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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 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Liut STL · 64 GP, 0.895 Rogie Vachon DET · 59 GP, 0.873 Glen Hanlon VAN · 57 GP, 0.883 Wayne Stephenson WSH · 56 GP, 0.880 Gilles Meloche MNS · 54 GP, 0.897

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

1979-80 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
69 69 31221606 2109 1904 205 2.98 0.903

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1980 @ DET W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Apr 2, 1980 vs WIN L 2-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 59:14
Apr 1, 1980 @ STL L 2-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Mar 30, 1980 vs CLR T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Mar 26, 1980 @ QUE W 7-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 25, 1980 @ MTL L 4-8 L 32 25 7 0.781 59:33
Mar 23, 1980 vs AFM W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 22, 1980 @ NYI T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Mar 19, 1980 vs QUE W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Mar 16, 1980 vs NYI L 1-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 59:10
Mar 14, 1980 @ EDM L 4-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Mar 12, 1980 vs PHI T 6-6 T 38 32 6 0.842 59:55
Mar 8, 1980 @ LAK T 3-3 T 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Mar 5, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 T 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 1, 1980 @ MNS W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Feb 27, 1980 vs EDM L 2-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Feb 24, 1980 vs BUF W 3-1 W 15 14 1 0.933 60:00
Feb 23, 1980 @ WSH L 2-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Feb 20, 1980 vs TOR W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 17, 1980 vs AFM W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 13, 1980 vs NYR W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Feb 10, 1980 vs PIT W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 9, 1980 @ BOS L 2-5 L 22 18 4 0.818 59:01
Feb 3, 1980 vs TOR W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:30
Feb 2, 1980 @ TOR W 5-4 W 43 39 4 0.907 60:00
Jan 30, 1980 vs WSH W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 59:53
Jan 27, 1980 vs MNS W 3-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 25, 1980 @ AFM T 4-4 T 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Jan 23, 1980 vs PHI L 1-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Jan 20, 1980 @ NYR W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 19, 1980 @ HFD L 3-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 58:46
Jan 16, 1980 vs MTL L 1-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Jan 13, 1980 vs DET W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 12, 1980 @ PIT W 3-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Jan 9, 1980 vs LAK L 1-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Jan 6, 1980 vs VAN W 3-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Jan 5, 1980 @ MTL W 4-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Jan 2, 1980 vs CLR W 5-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 59:50
Dec 30, 1979 vs BOS W 5-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Dec 28, 1979 @ WSH L 2-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Dec 26, 1979 @ STL T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 23, 1979 vs NYI W 8-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 21, 1979 @ WIN L 1-4 L 21 17 4 0.810 60:00
Dec 19, 1979 vs PIT T 0-0 T, SO 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 16, 1979 vs DET W 7-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Dec 15, 1979 @ BOS W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 12, 1979 vs NYR L 2-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Dec 8, 1979 @ PIT T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 5, 1979 @ NYR T 3-3 T 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Nov 30, 1979 @ VAN T 1-1 T 42 41 1 0.976 60:00
Nov 28, 1979 @ EDM L 2-4 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:34
Nov 25, 1979 vs STL W 6-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Nov 24, 1979 @ TOR W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Nov 21, 1979 vs WSH W 4-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 18, 1979 vs MNS T 3-3 T 44 41 3 0.932 60:00
Nov 14, 1979 vs VAN L 2-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:21
Nov 11, 1979 vs HFD T 5-5 T 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Nov 9, 1979 @ HFD W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:55
Nov 4, 1979 vs LAK L 3-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:15
Oct 31, 1979 vs BUF T 0-0 T, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 28, 1979 vs BOS L 1-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Oct 27, 1979 @ NYI L 4-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 58:41
Oct 24, 1979 vs WIN W 4-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 21, 1979 vs QUE L 0-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 59:46
Oct 20, 1979 @ AFM T 2-2 T 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Oct 17, 1979 vs MTL W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 14, 1979 vs HFD T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Oct 13, 1979 @ MNS L 1-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Oct 10, 1979 vs EDM W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:56