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Phil Esposito

#77 · Centre · New York Rangers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Feb 20, 1942 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1971-72, 1969-70
×5 Art Ross Trophy Top Point Scorer 1973-74, 1972-73, 1971-72, 1970-71, 1968-69
×2 Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1973-74, 1968-69
×2 Ted Lindsay Award Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the NHLPA 1973-74, 1970-71
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 1977-78

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1967-68. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gordie Howe DET · 82 P in 74 GP Stan Mikita CHI · 87 P in 72 GP Jean Ratelle NYR · 78 P in 74 GP Rod Gilbert NYR · 77 P in 73 GP Bobby Hull CHI · 75 P in 71 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0501001501963-64: 5 points563-641964-65: 55 points551965-66: 53 points5365-661966-67: 61 points611967-68: 84 points8467-681968-69: 126 points1261969-70: 99 points9969-701970-71: 152 points1521971-72: 133 points13371-721972-73: 130 points1301973-74: 145 points14573-741974-75: 127 points1271975-76: 83 points8375-761976-77: 80 points801977-78: 81 points8177-781978-79: 78 points781979-80: 78 points7879-801980-81: 20 points20

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1963-64 CHI 29 3 2 5 2 2 19 0 0.17
1964-65 CHI 70 23 32 55 5 44 187 0 0.79
1965-66 CHI 69 27 26 53 21 49 172 0 0.77
1966-67 CHI 69 21 40 61 34 40 192 0 0.88
1967-68 BOS 74 35 49 84 18 21 284 0 1.14
1968-69 BOS 74 49 77 126 55 79 351 0 1.70
1969-70 BOS 76 43 56 99 26 50 405 0 1.30
1970-71 BOS 78 76 76 152 69 71 550 0 1.95
1971-72 BOS 76 66 67 133 54 76 426 0 1.75
1972-73 BOS 78 55 75 130 17 87 411 0 1.67
1973-74 BOS 78 68 77 145 51 58 393 0 1.86
1974-75 BOS 79 61 66 127 17 62 346 0 1.61
1975-76 BOS 12 6 10 16 -1 8 57 0 1.33
1975-76 NYR 62 29 38 67 -38 28 217 0 1.08
1976-77 NYR 80 34 46 80 -27 52 344 0 1.00
1977-78 NYR 79 38 43 81 -21 53 261 0 1.03
1978-79 NYR 80 42 36 78 -1 37 215 0 0.98
1979-80 NYR 80 34 44 78 -14 73 245 0 0.98
1980-81 NYR 41 7 13 20 -15 20 91 0 0.49
18 seasons Career 1284 717 873 1590 252 910 5166 0 1.24

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1963-64 CHI 6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.00
1964-65 CHI 14 3 3 6 2 15 32 0 0.43
1965-66 CHI 6 1 1 2 0 2 13 0 0.33
1966-67 CHI 6 0 0 0 -2 7 11 0 0.00
1967-68 BOS 4 0 3 3 0 0 17 0 0.75
1968-69 BOS 10 8 10 18 6 8 63 0 1.80
1969-70 BOS 14 13 14 27 12 16 72 0 1.93
1970-71 BOS 7 3 7 10 0 6 54 0 1.43
1971-72 BOS 15 9 15 24 16 24 101 0 1.60
1972-73 BOS 2 0 1 1 -4 2 5 0 0.50
1973-74 BOS 16 9 5 14 -2 25 73 0 0.88
1974-75 BOS 3 4 1 5 2 0 19 0 1.67
1977-78 NYR 3 0 1 1 -1 5 7 0 0.33
1978-79 NYR 18 8 12 20 -1 20 37 0 1.11
1979-80 NYR 9 3 3 6 -2 8 30 0 0.67
15 seasons Playoffs 133 61 76 137 25 138 535 0 1.03

1967-68 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 35 49 84 18 21 284 0 1.14 12.3 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 31, 1968 vs TOR L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1968 @ MTL W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1968 vs NYR L 4-5 1 1 2 0 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1968 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1968 vs CHI W 8-0 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1968 vs MTL W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1968 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1968 @ NYR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1968 vs DET L 5-7 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1968 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1968 @ CHI W 5-3 1 2 3 1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1968 vs STL W 9-3 0 4 4 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1968 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1968 @ PIT W 5-3 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1968 @ TOR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1968 @ DET W 3-2 1 0 1 2 7 5 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1968 @ MNS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1968 @ LAK W 6-5 1 3 4 3 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1968 @ OAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1968 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1968 vs STL T 3-3 0 1 1 2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1968 @ DET T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1968 @ STL W 6-4 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1968 vs DET W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1968 vs NYR T 3-3 1 0 1 2 2 6 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1968 vs CHI T 4-4 0 3 3 0 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1968 vs PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1968 @ MTL L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1968 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1968 @ NYR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1968 vs CHI W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1968 vs PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1968 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1968 vs MNS W 9-2 2 2 4 3 2 6 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1968 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1968 vs DET W 5-4 2 1 3 3 0 8 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1968 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1968 @ TOR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1968 @ PHI W 3-2 2 1 3 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1968 @ NYR T 5-5 1 0 1 4 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1967 @ DET L 4-6 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1967 @ MNS L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1967 vs CHI W 7-2 3 1 4 5 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1967 vs OAK W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1967 @ NYR W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1967 @ CHI L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1967 @ LAK W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1967 @ OAK L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1967 vs MTL L 2-6 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1967 vs LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1967 @ TOR T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1967 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1967 vs MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1967 vs CHI T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1967 vs MNS W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1967 vs DET W 7-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1967 @ MTL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1967 vs NYR W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 9 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1967 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1967 vs TOR W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1967 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1967 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 7 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1967 vs PHI L 2-4 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1967 vs OAK W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1967 @ NYR W 6-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1967 vs TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1967 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1967 vs PIT W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1967 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1967 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1967 @ DET W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1967 @ CHI W 7-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1967 vs MTL W 6-2 4 0 4 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1967 vs DET T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00