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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 2001-02. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Peter Skudra VAN · 23 GP, 0.907 Steve Passmore CHI · 23 GP, 0.904 David Aebischer COL · 21 GP, 0.931 Jean-Sebastien Aubin PIT · 21 GP, 0.879 Kevin Weekes CAR · 21 GP, 0.916

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

2001-02 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
22 20 610201 533 481 52 2.73 0.902

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 12, 2002 vs MIN W 7-1 5 4 1 0.800 20:00
Mar 28, 2002 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) L 28 26 2 0.929 63:51
Mar 19, 2002 @ BOS L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:20
Mar 17, 2002 @ MIN T 2-2 (OT) T 25 23 2 0.920 65:00
Mar 12, 2002 vs CHI W 3-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Feb 6, 2002 vs CHI L 2-5 6 4 2 0.667 05:15
Jan 26, 2002 @ CBJ W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Jan 25, 2002 @ DET L 1-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Jan 23, 2002 @ CHI W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 59:51
Jan 21, 2002 @ NSH W 1-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 19, 2002 vs BUF L 1-3 L 21 19 2 0.905 59:39
Jan 17, 2002 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) L 34 31 3 0.912 64:58
Jan 15, 2002 vs DET T 2-2 (OT) T 31 29 2 0.935 65:00
Jan 4, 2002 @ SJS L 3-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 58:25
Dec 30, 2001 @ SJS W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 23, 2001 vs ANA L 0-4 6 6 0 1.000 20:00
Nov 24, 2001 @ STL L 3-5 13 10 3 0.769 20:00
Nov 23, 2001 @ MIN L 2-5 L 21 16 5 0.762 40:00
Nov 20, 2001 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) W 25 24 1 0.960 64:36
Nov 10, 2001 @ STL L 1-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:46
Nov 1, 2001 @ NJD L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:56
Oct 11, 2001 @ CHI L 0-3 L 15 14 1 0.933 59:11