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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 1975-76. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Wayne Stephenson PHI · 66 GP, 0.908 Denis Herron KCS · 64 GP, 0.890 Wayne Thomas TOR · 64 GP, 0.900 Ken Dryden MTL · 62 GP, 0.927 John Davidson NYR · 56 GP, 0.879

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

1975-76 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
68 67 30231304 2082 1884 198 2.98 0.905

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 1976 vs STL W 7-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Apr 3, 1976 @ STL T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Mar 31, 1976 vs KCS W 6-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Mar 28, 1976 vs MNS W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Mar 27, 1976 vs NYR L 5-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 58:57
Mar 24, 1976 vs AFM L 2-7 L 44 37 7 0.841 60:00
Mar 21, 1976 vs DET L 0-6 L 25 21 4 0.840 43:05
Mar 20, 1976 @ NYI L 2-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:20
Mar 17, 1976 vs TOR W 6-5 W 44 39 5 0.886 60:00
Mar 16, 1976 @ KCS W 6-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Mar 14, 1976 vs NYI L 3-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 59:05
Mar 13, 1976 @ MNS W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 10, 1976 vs MTL L 1-5 L 42 37 5 0.881 59:53
Mar 6, 1976 @ STL L 4-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Mar 4, 1976 @ BUF L 3-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Feb 29, 1976 @ WSH L 1-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:44
Feb 26, 1976 @ LAK W 6-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 24, 1976 @ VAN W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 59:57
Feb 22, 1976 vs CGS L 2-5 L 25 21 4 0.840 58:52
Feb 18, 1976 vs BUF T 4-4 T 21 17 4 0.810 59:53
Feb 15, 1976 vs BOS L 1-4 16 16 0 1.000 20:00
Feb 14, 1976 @ KCS W 5-4 W 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Feb 11, 1976 vs LAK L 4-7 16 12 4 0.750 40:00
Feb 8, 1976 vs WSH W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Feb 6, 1976 @ AFM W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 59:53
Feb 1, 1976 vs VAN L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:52
Jan 29, 1976 @ BOS L 3-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Jan 28, 1976 vs AFM W 7-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 25, 1976 vs KCS W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Jan 24, 1976 @ STL W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 18, 1976 vs PHI W 2-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 59:49
Jan 16, 1976 @ VAN W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 14, 1976 @ CGS T 2-2 T 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Jan 11, 1976 vs NYR L 2-6 L 47 41 6 0.872 60:00
Jan 9, 1976 @ AFM T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 4, 1976 vs PIT W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Jan 3, 1976 @ NYI T 1-1 T 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 30, 1975 vs CGS W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Dec 28, 1975 vs BUF T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Dec 27, 1975 @ TOR W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 23, 1975 vs STL W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 21, 1975 vs NYI W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Dec 19, 1975 @ CGS L 2-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Dec 17, 1975 vs PHI L 2-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:44
Dec 14, 1975 vs STL L 3-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:02
Dec 13, 1975 @ MNS L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:32
Dec 10, 1975 @ WSH W 7-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 7, 1975 vs AFM L 0-2 L 28 27 1 0.964 59:44
Dec 4, 1975 @ PHI L 2-5 L 43 38 5 0.884 59:58
Nov 30, 1975 vs KCS T 1-1 T 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Nov 26, 1975 vs TOR T 4-4 T 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Nov 19, 1975 @ LAK W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Nov 15, 1975 @ MTL T 4-4 T 43 39 4 0.907 60:00
Nov 12, 1975 @ NYR T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 59:57
Nov 9, 1975 vs MNS W 3-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 5, 1975 vs PHI T 4-4 T 43 39 4 0.907 60:00
Nov 1, 1975 @ DET W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Oct 29, 1975 vs MTL W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 26, 1975 vs WSH L 5-7 L 24 17 7 0.708 59:33
Oct 25, 1975 @ KCS W 4-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 22, 1975 vs LAK L 3-5 L 19 14 5 0.737 59:29
Oct 19, 1975 vs MNS W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:56
Oct 18, 1975 @ MNS W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Oct 16, 1975 @ BUF L 1-7 L 40 33 7 0.825 60:00
Oct 15, 1975 vs DET T 4-4 T 16 12 4 0.750 59:13
Oct 12, 1975 vs VAN W 3-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 11, 1975 @ TOR L 1-2 L 37 35 2 0.946 59:07
Oct 8, 1975 @ NYR T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00