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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 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rogie Vachon LAK · 68 GP, 0.903 Bernie Parent PHI · 61 GP, 0.899 Ken Dryden MTL · 56 GP, 0.920 Michel Plasse CLR · 54 GP, 0.889 Ron Low WSH · 54 GP, 0.881

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

1976-77 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
69 69 2536802 2353 2119 234 3.46 0.901

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1977 vs CLE L 2-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:05
Apr 1, 1977 @ AFM L 4-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 60:00
Mar 30, 1977 @ STL L 1-4 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:41
Mar 26, 1977 vs MNS W 7-2 W 46 44 2 0.957 60:00
Mar 23, 1977 vs LAK L 1-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Mar 20, 1977 vs PIT W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Mar 19, 1977 @ NYI T 2-2 T 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 16, 1977 vs NYI L 0-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Mar 8, 1977 @ LAK L 1-7 L 43 36 7 0.837 48:24
Mar 6, 1977 @ BOS L 2-6 L 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Mar 5, 1977 @ WSH L 4-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Mar 2, 1977 @ BUF L 3-6 L 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Feb 27, 1977 vs VAN L 3-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:00
Feb 26, 1977 vs NYR W 2-1 W 51 50 1 0.980 60:00
Feb 23, 1977 vs DET W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 19, 1977 @ MNS L 2-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 60:00
Feb 16, 1977 @ BUF L 0-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Feb 15, 1977 @ STL L 1-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Feb 13, 1977 vs AFM W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Feb 12, 1977 vs CLR W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Feb 6, 1977 vs MNS L 0-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Feb 5, 1977 @ CLE L 2-3 L 52 49 3 0.942 59:03
Feb 2, 1977 vs AFM W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 30, 1977 vs CLE W 9-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 27, 1977 @ VAN T 1-1 T 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 23, 1977 vs PHI T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 22, 1977 @ DET W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 19, 1977 vs STL L 3-5 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:12
Jan 18, 1977 @ CLR T 7-7 T 40 33 7 0.825 60:00
Jan 15, 1977 @ TOR W 4-1 W 42 41 1 0.976 60:00
Jan 12, 1977 vs NYI W 2-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Jan 9, 1977 vs BOS L 2-4 L 43 40 3 0.930 58:59
Jan 5, 1977 vs BUF W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 2, 1977 vs TOR W 6-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Dec 31, 1976 @ CLR T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 29, 1976 vs DET W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Dec 26, 1976 vs CLR W 5-3 W 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Dec 22, 1976 vs BUF L 2-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Dec 21, 1976 @ MNS T 3-3 T 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Dec 19, 1976 vs STL L 4-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 60:00
Dec 16, 1976 @ PHI L 1-4 L 46 42 4 0.913 60:00
Dec 12, 1976 vs NYI L 2-6 L 53 47 6 0.887 60:00
Dec 8, 1976 vs MTL L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:14
Dec 5, 1976 vs VAN L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Dec 1, 1976 vs BOS L 3-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Nov 27, 1976 @ VAN L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:04
Nov 24, 1976 @ LAK W 5-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Nov 21, 1976 @ PIT L 0-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Nov 19, 1976 @ AFM L 3-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 59:12
Nov 17, 1976 @ NYR L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:54
Nov 14, 1976 vs LAK W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 12, 1976 @ WSH W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 10, 1976 vs PHI T 2-2 T 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Nov 7, 1976 vs CLR L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:16
Nov 6, 1976 @ MTL L 3-11 L 16 12 4 0.750 23:35
Nov 4, 1976 @ BOS L 5-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Oct 31, 1976 vs WSH W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 30, 1976 @ DET W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Oct 27, 1976 vs MTL T 4-4 T 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Oct 24, 1976 vs STL W 7-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Oct 23, 1976 @ MNS L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:06
Oct 21, 1976 @ PHI L 1-5 L 27 24 3 0.889 35:01
Oct 19, 1976 @ CLE L 0-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Oct 17, 1976 vs MNS W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 15, 1976 @ CLR L 3-5 L 19 15 4 0.789 59:45
Oct 13, 1976 vs PIT W 4-1 W 43 42 1 0.977 60:00
Oct 10, 1976 vs VAN W 5-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Oct 9, 1976 @ NYI L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 59:35
Oct 7, 1976 @ STL W 6-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00