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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)

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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 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Fred Brathwaite STL · 30 GP, 0.883 Ron Tugnutt DAL · 31 GP, 0.896 Dan Blackburn NYR · 32 GP, 0.890 Jani Hurme FLA · 28 GP, 0.907 Arturs Irbe CAR · 34 GP, 0.877

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

2002-03 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
30 25 129302 647 587 60 2.20 0.907

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 2003 @ FLA W 6-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 24, 2003 vs ATL W 6-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 59:28
Mar 22, 2003 vs NYR L 1-2 L 19 17 2 0.895 59:03
Mar 20, 2003 vs PIT W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Mar 18, 2003 @ BUF L 2-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 60:00
Mar 10, 2003 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) L 30 28 2 0.933 60:21
Mar 7, 2003 @ NYR L 1-5 25 23 2 0.920 50:54
Feb 22, 2003 vs FLA L 2-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:22
Feb 12, 2003 @ MIN L 0-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 57:51
Jan 30, 2003 @ NJD L 1-5 19 17 2 0.895 40:00
Jan 25, 2003 @ BOS L 0-1 (OT) L 27 26 1 0.963 60:29
Jan 24, 2003 vs NYI L 1-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 58:42
Jan 18, 2003 vs TBL W 3-2 W 14 12 2 0.857 59:54
Jan 13, 2003 vs ATL L 4-7 5 2 3 0.400 12:52
Jan 7, 2003 vs BUF W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Jan 3, 2003 @ ANA W 1-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 28, 2002 @ PHX L 0-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:38
Dec 23, 2002 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) T 28 26 2 0.929 65:00
Dec 18, 2002 @ ATL W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Dec 14, 2002 vs BUF W 2-0 W, SO 15 15 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 10, 2002 @ FLA W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:55
Nov 29, 2002 vs TOR L 0-3 L 20 18 2 0.900 59:41
Nov 27, 2002 @ PIT L 2-7 8 5 3 0.625 35:13
Nov 23, 2002 @ TOR L 0-6 3 1 2 0.333 18:05
Nov 21, 2002 vs SJS T 2-2 (OT) T 29 27 2 0.931 65:00
Nov 13, 2002 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) T 29 28 1 0.966 64:52
Nov 9, 2002 @ WSH L 1-4 13 12 1 0.923 33:15
Oct 31, 2002 vs PHX W 6-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Oct 26, 2002 @ NYI W 6-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:50
Oct 19, 2002 vs WSH W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00