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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 1973-74. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bernie Parent PHI · 73 GP, 0.932 Rogie Vachon LAK · 65 GP, 0.903 Gary Smith VAN · 64 GP, 0.895 Ed Giacomin NYR · 55 GP, 0.891 Gilles Gilbert BOS · 54 GP, 0.901

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

1973-74 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
70 69 341421010 1977 1836 141 2.05 0.929

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 1974 vs DET W 7-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Apr 6, 1974 @ STL W 6-3 4 4 0 1.000 11:45
Apr 3, 1974 vs BOS W 6-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 30, 1974 @ DET W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Mar 28, 1974 @ BUF T 2-2 T 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Mar 23, 1974 @ PHI W 3-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 20, 1974 vs BUF L 2-3 L 49 46 3 0.939 58:53
Mar 17, 1974 vs AFM T 3-3 T 32 29 3 0.906 59:59
Mar 9, 1974 @ VAN T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 59:33
Mar 7, 1974 @ LAK L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:35
Mar 6, 1974 @ CGS T 3-3 T 14 11 3 0.786 60:00
Mar 3, 1974 @ DET T 6-6 T 29 23 6 0.793 60:00
Feb 28, 1974 @ BUF T 2-2 T 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 27, 1974 @ MNS W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 24, 1974 vs PIT L 2-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:15
Feb 23, 1974 vs PHI W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 20, 1974 vs CGS W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 17, 1974 vs TOR W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Feb 16, 1974 @ NYI W 4-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 13, 1974 vs LAK W 4-0 W, SO 42 42 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 10, 1974 vs PIT W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 59:15
Feb 8, 1974 @ AFM W 3-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 59:55
Feb 6, 1974 vs AFM T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Feb 3, 1974 vs STL W 3-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 2, 1974 @ PIT W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Jan 31, 1974 vs CGS W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 27, 1974 vs NYI L 2-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:11
Jan 26, 1974 @ MTL L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Jan 24, 1974 @ BOS W 2-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Jan 20, 1974 vs VAN W 7-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 19, 1974 vs NYR L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:45
Jan 16, 1974 vs BOS T 5-5 T 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Jan 13, 1974 vs DET W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 10, 1974 @ BOS T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 9, 1974 vs LAK T 4-4 T 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Jan 3, 1974 @ AFM L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:08
Jan 2, 1974 vs NYI W 5-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Dec 30, 1973 vs TOR L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:18
Dec 29, 1973 @ PIT W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Dec 26, 1973 vs LAK T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 22, 1973 @ PHI L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:07
Dec 19, 1973 vs BUF T 2-2 T 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Dec 16, 1973 @ NYR W 6-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 15, 1973 @ NYI T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 12, 1973 vs PHI T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Dec 9, 1973 vs MNS W 5-3 W 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Dec 5, 1973 @ DET W 8-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 50:56
Dec 2, 1973 vs PIT W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 1, 1973 @ MTL W 5-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 28, 1973 vs BOS T 3-3 T 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 25, 1973 vs MTL L 4-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 59:18
Nov 24, 1973 @ TOR W 3-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Nov 21, 1973 vs STL W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Nov 17, 1973 @ PIT W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Nov 16, 1973 @ AFM W 6-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Nov 14, 1973 @ NYR T 4-4 T 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 11, 1973 @ LAK W 3-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 9, 1973 @ VAN W 4-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 7, 1973 @ CGS T 1-1 T 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Nov 4, 1973 vs NYR W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 3, 1973 @ MNS L 4-5 L 45 40 5 0.889 59:30
Nov 1, 1973 @ PHI L 0-1 L 33 32 1 0.970 59:46
Oct 28, 1973 vs TOR T 1-1 T 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Oct 27, 1973 @ STL T 4-4 T 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Oct 24, 1973 @ BUF L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Oct 21, 1973 vs NYI T 3-3 T 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Oct 17, 1973 vs VAN W 5-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 14, 1973 vs MNS T 1-1 T 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Oct 12, 1973 @ CGS L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Oct 10, 1973 @ LAK W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00