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Robert Esche

#42 · Goalie · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Jan 22, 1978 in White, New York, USA · 6'1", 210 lb · Catches left · Drafted 139th overall in 1996 by PHX (round 6)

Trophy case

William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2002-03

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2000-01. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

David Aebischer COL · 26 GP, 0.903 Marty Turco DAL · 26 GP, 0.925 Peter Skudra BOS · 26 GP, 0.879 Brian Boucher PHI · 27 GP, 0.876 Kirk McLean NYR · 23 GP, 0.889

Career

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

0102030401998-99: 3 games398-991999-00: 8 games899-002000-01: 25 games2500-012001-02: 22 games2201-022002-03: 30 games3002-032003-04: 40 games4003-042005-06: 40 games4005-062006-07: 18 games1806-07

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1998-99 PHX 3 01000 50 43 7 3.24 0.860
1999-00 PHX 8 25000 215 192 23 3.38 0.893
2000-01 PHX 25 108402 657 589 68 3.02 0.896
2001-02 PHX 22 610201 533 481 52 2.73 0.902
2002-03 PHI 30 129302 647 587 60 2.20 0.907
2003-04 PHI 40 2111703 932 853 79 2.04 0.915
2005-06 PHI 40 2211051 1099 986 113 2.97 0.897
2006-07 PHI 18 59011 483 421 62 4.32 0.872
8 seasons Career 186 786416610 4616 4152 464 2.75 0.899

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2002-03 PHI 1 0000 14 13 1 2.00 0.929
2003-04 PHI 18 11701 498 457 41 2.32 0.918
2005-06 PHI 6 2400 176 154 22 4.20 0.875
3 seasons Playoffs 25 131101 688 624 64 2.73 0.907

2000-01 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
25 22 108402 657 589 68 3.02 0.896

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 2001 @ ANA W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Mar 21, 2001 vs OTT L 2-5 5 4 1 0.800 39:48
Mar 17, 2001 @ NSH L 1-4 L 21 18 3 0.857 59:14
Mar 10, 2001 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) T 31 28 3 0.903 65:00
Mar 8, 2001 vs VAN W 3-2 (OT) W 39 37 2 0.949 60:38
Mar 6, 2001 vs NSH W 5-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 4, 2001 vs COL L 0-5 L 43 38 5 0.884 60:00
Mar 2, 2001 vs DET T 2-2 (OT) T 8 7 1 0.875 18:07
Feb 27, 2001 @ BOS L 4-7 16 12 4 0.750 20:00
Feb 16, 2001 @ CAR W 2-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 14, 2001 @ FLA L 3-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 58:48
Feb 13, 2001 @ TBL W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 24, 2001 @ VAN L 2-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 59:55
Jan 19, 2001 @ ANA W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 59:57
Jan 15, 2001 vs STL W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:59
Jan 10, 2001 @ NJD L 1-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Dec 29, 2000 @ MIN T 2-2 (OT) T 27 25 2 0.926 65:00
Dec 2, 2000 vs DAL L 2-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Nov 30, 2000 vs MIN W 2-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 59:39
Nov 25, 2000 @ STL L 1-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Nov 8, 2000 vs DET L 2-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 57:11
Oct 28, 2000 vs LAK W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Oct 22, 2000 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) T 39 36 3 0.923 65:00
Oct 15, 2000 @ LAK W 6-5 W 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Oct 7, 2000 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0.000 01:29