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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 1970-71. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Denis DeJordy LAK · 60 GP, 0.888 Ernie Wakely STL · 51 GP, 0.902 Bernie Parent TOR · 48 GP, 0.913 Rogie Vachon MTL · 47 GP, 0.914 Al Smith PIT · 45 GP, 0.898

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

1970-71 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
57 54 3514706 1554 1428 126 2.27 0.919

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 1971 vs TOR L 2-3 L 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Apr 3, 1971 @ DET W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 31, 1971 @ NYR L 2-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 42:11
Mar 28, 1971 vs MTL L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 59:08
Mar 27, 1971 vs PHI W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 24, 1971 vs BOS W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 21, 1971 vs DET W 2-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 18, 1971 @ LAK L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:22
Mar 14, 1971 vs STL T 4-4 T 6 6 0 1.000 17:08
Mar 10, 1971 vs NYR L 2-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Mar 6, 1971 @ TOR T 2-2 T 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 5, 1971 @ BUF T 2-2 T 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Mar 3, 1971 @ STL W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 27, 1971 @ LAK W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 26, 1971 @ CGS W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Feb 21, 1971 vs LAK W 7-5 W 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Feb 20, 1971 @ MTL L 1-7 L 27 20 7 0.741 60:00
Feb 17, 1971 vs BUF W 5-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Feb 14, 1971 vs VAN W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 13, 1971 @ PIT L 4-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Feb 10, 1971 vs TOR L 2-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Feb 7, 1971 vs PIT W 1-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 6, 1971 @ MNS W 6-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 51:18
Feb 4, 1971 @ PHI L 2-6 19 16 3 0.842 34:56
Feb 3, 1971 @ NYR W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 31, 1971 vs MTL W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 28, 1971 vs PIT W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Jan 24, 1971 vs CGS W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Jan 23, 1971 @ BOS L 2-6 L 48 42 6 0.875 60:00
Jan 21, 1971 vs DET W 2-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 16, 1971 @ STL L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 59:22
Jan 13, 1971 vs BUF W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 3, 1971 @ BUF W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 31, 1970 @ DET W 8-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 26, 1970 @ VAN W 4-2 W 12 10 2 0.833 60:00
Dec 20, 1970 vs PIT W 2-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Dec 16, 1970 vs STL W 8-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Dec 12, 1970 @ TOR L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Dec 9, 1970 vs BUF W 6-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 2, 1970 vs BOS W 4-3 W 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Nov 29, 1970 vs LAK W 5-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Nov 28, 1970 vs PHI W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Nov 25, 1970 vs MTL W 5-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Nov 22, 1970 vs CGS W 9-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 21, 1970 @ STL T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Nov 15, 1970 vs VAN W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:58
Nov 8, 1970 vs MNS T 3-3 T 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Nov 4, 1970 vs DET W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Nov 1, 1970 @ NYR L 2-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Oct 28, 1970 @ MNS L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Oct 25, 1970 @ BUF W 4-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 24, 1970 @ TOR W 1-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 22, 1970 @ BOS T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Oct 18, 1970 vs STL T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Oct 17, 1970 @ MTL L 2-6 L 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Oct 14, 1970 vs VAN W 8-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Oct 11, 1970 vs CGS W 5-1 W 14 13 1 0.929 60:00