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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mario Lessard LAK · 64 GP, 0.893 Greg Millen PIT · 63 GP, 0.864 Mike Liut STL · 61 GP, 0.894 Jiri Crha TOR · 54 GP, 0.875 John Garrett HFD · 54 GP, 0.872

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

1980-81 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
66 65 29231400 2239 1993 246 3.76 0.890

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1981 vs MNS W 8-4 W 43 39 4 0.907 60:00
Apr 1, 1981 @ TOR T 2-2 T 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Mar 29, 1981 vs DET W 4-3 W 48 45 3 0.938 60:00
Mar 25, 1981 vs LAK L 2-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 58:48
Mar 22, 1981 vs NYI L 2-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Mar 21, 1981 @ PHI T 4-4 T 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Mar 18, 1981 vs PHI W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Mar 15, 1981 @ WIN W 8-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 13, 1981 @ VAN L 3-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:22
Mar 11, 1981 @ LAK T 4-4 T 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Mar 8, 1981 @ QUE W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Mar 7, 1981 @ BOS L 1-7 L 40 33 7 0.825 60:00
Mar 4, 1981 vs DET T 3-3 T 46 43 3 0.935 60:00
Mar 1, 1981 vs STL T 4-4 T 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Feb 27, 1981 @ BUF L 1-6 L 26 20 6 0.769 60:00
Feb 25, 1981 vs WSH T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 22, 1981 vs TOR L 4-7 L 41 35 6 0.854 59:09
Feb 18, 1981 @ WSH T 5-5 T 45 40 5 0.889 60:00
Feb 15, 1981 vs HFD T 4-4 T 41 37 4 0.902 60:00
Feb 14, 1981 @ CLR W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Feb 12, 1981 vs LAK T 5-5 T 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Feb 8, 1981 vs WIN W 9-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 7, 1981 @ HFD W 6-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 4, 1981 vs EDM W 6-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Feb 2, 1981 vs PIT W 8-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 31, 1981 @ CGY T 3-3 T 39 36 3 0.923 59:43
Jan 30, 1981 @ EDM L 2-4 L 43 39 4 0.907 58:41
Jan 28, 1981 vs VAN W 7-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Jan 24, 1981 @ STL L 2-4 L 44 40 4 0.909 59:13
Jan 21, 1981 vs MTL W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 18, 1981 vs QUE W 7-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 17, 1981 @ HFD W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 15, 1981 vs BOS W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Jan 11, 1981 vs CGY W 2-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Jan 10, 1981 @ PIT W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Jan 7, 1981 vs CLR W 6-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 4, 1981 vs PIT W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 3, 1981 @ MTL L 1-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Dec 31, 1980 vs BOS L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Dec 21, 1980 vs NYI L 0-9 L 33 24 9 0.727 60:00
Dec 17, 1980 vs CLR L 1-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 60:00
Dec 14, 1980 vs NYR W 2-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 6, 1980 @ PIT L 4-6 L 35 30 5 0.857 59:10
Dec 4, 1980 @ PHI L 5-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Nov 28, 1980 @ VAN L 4-6 L 49 43 6 0.878 59:49
Nov 26, 1980 @ EDM L 3-10 L 37 27 10 0.730 60:00
Nov 23, 1980 vs HFD W 11-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Nov 22, 1980 @ MNS W 6-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Nov 19, 1980 vs BUF W 5-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 60:00
Nov 16, 1980 vs EDM L 4-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Nov 13, 1980 @ CGY T 4-4 T 21 17 4 0.810 60:00
Nov 9, 1980 vs MNS L 1-7 L 29 22 7 0.759 60:00
Nov 8, 1980 @ NYI L 3-7 L 36 29 7 0.806 60:00
Nov 5, 1980 vs NYR T 3-3 T 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 2, 1980 vs STL L 3-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:31
Oct 29, 1980 vs WIN W 8-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Oct 28, 1980 @ DET T 2-2 T 12 11 1 0.917 35:00
Oct 26, 1980 vs QUE W 7-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Oct 25, 1980 @ CLR L 3-5 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:51
Oct 23, 1980 vs MTL L 2-7 L 42 35 7 0.833 60:00
Oct 21, 1980 @ WSH L 0-2 L 36 35 1 0.972 59:02
Oct 19, 1980 vs WSH W 8-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Oct 15, 1980 vs VAN W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Oct 12, 1980 vs CGY T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Oct 11, 1980 @ MTL W 5-4 W 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Oct 9, 1980 vs BUF W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00