dec 16, 1999 @ PHI L 3-5 L 37 33 4 0.892 59:38
Dec 13, 1999 @ BOS L 0-2 L 30 29 1 0.967 59:07
Dec 8, 1999 vs FLA L 1-6 L 23 19 4 0.826 49:03
Dec 6, 1999 @ DAL W 3-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Dec 2, 1999 vs TBL W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 59:52
Nov 30, 1999 @ NSH W 6-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 28, 1999 @ DET W 4-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Nov 20, 1999 vs CHI W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 59:58
Nov 18, 1999 @ LAK W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 16, 1999 vs CGY W 2-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 59:50
Nov 10, 1999 vs EDM W 5-4 (OT) W 22 18 4 0.818 61:37
Oct 30, 1999 @ COL W 5-3 W 18 15 3 0.833 59:56
Oct 11, 1999 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) T 24 22 2 0.917 63:42