Regular season and playoffsCHI

Tony Esposito's 1977-1978 season

Wins

NHL#6

Save pct

.914

NHL#5

GAA

2.63

NHL#9

Shutouts

NHL#2

Games

80% of 80

Goaltender Tony Esposito was 34 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Chicago Blackhawks. He played 64 games and won 28 of them, at .914. In the playoffs he played 4 games and won 0.

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

1977-1978Playoffs

Year 1977
49 years ago
Season opener
October 13
Tony Esposito plays the 1977-1978 season for Chicago Blackhawks
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Tony was 34 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.
- The game
  CHI1–5PHI
  L
  October 13game 1/80
  His night
  .848SV%
  28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .848
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  CLR3–3CHI
  October 15game 2/80
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA60:00TOI
  .875
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  BUF2–2CHI
  October 19game 4/80
  His night
  .949SV%
  37SV39SA2GA60:00TOI
  .949
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  STL0–2CHI
  W
  October 23game 6/80
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  24SV24SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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  CLE1–6CHI
  W
  October 30game 9/80
  His night
  .950SV%
  19SV20SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .950
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- November 1977
- The game
  CHI2–2WSH
  November 2game 10/80
  His night
  .905SV%
  19SV21SA2GA60:00TOI
  .905
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  CHI5–2MNS
  W
  November 5game 11/803
  His night
  .909SV%
  20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .909
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  MNS2–2CHI
  November 9game 13/803
  His night
  .867SV%
  13SV15SA2GA60:00TOI
  .867
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  CHI4–7PIT
  L
  November 12game 14/80
  His night
  .825SV%
  33SV40SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .825
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  MTL3–2CHI
  L
  November 13game 15/80
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA59:52TOIL
  .903
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  CHI1–1NYI
  November 15game 16/802
  His night
  .968SV%
  30SV31SA1GA60:00TOI
  .968
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  CHI0–1BOS
  L
  November 20game 18/80
  His night
  .958SV%
  23SV24SA1GA59:04TOIL
  .958
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  CHI3–8LAK
  L
  November 23game 19/80
  His night
  .789SV%
  30SV38SA8GA60:00TOIL
  .789
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  CHI5–1CLR
  W
  November 25game 20/80
  His night
  .970SV%
  32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .970
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- Checkpoint
  November 25
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8014 of 20 started
  4
  wins
  NHL#14
  .904
  SV%
  NHL#11
  2.7
  GAA
  NHL#12
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#7
  CHI
  6-7-0W-L-OT19Points
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF3–2CHI
  L
  November 30game 22/80
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA59:01TOIL
  .903
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- December 1977
- The game
  CHI2–3MTL
  L
  December 3game 23/80
  His night
  .912SV%
  31SV34SA3GA59:23TOIL
  .912
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  CHI2–1DET
  W
  December 6game 25/80
  His night
  .969SV%
  31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .969
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  NYI4–0CHI
  L
  December 7game 26/801
  His night
  .882SV%
  30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .882
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  CHI2–4PHI
  L
  December 10game 27/80
  His night
  .914SV%
  32SV35SA3GA59:07TOIL
  .914
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  MNS3–8CHI
  W
  December 11game 28/803
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .897
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  NYR2–2CHI
  December 14game 30/80
  His night
  .929SV%
  26SV28SA2GA60:00TOI
  .929
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- The game
  CHI1–7TOR
  L
  December 17game 31/801
  His night
  .781SV%
  25SV32SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .781
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  AFM0–3CHI
  W
  December 18game 32/80
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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  CHI6–2STL
  W
  December 21game 33/801
  His night
  .939SV%
  31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .939
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  LAK4–0CHI
  L
  December 22game 34/80
  His night
  .840SV%
  21SV25SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .840
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  CHI4–2AFM
  W
  December 27game 35/80
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .943
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Year 1978
48 years ago
- The game
  BOS3–0CHI
  L
  January 4game 38/80
  His night
  .909SV%
  30SV33SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .909
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- The game
  CHI0–0STL
  January 7game 39/801
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  21SV21SA0GA60:00TOI
  SHUTOUT
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  WSH1–3CHI
  W
  January 8game 40/80
  His night
  .944SV%
  17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .944
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- Checkpoint
  January 8
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8029 of 40 started
  10
  wins
  NHL#9
  .910
  SV%
  NHL#4
  2.6
  GAA
  NHL#10
  3
  shutouts
  NHL#4
  CHI
  13-16-0W-L-OT37Points
  9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PHI4–5CHI
  W
  January 11game 41/80
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .862
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  WSH2–5CHI
  W
  January 18game 43/80
  His night
  .929SV%
  26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .929
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- The game
  CHI2–4DET
  L
  January 19game 44/80
  His night
  .871SV%
  27SV31SA4GA59:44TOIL
  .871
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- The game
  CHI4–1MNS
  W
  January 21game 45/803
  His night
  .966SV%
  28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .966
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  STL1–3CHI
  W
  January 22game 46/801
  His night
  .958SV%
  23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .958
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- The game
  CLE0–5CHI
  W
  January 26game 47/80
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  DET1–6CHI
  W
  January 28game 48/80
  His night
  .952SV%
  20SV21SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .952
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- February 1978
- The game
  PHI1–3CHI
  W
  February 1game 49/80
  His night
  .973SV%
  36SV37SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .973
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- The game
  CHI5–1VAN
  W
  February 4game 50/80
  His night
  .960SV%
  24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .960
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- The game
  NYI4–5CHI
  W
  February 8game 51/802
  His night
  .852SV%
  23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .852
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- The game
  CHI3–3MTL
  February 9game 52/80
  His night
  .921SV%
  35SV38SA3GA60:00TOI
  .921
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- The game
  AFM2–2CHI
  February 12game 53/80
  His night
  .931SV%
  27SV29SA2GA60:00TOI
  .931
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- The game
  CHI1–2PIT
  L
  February 14game 54/80
  His night
  .941SV%
  32SV34SA2GA59:19TOIL
  .941
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- The game
  CLR2–2CHI
  February 15game 55/80
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA60:00TOI
  .943
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- The game
  BOS2–4CHI
  W
  February 18game 56/80
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .943
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- The game
  PIT2–2CHI
  February 19game 57/80
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA60:00TOI
  .943
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- The game
  NYR2–3CHI
  W
  February 22game 58/80
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .943
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- The game
  CHI1–7NYI
  L
  February 25game 60/802
  His night
  .788SV%
  26SV33SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .788
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- Checkpoint
  February 25
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8047 of 60 started
  21
  wins
  NHL#5
  .916
  SV%
  NHL#1
  2.5
  GAA
  NHL#6
  4
  shutouts
  NHL#3
  CHI
  24-20-0W-L-OT64Points
  Playoff spot
  7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  TOR5–3CHI
  L
  February 26game 61/801
  His night
  .852SV%
  23SV27SA4GA59:52TOIL
  .852
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- March 1978
- The game
  CHI2–3VAN
  L
  March 1game 62/80
  His night
  .882SV%
  15SV17SA2GA59:23TOIL
  .882
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- The game
  CHI6–3LAK
  W
  March 4game 63/80
  His night
  .925SV%
  37SV40SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .925
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- The game
  CHI2–2CLR
  March 5game 64/80
  His night
  .949SV%
  37SV39SA2GA60:00TOI
  .949
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- The game
  CHI4–3MNS
  W
  March 8game 65/803
  His night
  .932SV%
  41SV44SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .932
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- The game
  CHI1–4AFM
  L
  March 11game 66/80
  His night
  .875SV%
  28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .875
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  MTL6–2CHI
  L
  March 15game 68/80
  His night
  .793SV%
  23SV29SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .793
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- The game
  CHI4–5STL
  L
  March 18game 69/801
  His night
  .857SV%
  30SV35SA5GA59:04TOIL
  .857
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  PIT1–9CHI
  W
  March 19game 70/80
  His night
  .966SV%
  28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .966
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- The game
  CHI6–2WSH
  W
  March 22game 71/80
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .920
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  CHI0–7BOS
  L
  March 23game 72/80
  His night
  .821SV%
  32SV39SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .821
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- The game
  STL2–2CHI
  March 25game 73/801
  His night
  .946SV%
  35SV37SA2GA60:00TOI
  .946
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- The game
  LAK1–5CHI
  W
  March 29game 75/80
  His night
  .979SV%
  47SV48SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .979
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- April 1978
- The game
  DET0–2CHI
  W
  April 1game 76/801
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  CHI2–4CLE
  L
  April 2game 77/80
  His night
  .906SV%
  29SV32SA3GA59:05TOIL
  .906
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- The game
  CLR4–4CHI
  April 5game 78/80
  His night
  .911SV%
  41SV45SA4GA60:00TOI
  .911
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- The game
  MNS2–4CHI
  W
  April 8game 79/803
  His night
  .917SV%
  22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .917
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The season in numbers
April 8
Tony Esposito closes the 1977-1978 season with 28 wins
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Wins
28
Games
64of 80
80%
Shutouts
5
SV%
.914
GAA
2.63
Starts
64
Events
7 i rad
straight wins
9 days later
Playoffs
April 17
Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 17
Chicago Blackhawks meet Boston Bruins
CHIvsBOS
Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
No Swedes
Swedes on Boston Bruins
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  CHI1–6BOS
  L
  April 17
  His night
  .854SV%
  35SV41SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .854
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- Boston Bruinslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 2
  CHI3–4BOS
  L
  April 19
  His night
  .833SV%
  20SV24SA4GA61:50TOIL
  .833
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- Boston Bruinslead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 3
  BOS4–3CHI
  L
  April 21
  His night
  .867SV%
  26SV30SA4GA69:50TOIL
  .867
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- Boston Bruinslead3–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 4
  BOS5–2CHI
  L
  April 23
  His night
  .773SV%
  17SV22SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .773
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Quarterfinal
April 23
Boston Bruins knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0
CHI0–4BOS
Eliminated
4Games0Wins.838SV%4.5GAA
The run in numbers
April 23
Tony Esposito ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 0 wins
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Wins
0
Games
4
Shutouts
0
SV%
.838
GAA
4.53
Starts
4
BOS0–4

Tony Esposito plays the 1977-1978 season for Chicago Blackhawks

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Tony Esposito closes the 1977-1978 season with 28 wins

Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs

Chicago Blackhawks meet Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0

Tony Esposito ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 0 wins