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Tony Esposito

#35 · Goalie · Chicago Blackhawks · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Apr 23, 1943 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 185 lb · Catches right

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1968-69
×3 Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1973-74, 1971-72, 1969-70
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1969-70

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1968-69. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Fern Rivard MNS · 13 GP, 0.859 Terry Sawchuk DET · 13 GP, 0.912 Charlie Hodge OAK · 14 GP, 0.877 Chris Worthy OAK · 14 GP, 0.880 Wayne Rutledge LAK · 17 GP, 0.883

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601968-69: 13 games1368-691969-70: 63 games631970-71: 57 games5770-711971-72: 48 games481972-73: 56 games5672-731973-74: 70 games701974-75: 71 games7174-751975-76: 68 games681976-77: 69 games6976-771977-78: 64 games641978-79: 63 games6378-791979-80: 69 games691980-81: 66 games6680-811981-82: 52 games521982-83: 39 games3982-831983-84: 18 games18

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1968-69 MTL 13 54402 419 385 34 2.75 0.919
1969-70 CHI 63 38178015 1995 1859 136 2.17 0.932
1970-71 CHI 57 3514706 1554 1428 126 2.27 0.919
1971-72 CHI 48 3110609 1241 1159 82 1.77 0.934
1972-73 CHI 56 3217704 1680 1540 140 2.52 0.917
1973-74 CHI 70 341421010 1977 1836 141 2.05 0.929
1974-75 CHI 71 3430706 2047 1854 193 2.75 0.906
1975-76 CHI 68 30231304 2082 1884 198 2.98 0.905
1976-77 CHI 69 2536802 2353 2119 234 3.46 0.901
1977-78 CHI 64 28221405 1964 1796 168 2.63 0.914
1978-79 CHI 63 24281104 2099 1893 206 3.28 0.902
1979-80 CHI 69 31221606 2109 1904 205 2.98 0.903
1980-81 CHI 66 29231400 2239 1993 246 3.76 0.890
1981-82 CHI 52 1925801 1746 1515 231 4.53 0.868
1982-83 CHI 39 2311501 1199 1064 135 3.47 0.887
1983-84 CHI 18 510301 620 532 88 4.84 0.858
16 seasons Career 886 423306152076 27324 24761 2563 2.93 0.906

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1969-70 CHI 8 4400 291 264 27 3.39 0.907
1970-71 CHI 18 11702 582 540 42 2.20 0.928
1971-72 CHI 5 2300 153 137 16 3.22 0.895
1972-73 CHI 15 10501 452 406 46 3.09 0.898
1973-74 CHI 10 6402 315 287 28 2.90 0.911
1974-75 CHI 8 3500 277 243 34 4.33 0.877
1975-76 CHI 4 0400 131 118 13 3.27 0.901
1976-77 CHI 2 0200 71 65 6 3.03 0.915
1977-78 CHI 4 0400 117 98 19 4.53 0.838
1978-79 CHI 4 0400 126 112 14 3.48 0.889
1979-80 CHI 6 3300 184 170 14 2.27 0.924
1980-81 CHI 3 0300 123 108 15 4.19 0.878
1981-82 CHI 7 3301 191 175 16 2.54 0.916
1982-83 CHI 5 3200 162 144 18 3.49 0.889
14 seasons Playoffs 99 455306 3175 2867 308 3.08 0.903

1968-69 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
13 12 54402 419 385 34 2.75 0.919

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 15, 1969 vs DET L 0-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Dec 29, 1968 @ NYR L 1-3 L 49 47 2 0.959 59:20
Dec 28, 1968 vs NYR W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 26, 1968 vs TOR W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Dec 22, 1968 @ BOS L 5-7 L 49 43 6 0.878 59:24
Dec 21, 1968 vs BOS T 0-0 T, SO 41 41 0 1.000 57:53
Dec 18, 1968 vs LAK T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 14, 1968 vs PHI W 1-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 12, 1968 vs STL W 5-4 W 25 21 4 0.840 59:59
Dec 11, 1968 @ TOR T 4-4 T 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 7, 1968 vs CHI W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 59:58
Dec 5, 1968 @ BOS T 2-2 T 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Nov 29, 1968 @ OAK L 4-5 L 6 4 2 0.667 25:17