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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 1974-75. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gary Smith VAN · 72 GP, 0.895 Bernie Parent PHI · 68 GP, 0.918 Jim Rutherford DET · 59 GP, 0.877 Billy Smith NYI · 58 GP, 0.905 Gary Inness PIT · 57 GP, 0.905

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

1974-75 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
71 71 3430706 2047 1854 193 2.75 0.906

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 1975 vs MNS W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 5, 1975 @ STL L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:28
Mar 30, 1975 @ PHI L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 29, 1975 vs PHI L 2-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:17
Mar 26, 1975 vs BUF W 5-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 23, 1975 vs DET T 4-4 T 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Mar 22, 1975 @ NYI L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 58:55
Mar 20, 1975 @ DET W 6-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Mar 16, 1975 vs VAN L 3-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 58:57
Mar 15, 1975 @ MNS W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 12, 1975 vs STL L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:01
Mar 8, 1975 @ LAK W 6-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Mar 7, 1975 @ VAN L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 58:22
Mar 5, 1975 @ CGS W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 2, 1975 @ BOS L 2-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Feb 28, 1975 @ AFM W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Feb 25, 1975 @ WSH W 6-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 23, 1975 vs AFM W 4-0 W 29 29 0 1.000 58:54
Feb 19, 1975 @ NYR T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Feb 16, 1975 vs MTL L 3-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 60:00
Feb 13, 1975 @ PHI L 1-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 59:56
Feb 12, 1975 vs BOS W 8-3 W 43 40 3 0.930 60:00
Feb 9, 1975 vs LAK L 1-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 59:01
Feb 7, 1975 @ VAN L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:25
Feb 5, 1975 @ MNS W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Feb 4, 1975 @ KCS T 3-3 T 35 32 3 0.914 59:58
Feb 2, 1975 vs NYI T 1-1 T 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Feb 1, 1975 vs NYR L 1-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Jan 29, 1975 @ PIT L 1-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Jan 26, 1975 vs CGS W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Jan 25, 1975 @ STL W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Jan 23, 1975 vs NYI W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 19, 1975 vs CGS W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Jan 15, 1975 vs VAN W 2-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Jan 12, 1975 vs NYR W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 8, 1975 vs PIT W 7-5 W 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Jan 5, 1975 vs MTL L 4-6 L 36 31 5 0.861 59:42
Jan 4, 1975 @ TOR L 3-6 L 41 36 5 0.878 59:52
Jan 1, 1975 @ NYR L 2-6 L 24 19 5 0.792 40:00
Dec 29, 1974 vs STL W 5-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Dec 28, 1974 vs PHI W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Dec 26, 1974 @ BUF L 1-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 59:11
Dec 22, 1974 vs TOR W 3-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 18, 1974 vs DET W 7-5 W 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Dec 15, 1974 vs VAN W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Dec 14, 1974 @ PIT L 3-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 60:00
Dec 11, 1974 @ AFM W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Dec 8, 1974 vs TOR L 1-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:31
Dec 7, 1974 vs NYR L 4-7 L 29 23 6 0.793 40:00
Dec 5, 1974 @ PHI L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:18
Dec 1, 1974 vs MNS W 3-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 30, 1974 @ MNS L 3-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Nov 27, 1974 vs BUF L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Nov 23, 1974 vs KCS W 6-0 W, SO 16 16 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 20, 1974 vs NYI T 4-4 T 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 16, 1974 @ LAK W 2-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Nov 13, 1974 @ CGS L 0-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Nov 12, 1974 @ VAN L 0-1 L 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Nov 8, 1974 @ AFM L 0-2 L 29 28 1 0.966 59:46
Nov 6, 1974 @ BUF L 4-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Nov 3, 1974 vs PIT T 3-3 T 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Nov 2, 1974 @ KCS W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Oct 30, 1974 @ MTL T 4-4 T 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Oct 27, 1974 vs STL W 10-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 26, 1974 @ TOR W 9-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Oct 23, 1974 vs WSH W 3-2 W 12 10 2 0.833 60:00
Oct 20, 1974 vs MNS W 6-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 19, 1974 @ STL W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Oct 16, 1974 vs BOS W 4-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 13, 1974 vs AFM L 3-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Oct 9, 1974 @ DET L 1-2 L 14 12 2 0.857 60:00