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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 1969-70. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rogie Vachon MTL · 64 GP, 0.917 Bernie Parent PHI · 62 GP, 0.921 Gary Smith OAK · 65 GP, 0.913 Ed Giacomin NYR · 70 GP, 0.916 Bruce Gamble TOR · 52 GP, 0.915

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

1969-70 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
63 63 38178015 1995 1859 136 2.17 0.932

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1970 vs MTL W 10-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Apr 4, 1970 @ MTL W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Apr 1, 1970 vs DET L 2-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Mar 29, 1970 vs TOR W 4-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 28, 1970 @ TOR T 1-1 T 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 26, 1970 @ DET W 1-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 22, 1970 vs STL W 1-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 19, 1970 @ BOS L 1-3 L 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Mar 18, 1970 @ TOR W 7-4 W 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 14, 1970 vs NYR W 7-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Mar 11, 1970 vs BOS T 0-0 T, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 8, 1970 @ PHI W 3-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 59:48
Mar 6, 1970 @ OAK W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:59
Mar 1, 1970 @ NYR W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Feb 28, 1970 @ BOS L 0-3 L 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Feb 22, 1970 vs BOS W 6-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Feb 21, 1970 vs NYR W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 18, 1970 @ STL L 2-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Feb 15, 1970 vs TOR W 6-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Feb 11, 1970 vs PIT W 7-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Feb 8, 1970 vs MTL L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 59:12
Feb 7, 1970 vs PHI T 4-4 T 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Feb 4, 1970 vs BOS W 8-4 W 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Feb 1, 1970 vs MNS W 7-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Jan 31, 1970 @ PHI W 5-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 28, 1970 vs PHI T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 25, 1970 vs TOR L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 24, 1970 @ MTL L 1-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Jan 22, 1970 @ DET W 4-3 W 47 44 3 0.936 60:00
Jan 18, 1970 vs OAK W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 17, 1970 @ BOS W 1-0 W, SO 36 36 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 14, 1970 vs PIT W 5-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 11, 1970 vs LAK W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Jan 10, 1970 @ STL W 6-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Jan 7, 1970 vs DET W 7-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 3, 1970 @ TOR L 2-6 L 49 43 6 0.878 60:00
Dec 31, 1969 @ NYR L 1-2 L 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Dec 27, 1969 @ PIT W 3-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 25, 1969 @ MNS T 4-4 T 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Dec 21, 1969 vs STL W 4-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 19, 1969 @ OAK W 4-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 13, 1969 @ MTL L 1-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 56:14
Dec 10, 1969 @ MNS L 5-8 L 43 35 8 0.814 60:00
Dec 7, 1969 vs DET W 5-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 6, 1969 @ BOS L 1-6 L 28 24 4 0.857 46:57
Dec 4, 1969 vs MTL L 0-1 L 28 27 1 0.964 59:00
Dec 3, 1969 @ NYR T 3-3 T 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Nov 30, 1969 vs STL W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Nov 29, 1969 @ DET L 4-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 58:59
Nov 26, 1969 vs LAK W 6-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 23, 1969 vs PIT W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Nov 21, 1969 vs BOS T 2-2 T 34 32 2 0.941 59:25
Nov 19, 1969 vs NYR T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 16, 1969 vs MTL W 1-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 15, 1969 vs OAK W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 9, 1969 vs TOR W 9-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 8, 1969 @ PIT W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Nov 5, 1969 vs NYR W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 1, 1969 @ LAK W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Oct 29, 1969 @ OAK L 1-3 L 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Oct 25, 1969 @ MTL W 5-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 15, 1969 vs DET L 1-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Oct 11, 1969 @ STL L 2-7 L 43 36 7 0.837 60:00