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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 2000-01. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Manny Legace DET · 39 GP, 0.920 Dan Cloutier VAN · 40 GP, 0.892 Damian Rhodes ATL · 38 GP, 0.897 Jamie McLennan MIN · 38 GP, 0.905 Mike Vernon CGY · 41 GP, 0.883

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

2000-01 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
39 33 1812301 854 762 92 2.68 0.892

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 2001 vs EDM L 2-4 L 15 12 3 0.800 58:35
Apr 5, 2001 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) W 21 19 2 0.905 63:19
Apr 1, 2001 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0.000 00:52
Mar 28, 2001 vs DAL L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:11
Mar 23, 2001 @ NJD L 0-4 L 15 11 4 0.733 59:58
Mar 16, 2001 @ BUF L 2-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:18
Mar 13, 2001 @ DET T 2-2 (OT) T 39 37 2 0.949 65:00
Mar 8, 2001 @ PHX L 2-3 (OT) L 30 27 3 0.900 60:34
Mar 4, 2001 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 10 7 3 0.700 12:24
Mar 2, 2001 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) W 26 24 2 0.923 63:40
Feb 26, 2001 @ MIN W 5-2 W 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Feb 22, 2001 @ TOR L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:56
Feb 17, 2001 @ EDM W 6-5 (OT) W 32 27 5 0.844 60:54
Feb 10, 2001 vs CGY L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 58:43
Feb 8, 2001 vs SJS T 0-0 (OT) T, SO 31 31 0 1.000 65:00
Feb 1, 2001 vs COL W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 30, 2001 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) W 20 18 2 0.900 61:42
Jan 28, 2001 vs CHI L 2-6 11 9 2 0.818 20:00
Jan 20, 2001 @ STL L 0-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 18, 2001 @ COL L 3-7 8 6 2 0.750 24:21
Jan 16, 2001 vs DET L 2-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 57:13
Jan 14, 2001 vs CGY W 5-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Jan 12, 2001 @ EDM W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 8, 2001 vs NSH W 2-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 59:59
Jan 3, 2001 @ CHI L 0-6 7 5 2 0.714 16:40
Jan 1, 2001 @ NSH W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 29, 2000 @ CGY L 0-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Dec 20, 2000 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) L 34 31 3 0.912 62:40
Dec 6, 2000 @ PHX T 1-1 (OT) T 22 21 1 0.955 65:00
Dec 4, 2000 vs NSH W 6-3 W 17 14 3 0.824 59:51
Dec 2, 2000 vs EDM W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Nov 30, 2000 vs MTL L 3-4 3 3 0 1.000 18:04
Nov 21, 2000 @ STL W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Nov 19, 2000 @ CBJ W 6-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:59
Nov 3, 2000 vs PIT L 2-4 L 13 10 3 0.769 59:09
Oct 25, 2000 @ DAL W 6-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:57
Oct 16, 2000 vs TOR W 5-2 W 15 13 2 0.867 59:52
Oct 8, 2000 @ TBL W 5-4 W 4 4 0 1.000 25:33
Oct 6, 2000 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) W 24 21 3 0.875 62:20