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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 1981-82. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dave Parro WSH · 52 GP, 0.874 Mario Lessard LAK · 52 GP, 0.851 Pat Riggin CGY · 52 GP, 0.871 Richard Brodeur VAN · 52 GP, 0.893 Gilles Meloche MNS · 51 GP, 0.894

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

1981-82 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
52 51 1925801 1746 1515 231 4.53 0.868

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 28, 1982 vs STL L 3-8 L 38 30 8 0.789 60:00
Mar 24, 1982 vs DET W 6-4 W 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Mar 22, 1982 @ TOR L 5-8 L 34 27 7 0.794 59:43
Mar 20, 1982 @ DET W 4-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Mar 11, 1982 @ MTL L 0-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Mar 10, 1982 @ TOR W 7-6 W 43 37 6 0.860 60:00
Mar 7, 1982 vs BOS W 5-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Mar 3, 1982 vs WIN L 2-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:51
Feb 28, 1982 @ CLR L 3-5 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:39
Feb 27, 1982 @ LAK W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Feb 24, 1982 @ NYR L 4-6 L 25 20 5 0.800 59:52
Feb 17, 1982 vs BUF L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 15, 1982 vs VAN L 1-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:29
Feb 13, 1982 @ TOR W 6-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Feb 11, 1982 vs NYI L 2-8 L 36 28 8 0.778 60:00
Feb 7, 1982 vs MNS W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 6, 1982 @ BOS W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Feb 4, 1982 @ DET L 4-6 L 36 31 5 0.861 59:06
Feb 3, 1982 vs STL W 9-5 W 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Jan 31, 1982 vs TOR L 2-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:22
Jan 27, 1982 vs EDM T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 59:55
Jan 23, 1982 @ MNS L 4-8 L 35 27 8 0.771 60:00
Jan 22, 1982 @ WIN L 5-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 59:49
Jan 16, 1982 @ STL L 6-8 L 32 24 8 0.750 58:27
Jan 10, 1982 vs VAN W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 9, 1982 @ NYR L 5-7 L 24 18 6 0.750 59:41
Jan 6, 1982 vs PIT W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Jan 3, 1982 vs DET W 4-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Dec 30, 1981 @ MTL L 3-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Dec 29, 1981 @ QUE L 1-8 L 38 31 7 0.816 33:52
Dec 23, 1981 vs PHI L 6-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 58:45
Dec 20, 1981 vs TOR L 1-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 58:55
Dec 16, 1981 vs WIN T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Dec 12, 1981 @ MNS L 3-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Dec 9, 1981 vs WSH W 7-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Dec 2, 1981 @ CLR L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:00
Nov 28, 1981 @ CGY T 4-4 T 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Nov 25, 1981 @ VAN L 2-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Nov 22, 1981 vs MNS T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 21, 1981 @ MNS W 6-4 W 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Nov 18, 1981 vs BUF W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Nov 15, 1981 vs CLR W 10-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 11, 1981 vs DET T 5-5 T 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Nov 6, 1981 @ WIN L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:22
Nov 4, 1981 vs LAK W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Oct 31, 1981 @ HFD T 2-2 T 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Oct 28, 1981 vs WIN W 7-6 W 42 36 6 0.857 60:00
Oct 23, 1981 @ WIN T 5-5 T 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Oct 18, 1981 vs EDM W 7-5 W 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Oct 17, 1981 @ STL L 3-7 L 19 13 6 0.684 34:44
Oct 10, 1981 @ TOR L 8-9 L 42 33 9 0.786 60:00
Oct 7, 1981 vs PIT T 5-5 T 39 34 5 0.872 60:00