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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 1983-84. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Roberto Romano PIT · 18 GP, 0.876 Ed Staniowski HFD · 19 GP, 0.859 Frank Caprice VAN · 19 GP, 0.882 Markus Mattsson LAK · 19 GP, 0.851 Rick St. Croix TOR · 20 GP, 0.849

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

1983-84 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
18 18 510301 620 532 88 4.84 0.858

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Feb 5, 1984 vs HFD L 3-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 58:52
Jan 29, 1984 vs PHI T 5-5 (OT) T 44 39 5 0.886 64:54
Jan 21, 1984 @ QUE T 4-4 (OT) T 35 31 4 0.886 64:48
Jan 18, 1984 vs NYI L 1-9 L 39 30 9 0.769 60:00
Jan 15, 1984 vs PIT W 2-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 11, 1984 vs EDM L 3-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:22
Jan 7, 1984 @ NYI L 3-5 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:39
Jan 2, 1984 @ MNS L 5-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 59:00
Dec 28, 1983 vs NYR L 4-7 L 47 40 7 0.851 60:00
Dec 18, 1983 vs BOS L 1-5 L 44 39 5 0.886 60:00
Nov 26, 1983 @ NYI L 3-9 L 29 20 9 0.690 60:00
Nov 19, 1983 @ MTL T 5-5 (OT) T 29 24 5 0.828 65:00
Nov 16, 1983 vs STL W 4-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Nov 13, 1983 vs EDM W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 6, 1983 @ NJD L 3-6 L 28 23 5 0.821 59:37
Oct 30, 1983 vs HFD W 6-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 15, 1983 @ TOR L 8-10 L 42 32 10 0.762 59:17
Oct 9, 1983 vs DET W 6-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 59:47