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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Palmateer TOR · 63 GP, 0.911 Denis Herron PIT · 60 GP, 0.901 Rogie Vachon LAK · 70 GP, 0.892 Dan Bouchard AFM · 58 GP, 0.893 Don Edwards BUF · 72 GP, 0.906

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

1977-78 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
64 64 28221405 1964 1796 168 2.63 0.914

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 8, 1978 vs MNS W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Apr 5, 1978 vs CLR T 4-4 T 45 41 4 0.911 60:00
Apr 2, 1978 @ CLE L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:05
Apr 1, 1978 vs DET W 2-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 29, 1978 vs LAK W 5-1 W 48 47 1 0.979 60:00
Mar 25, 1978 vs STL T 2-2 T 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Mar 23, 1978 @ BOS L 0-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Mar 22, 1978 @ WSH W 6-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 19, 1978 vs PIT W 9-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 18, 1978 @ STL L 4-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 59:04
Mar 15, 1978 vs MTL L 2-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 60:00
Mar 11, 1978 @ AFM L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 8, 1978 @ MNS W 4-3 W 44 41 3 0.932 60:00
Mar 5, 1978 @ CLR T 2-2 T 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Mar 4, 1978 @ LAK W 6-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Mar 1, 1978 @ VAN L 2-3 L 17 15 2 0.882 59:23
Feb 26, 1978 vs TOR L 3-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:52
Feb 25, 1978 @ NYI L 1-7 L 33 26 7 0.788 60:00
Feb 22, 1978 vs NYR W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 19, 1978 vs PIT T 2-2 T 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 18, 1978 vs BOS W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 15, 1978 vs CLR T 2-2 T 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 14, 1978 @ PIT L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 59:19
Feb 12, 1978 vs AFM T 2-2 T 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 9, 1978 @ MTL T 3-3 T 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Feb 8, 1978 vs NYI W 5-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Feb 4, 1978 @ VAN W 5-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Feb 1, 1978 vs PHI W 3-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Jan 28, 1978 vs DET W 6-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Jan 26, 1978 vs CLE W 5-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 22, 1978 vs STL W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Jan 21, 1978 @ MNS W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 19, 1978 @ DET L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:44
Jan 18, 1978 vs WSH W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Jan 11, 1978 vs PHI W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Jan 8, 1978 vs WSH W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Jan 7, 1978 @ STL T 0-0 T, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 4, 1978 vs BOS L 0-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Dec 27, 1977 @ AFM W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Dec 22, 1977 vs LAK L 0-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Dec 21, 1977 @ STL W 6-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 18, 1977 vs AFM W 3-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 17, 1977 @ TOR L 1-7 L 32 25 7 0.781 60:00
Dec 14, 1977 vs NYR T 2-2 T 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 11, 1977 vs MNS W 8-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 10, 1977 @ PHI L 2-4 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:07
Dec 7, 1977 vs NYI L 0-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Dec 6, 1977 @ DET W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Dec 3, 1977 @ MTL L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:23
Nov 30, 1977 vs BUF L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:01
Nov 25, 1977 @ CLR W 5-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Nov 23, 1977 @ LAK L 3-8 L 38 30 8 0.789 60:00
Nov 20, 1977 @ BOS L 0-1 L 24 23 1 0.958 59:04
Nov 15, 1977 @ NYI T 1-1 T 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 13, 1977 vs MTL L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:52
Nov 12, 1977 @ PIT L 4-7 L 40 33 7 0.825 60:00
Nov 9, 1977 vs MNS T 2-2 T 15 13 2 0.867 60:00
Nov 5, 1977 @ MNS W 5-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Nov 2, 1977 @ WSH T 2-2 T 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Oct 30, 1977 vs CLE W 6-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Oct 23, 1977 vs STL W 2-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 19, 1977 vs BUF T 2-2 T 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Oct 15, 1977 vs CLR T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Oct 13, 1977 @ PHI L 1-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00