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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 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bernie Parent TOR · 47 GP, 0.915 Ed Giacomin NYR · 44 GP, 0.901 Gary Edwards LAK · 44 GP, 0.898 Dunc Wilson VAN · 53 GP, 0.887 Al Smith DET · 43 GP, 0.892

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

1971-72 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
48 44 3110609 1241 1159 82 1.77 0.934

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1972 vs DET W 6-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Mar 26, 1972 vs STL W 4-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 23, 1972 @ PHI W 4-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Mar 15, 1972 vs NYR W 3-1 W 15 14 1 0.933 60:00
Mar 12, 1972 @ DET W 3-2 W 46 44 2 0.957 60:00
Mar 5, 1972 @ MNS L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:41
Mar 3, 1972 @ CGS T 4-4 T 10 9 1 0.900 20:00
Feb 27, 1972 vs VAN T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Feb 26, 1972 vs CGS W 3-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 23, 1972 vs BUF L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:12
Feb 20, 1972 vs BOS L 1-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Feb 16, 1972 vs PHI T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Feb 15, 1972 @ STL W 3-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Feb 13, 1972 vs TOR W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 12, 1972 @ DET T 3-3 T 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Feb 6, 1972 vs MNS W 5-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 4, 1972 @ VAN W 6-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Feb 1, 1972 @ LAK L 4-7 L 14 10 4 0.714 40:00
Jan 30, 1972 vs DET W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 27, 1972 vs VAN W 4-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 23, 1972 vs TOR W 4-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 19, 1972 vs CGS W 2-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 16, 1972 vs MNS W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 15, 1972 @ BOS L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Jan 9, 1972 vs MTL W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 5, 1972 vs PIT T 3-3 T 16 13 3 0.813 60:00
Jan 2, 1972 vs PHI W 6-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Dec 29, 1971 vs BOS L 1-5 14 13 1 0.929 40:00
Dec 26, 1971 vs LAK W 6-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Dec 18, 1971 @ MNS W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 15, 1971 vs BUF W 2-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Dec 11, 1971 @ TOR W 3-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Dec 8, 1971 vs NYR T 2-2 T 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Dec 3, 1971 @ CGS L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 30, 1971 @ VAN L 2-4 L 21 17 4 0.810 59:26
Nov 28, 1971 vs TOR W 4-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Nov 21, 1971 vs PIT W 7-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Nov 17, 1971 vs VAN W 3-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 14, 1971 vs CGS W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Oct 31, 1971 @ VAN L 2-6 L 20 16 4 0.800 40:00
Oct 30, 1971 @ LAK W 5-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Oct 24, 1971 @ PHI L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Oct 20, 1971 @ NYR L 1-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Oct 17, 1971 vs LAK W 4-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 16, 1971 @ MNS W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Oct 13, 1971 vs STL W 1-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 10, 1971 vs DET W 2-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Oct 9, 1971 @ STL W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00