Regular season and playoffsCHI

Tony Esposito's 1976-1977 season

Wins

NHL#7

Save pct

.901

NHL#13

GAA

3.46

NHL#25

Shutouts

NHL#13

Games

86% of 80

Goaltender Tony Esposito was 33 years old when the 1976-1977 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Chicago Blackhawks. He played 69 games and won 25 of them, at .901. In the playoffs he played 2 games and won 0.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1976-1977Playoffs

Year 1976
50 years ago
Season opener
October 7
Tony Esposito plays the 1976-1977 season for Chicago Blackhawks
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Tony was 33 years old when the 1976-1977 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.
- The game
  CHI6–4STL
  W
  October 7game 1/80
  His night
  .879SV%
  29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .879
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- The game
  CHI1–2NYI
  L
  October 9game 2/801
  His night
  .926SV%
  25SV27SA2GA59:35TOIL
  .926
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  VAN1–5CHI
  W
  October 10game 3/80
  His night
  .960SV%
  24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .960
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  PIT1–4CHI
  W
  October 13game 4/80
  His night
  .977SV%
  42SV43SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .977
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  CHI3–5CLR
  L
  October 15game 5/80
  His night
  .789SV%
  15SV19SA4GA59:45TOIL
  .789
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  MNS0–3CHI
  W
  October 17game 6/801
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  24SV24SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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  CHI0–3CLE
  L
  October 19game 7/80
  His night
  .880SV%
  22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .880
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  CHI1–5PHI
  L
  October 21game 8/80
  His night
  .889SV%
  24SV27SA3GA35:01TOIL
  .889
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  CHI3–4MNS
  L
  October 23game 9/801
  His night
  .875SV%
  28SV32SA4GA59:06TOIL
  .875
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  STL2–7CHI
  W
  October 24game 10/80
  His night
  .938SV%
  30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .938
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- The game
  MTL4–4CHI
  October 27game 11/80
  His night
  .892SV%
  33SV37SA4GA60:00TOI
  .892
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- The game
  CHI4–1DET
  W
  October 30game 12/80
  His night
  .970SV%
  32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .970
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  WSH4–5CHI
  W
  October 31game 13/80
  His night
  .875SV%
  28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .875
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- November 1976
- The game
  CHI5–7BOS
  L
  November 4game 14/80
  His night
  .821SV%
  32SV39SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .821
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  CHI3–11MTL
  L
  November 6game 15/80
  His night
  .750SV%
  12SV16SA4GA23:35TOIL
  .750
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  CLR3–2CHI
  L
  November 7game 16/80
  His night
  .912SV%
  31SV34SA3GA59:16TOIL
  .912
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- The game
  PHI2–2CHI
  November 10game 17/80
  His night
  .941SV%
  32SV34SA2GA60:00TOI
  .941
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- The game
  CHI5–4WSH
  W
  November 12game 18/80
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .862
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- The game
  LAK4–5CHI
  W
  November 14game 19/801
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .862
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- The game
  CHI2–3NYR
  L
  November 17game 20/80
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA58:54TOIL
  .897
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- Checkpoint
  November 17
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  9
  wins
  NHL#3
  .900
  SV%
  NHL#11
  3.2
  GAA
  NHL#14
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#8
  CHI
  9-9-0W-L-OT20Points
  8th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI3–5AFM
  L
  November 19game 21/80
  His night
  .815SV%
  22SV27SA5GA59:12TOIL
  .815
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  CHI0–5PIT
  L
  November 21game 22/80
  His night
  .848SV%
  28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .848
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- The game
  CHI5–4LAK
  W
  November 24game 23/801
  His night
  .879SV%
  29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .879
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- The game
  CHI3–4VAN
  L
  November 27game 24/80
  His night
  .871SV%
  27SV31SA4GA59:04TOIL
  .871
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- December 1976
- The game
  BOS5–3CHI
  L
  December 1game 25/80
  His night
  .857SV%
  30SV35SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .857
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  VAN4–2CHI
  L
  December 5game 27/80
  His night
  .882SV%
  30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .882
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- The game
  MTL4–3CHI
  L
  December 8game 28/80
  His night
  .867SV%
  26SV30SA4GA59:14TOIL
  .867
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- The game
  NYI6–2CHI
  L
  December 12game 30/801
  His night
  .887SV%
  47SV53SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .887
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- The game
  CHI1–4PHI
  L
  December 16game 31/80
  His night
  .913SV%
  42SV46SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .913
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- The game
  STL6–4CHI
  L
  December 19game 33/80
  His night
  .838SV%
  31SV37SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .838
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- The game
  CHI3–3MNS
  December 21game 34/801
  His night
  .914SV%
  32SV35SA3GA60:00TOI
  .914
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- The game
  BUF4–2CHI
  L
  December 22game 35/80
  His night
  .875SV%
  28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .875
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- The game
  CLR3–5CHI
  W
  December 26game 36/80
  His night
  .927SV%
  38SV41SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .927
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- The game
  DET3–6CHI
  W
  December 29game 37/80
  His night
  .912SV%
  31SV34SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .912
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- The game
  CHI2–2CLR
  December 31game 38/80
  His night
  .933SV%
  28SV30SA2GA60:00TOI
  .933
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Year 1977
49 years ago
- The game
  TOR4–6CHI
  W
  January 2game 39/802
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .862
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- The game
  BUF1–2CHI
  W
  January 5game 40/80
  His night
  .971SV%
  33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .971
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- Checkpoint
  January 5
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8037 of 40 started
  14
  wins
  NHL#4
  .894
  SV%
  NHL#13
  3.5
  GAA
  NHL#18
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#9
  CHI
  14-20-0W-L-OT34Points
  12th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS4–2CHI
  L
  January 9game 42/80
  His night
  .930SV%
  40SV43SA3GA58:59TOIL
  .930
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- The game
  NYI1–2CHI
  W
  January 12game 43/801
  His night
  .973SV%
  36SV37SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .973
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- The game
  CHI4–1TOR
  W
  January 15game 44/802
  His night
  .976SV%
  41SV42SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .976
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- The game
  CHI7–7CLR
  January 18game 46/80
  His night
  .825SV%
  33SV40SA7GA60:00TOI
  .825
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- The game
  STL5–3CHI
  L
  January 19game 47/80
  His night
  .895SV%
  34SV38SA4GA59:12TOIL
  .895
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- The game
  CHI3–0DET
  W
  January 22game 48/80
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  PHI2–2CHI
  January 23game 49/80
  His night
  .938SV%
  30SV32SA2GA60:00TOI
  .938
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- The game
  CHI1–1VAN
  January 27game 50/80
  His night
  .964SV%
  27SV28SA1GA60:00TOI
  .964
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- The game
  CLE3–9CHI
  W
  January 30game 51/801
  His night
  .909SV%
  30SV33SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .909
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- February 1977
- The game
  AFM2–4CHI
  W
  February 2game 52/80
  His night
  .931SV%
  27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .931
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- The game
  CHI2–3CLE
  L
  February 5game 54/801
  His night
  .942SV%
  49SV52SA3GA59:03TOIL
  .942
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- The game
  MNS3–0CHI
  L
  February 6game 55/801
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .903
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- The game
  CLR2–4CHI
  W
  February 12game 57/80
  His night
  .938SV%
  30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .938
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- The game
  AFM2–4CHI
  W
  February 13game 58/80
  His night
  .947SV%
  36SV38SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .947
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- The game
  CHI1–5STL
  L
  February 15game 59/80
  His night
  .865SV%
  32SV37SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .865
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- The game
  CHI0–3BUF
  L
  February 16game 60/80
  His night
  .921SV%
  35SV38SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .921
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- Checkpoint
  February 16
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8053 of 60 started
  21
  wins
  NHL#4
  .905
  SV%
  NHL#6
  3.3
  GAA
  NHL#12
  2
  shutouts
  NHL#10
  CHI
  21-29-0W-L-OT52Points
  Playoff spot
  11th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI2–6MNS
  L
  February 19game 61/801
  His night
  .838SV%
  31SV37SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .838
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Milestone
Tony Esposito reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against Minnesota North Stars · February 19
- The game
  DET2–5CHI
  W
  February 23game 63/80
  His night
  .939SV%
  31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .939
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- The game
  NYR1–2CHI
  W
  February 26game 64/80
  His night
  .980SV%
  50SV51SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .980
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- The game
  VAN4–3CHI
  L
  February 27game 65/80
  His night
  .882SV%
  30SV34SA4GA59:00TOIL
  .882
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- March 1977
- The game
  CHI3–6BUF
  L
  March 2game 66/80
  His night
  .854SV%
  35SV41SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .854
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- The game
  CHI4–7WSH
  L
  March 5game 67/80
  His night
  .821SV%
  32SV39SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .821
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- The game
  CHI2–6BOS
  L
  March 6game 68/80
  His night
  .854SV%
  35SV41SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .854
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- The game
  CHI1–7LAK
  L
  March 8game 69/80
  His night
  .837SV%
  36SV43SA7GA48:24TOIL
  .837
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- The game
  NYI5–0CHI
  L
  March 16game 72/801
  His night
  .792SV%
  19SV24SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .792
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- The game
  CHI2–2NYI
  March 19game 73/801
  His night
  .935SV%
  29SV31SA2GA60:00TOI
  .935
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- The game
  PIT2–3CHI
  W
  March 20game 74/80
  His night
  .949SV%
  37SV39SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .949
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- The game
  LAK3–1CHI
  L
  March 23game 75/80
  His night
  .857SV%
  18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .857
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- The game
  MNS2–7CHI
  W
  March 26game 76/801
  His night
  .957SV%
  44SV46SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .957
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- The game
  CHI1–4STL
  L
  March 30game 78/80
  His night
  .914SV%
  32SV35SA3GA59:41TOIL
  .914
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- April 1977
- The game
  CHI4–6AFM
  L
  April 1game 79/80
  His night
  .846SV%
  33SV39SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .846
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- The game
  CLE4–2CHI
  L
  April 3game 80/801
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA59:05TOIL
  .893
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The season in numbers
April 3
Tony Esposito closes the 1976-1977 season with 25 wins
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Wins
25
Games
69of 80
86%
Shutouts
2
SV%
.901
GAA
3.46
Starts
69
Events
500
NHL games
2 days later
Playoffs
April 5
Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 5
Chicago Blackhawks meet New York Islanders
CHIvsNYI
Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
No Swedes
Swedes on New York Islanders
Robert Nyström
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- Game 1
  CHI2–5NYI
  L
  April 51
  His night
  .889SV%
  32SV36SA4GA59:42TOIL
  .889
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 2
  CHI1–2NYI
  L
  April 71
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA58:57TOIL
  .943
  View the game
Preliminary round
April 7
New York Islanders knock Chicago Blackhawks out 2–0
CHI0–2NYI
Eliminated
2Games0Wins.915SV%3.0GAA

Tony Esposito plays the 1976-1977 season for Chicago Blackhawks

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Tony Esposito reaches 500 NHL games

Tony Esposito closes the 1976-1977 season with 25 wins

Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs

Chicago Blackhawks meet New York Islanders

New York Islanders knock Chicago Blackhawks out 2–0