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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 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ken Dryden MTL · 54 GP, 0.926 Gilles Meloche CGS · 59 GP, 0.885 Rogie Vachon LAK · 53 GP, 0.900 Roy Edwards DET · 52 GP, 0.904 Jim Rutherford PIT · 49 GP, 0.912

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

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
56 56 3217704 1680 1540 140 2.52 0.917

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 1, 1973 vs TOR T 4-4 T 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Mar 25, 1973 vs MTL W 6-5 W 21 18 3 0.857 40:00
Mar 24, 1973 vs AFM W 7-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 21, 1973 vs BUF W 6-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Mar 18, 1973 vs DET L 0-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Mar 14, 1973 vs NYR W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 11, 1973 @ CGS W 5-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Mar 10, 1973 @ VAN W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Mar 8, 1973 @ LAK L 1-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Mar 3, 1973 @ TOR T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Feb 28, 1973 @ NYR T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Feb 27, 1973 @ NYI W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Feb 25, 1973 vs AFM W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 24, 1973 @ PIT L 0-2 L 47 46 1 0.979 59:00
Feb 21, 1973 vs MTL L 2-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:00
Feb 18, 1973 vs BOS L 1-4 L 40 37 3 0.925 59:25
Feb 14, 1973 vs NYI W 4-2 W 16 14 2 0.875 60:00
Feb 11, 1973 vs PHI W 7-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Feb 7, 1973 vs BUF W 2-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Feb 4, 1973 vs STL W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 1, 1973 @ NYI W 5-3 W 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Jan 28, 1973 vs MNS W 5-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 27, 1973 @ BOS W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 24, 1973 vs VAN T 3-3 T 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 21, 1973 vs PIT W 9-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 20, 1973 @ MNS T 3-3 T 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 18, 1973 @ BUF L 1-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Jan 14, 1973 vs CGS T 6-6 T 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Jan 13, 1973 vs PHI L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:54
Jan 10, 1973 @ AFM L 2-5 L 20 16 4 0.800 59:38
Jan 7, 1973 vs BOS W 5-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Jan 6, 1973 @ MNS W 2-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 3, 1973 vs PIT L 3-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:32
Dec 31, 1972 vs BUF W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 27, 1972 vs STL L 3-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Dec 24, 1972 vs TOR W 5-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 20, 1972 vs PHI W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 17, 1972 vs LAK W 2-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 13, 1972 @ LAK L 1-3 L 17 14 3 0.824 60:00
Dec 12, 1972 @ VAN W 5-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Dec 10, 1972 vs MNS W 5-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Dec 6, 1972 vs LAK W 6-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 3, 1972 vs PIT W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Nov 29, 1972 vs DET W 8-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Nov 25, 1972 @ STL W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Nov 22, 1972 vs VAN W 5-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Nov 9, 1972 @ PHI L 3-5 L 41 37 4 0.902 59:35
Nov 8, 1972 vs NYI W 6-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Nov 4, 1972 @ MNS L 3-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Nov 1, 1972 vs NYR L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:02
Oct 28, 1972 @ NYI T 4-4 T 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 21, 1972 @ LAK L 1-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Oct 17, 1972 @ VAN L 3-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 60:00
Oct 15, 1972 vs STL L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 8, 1972 vs NYR W 5-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 7, 1972 @ TOR W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00