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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 2003-04. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brian Boucher PHX · 40 GP, 0.906 Sebastien Caron PIT · 40 GP, 0.883 Cristobal Huet LAK · 41 GP, 0.907 Manny Legace DET · 41 GP, 0.920 Garth Snow NYI · 39 GP, 0.899

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

2003-04 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
40 40 2111703 932 853 79 2.04 0.915

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 2004 @ NYI T 3-3 (OT) T 26 23 3 0.885 64:51
Apr 2, 2004 vs OTT L 1-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 58:10
Mar 27, 2004 vs NYR L 1-3 L 12 9 3 0.750 22:39
Mar 25, 2004 vs NYI L 2-4 L 15 11 4 0.733 58:59
Mar 20, 2004 vs NYR W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 18, 2004 vs TOR L 2-3 L 14 11 3 0.786 58:03
Mar 13, 2004 vs NJD W 2-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Mar 11, 2004 vs DAL T 2-2 (OT) T 39 37 2 0.949 64:54
Mar 9, 2004 @ NJD W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Mar 5, 2004 vs OTT W 5-3 W 22 20 2 0.909 58:15
Mar 3, 2004 vs NSH W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Feb 28, 2004 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) L 32 29 3 0.906 61:03
Feb 2, 2004 vs TBL L 1-2 10 10 0 1.000 25:23
Jan 31, 2004 @ PIT W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Jan 28, 2004 @ FLA T 3-3 (OT) T 25 22 3 0.880 65:00
Jan 25, 2004 @ WSH W 4-1 W 13 12 1 0.923 59:53
Jan 24, 2004 vs BUF W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 22, 2004 @ NYR W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 59:57
Jan 20, 2004 vs MTL L 1-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Jan 17, 2004 @ TOR W 4-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 16, 2004 vs TOR W 4-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Jan 12, 2004 vs PIT L 1-2 L 21 19 2 0.905 59:17
Jan 10, 2004 vs EDM L 0-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:58
Jan 7, 2004 @ BUF T 1-1 (OT) T 21 20 1 0.952 65:00
Jan 3, 2004 @ TBL L 1-6 L 12 9 3 0.750 24:41
Dec 30, 2003 @ STL W 7-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 29, 2003 @ DAL T 2-2 (OT) T 22 20 2 0.909 65:00
Dec 20, 2003 vs NYI W 3-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Dec 5, 2003 vs PHX W 3-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Dec 1, 2003 @ OTT L 1-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:51
Nov 28, 2003 vs CAR W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 59:56
Nov 26, 2003 @ PIT T 1-1 (OT) T 20 19 1 0.950 64:56
Nov 20, 2003 vs MIN W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Nov 13, 2003 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) W 32 29 3 0.906 61:47
Nov 6, 2003 vs WSH W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 59:59
Nov 1, 2003 @ TOR W 7-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 59:57
Oct 29, 2003 vs FLA W 5-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 59:54
Oct 27, 2003 vs MTL W 5-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 59:50
Oct 22, 2003 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) L 29 25 4 0.862 60:01
Oct 11, 2003 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) T 23 20 3 0.870 65:00