Regular season and playoffsCHI

Tony Esposito's 1978-1979 season

Wins

NHL#7

Save pct

.902

NHL#7

GAA

3.28

NHL#15

Shutouts

NHL#2

Games

78% of 80

Goaltender Tony Esposito was 35 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Chicago Blackhawks. He played 63 games and won 24 of them, at .902. In the playoffs he played 4 games and won 0.

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

1978-1979Playoffs

Year 1978
48 years ago
Season opener
October 11
Tony Esposito plays the 1978-1979 season for Chicago Blackhawks
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Tony was 35 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.
- The game
  AFM4–4CHI
  October 11game 1/80
  His night
  .879SV%
  29SV33SA4GA60:00TOI
  .879
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  VAN3–3CHI
  October 15game 2/802
  His night
  .870SV%
  20SV23SA3GA60:00TOI
  .870
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- The game
  CHI4–2WSH
  W
  October 18game 3/801
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .920
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  MNS2–6CHI
  W
  October 19game 4/801
  His night
  .941SV%
  32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .941
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  BOS5–6CHI
  W
  October 22game 5/80
  His night
  .821SV%
  23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIW
  .821
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  WSH2–2CHI
  October 25game 6/801
  His night
  .917SV%
  22SV24SA2GA60:00TOI
  .917
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- The game
  CHI2–7DET
  L
  October 28game 7/802
  His night
  .821SV%
  32SV39SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .821
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  MTL1–4CHI
  W
  October 29game 8/80
  His night
  .972SV%
  35SV36SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .972
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- November 1978
- The game
  VAN1–0CHI
  L
  November 1game 9/804
  His night
  .957SV%
  22SV23SA1GA58:42TOIL
  .957
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- The game
  STL1–3CHI
  W
  November 5game 11/801
  His night
  .967SV%
  29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .967
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- The game
  TOR1–2CHI
  W
  November 8game 12/801
  His night
  .968SV%
  30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .968
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- The game
  CHI3–5AFM
  L
  November 10game 13/80
  His night
  .894SV%
  42SV47SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .894
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  LAK4–1CHI
  L
  November 12game 14/80
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .862
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- The game
  CHI1–8NYR
  L
  November 15game 15/802
  His night
  .795SV%
  31SV39SA8GA60:00TOIL
  .795
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  CHI3–8CLR
  L
  November 18game 17/80
  His night
  .724SV%
  21SV29SA8GA60:00TOIL
  .724
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  CHI3–4LAK
  L
  November 20game 18/80
  His night
  .897SV%
  35SV39SA4GA58:56TOIL
  .897
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- The game
  CHI8–3MTL
  W
  November 25game 20/80
  His night
  .912SV%
  31SV34SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .912
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- Checkpoint
  November 25
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8017 of 20 started
  7
  wins
  NHL#6
  .888
  SV%
  NHL#11
  3.6
  GAA
  NHL#15
  CHI
  8-8-0W-L-OT20Points
  9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  VAN1–1CHI
  November 29game 21/802
  His night
  .963SV%
  26SV27SA1GA60:00TOI
  .963
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- December 1978
- The game
  CLR3–4CHI
  W
  December 3game 23/80
  His night
  .919SV%
  34SV37SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .919
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Milestone
Tony Esposito reaches 300 career wins
in the game against Colorado Rockies · December 3
- The game
  CHI2–4VAN
  L
  December 7game 24/802
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA59:32TOIL
  .893
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- The game
  CHI4–2STL
  W
  December 9game 25/801
  His night
  .939SV%
  31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .939
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- The game
  DET3–3CHI
  December 10game 26/802
  His night
  .900SV%
  27SV30SA3GA59:43TOI
  .900
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- The game
  BUF6–2CHI
  L
  December 13game 27/80
  His night
  .800SV%
  24SV30SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .800
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- The game
  CHI1–5CLR
  L
  December 16game 29/80
  His night
  .808SV%
  21SV26SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .808
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- The game
  MTL5–3CHI
  L
  December 20game 31/80
  His night
  .875SV%
  28SV32SA4GA59:39TOIL
  .875
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- The game
  CHI1–5MTL
  L
  December 21game 32/80
  His night
  .848SV%
  28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .848
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- The game
  STL3–4CHI
  W
  December 27game 34/801
  His night
  .880SV%
  22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .880
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Year 1979
47 years ago
- The game
  BOS6–3CHI
  L
  January 3game 36/80
  His night
  .808SV%
  21SV26SA5GA59:43TOIL
  .808
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- The game
  CHI5–3TOR
  W
  January 6game 38/801
  His night
  .938SV%
  45SV48SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .938
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- The game
  WSH3–5CHI
  W
  January 7game 39/802
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .893
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- The game
  LAK0–3CHI
  W
  January 10game 40/80
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  32SV32SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- Checkpoint
  January 10
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8031 of 40 started
  13
  wins
  NHL#5
  .891
  SV%
  NHL#11
  3.5
  GAA
  NHL#15
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#9
  CHI
  15-17-0W-L-OT38Points
  11th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI3–4MNS
  L
  January 13game 41/802
  His night
  .897SV%
  35SV39SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .897
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- The game
  CLR1–2CHI
  W
  January 17game 42/80
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .962
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- The game
  CHI1–6AFM
  L
  January 19game 43/80
  His night
  .824SV%
  28SV34SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .824
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- The game
  CHI2–4NYI
  L
  January 20game 44/802
  His night
  .897SV%
  35SV39SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .897
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- The game
  NYI2–1CHI
  L
  January 22game 45/802
  His night
  .935SV%
  29SV31SA2GA59:10TOIL
  .935
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- The game
  CHI5–0VAN
  W
  January 24game 46/802
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  34SV34SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  CHI1–4WSH
  L
  January 27game 47/801
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA59:25TOIL
  .903
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- The game
  STL7–2CHI
  L
  January 28game 48/801
  His night
  .811SV%
  30SV37SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .811
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- The game
  BOS2–2CHI
  January 31game 49/80
  His night
  .946SV%
  35SV37SA2GA60:00TOI
  .946
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- February 1979
- The game
  NYI4–5CHI
  W
  February 4game 52/802
  His night
  .871SV%
  27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .871
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- The game
  TOR5–2CHI
  L
  February 12game 53/801
  His night
  .821SV%
  23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .821
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- The game
  CHI5–1STL
  W
  February 17game 55/801
  His night
  .975SV%
  39SV40SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .975
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- The game
  CLR3–5CHI
  W
  February 18game 56/80
  His night
  .925SV%
  37SV40SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .925
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- The game
  BUF2–3CHI
  W
  February 21game 57/80
  His night
  .944SV%
  34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .944
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- The game
  CHI1–5PIT
  L
  February 24game 59/80
  His night
  .894SV%
  42SV47SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .894
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- The game
  PIT2–2CHI
  February 25game 60/80
  His night
  .959SV%
  47SV49SA2GA60:00TOI
  .959
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- Checkpoint
  February 25
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8047 of 60 started
  19
  wins
  NHL#3
  .899
  SV%
  NHL#6
  3.4
  GAA
  NHL#14
  2
  shutouts
  NHL#5
  CHI
  23-26-0W-L-OT57Points
  Playoff spot
  11th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI4–4VAN
  February 28game 61/802
  His night
  .886SV%
  31SV35SA4GA60:00TOI
  .886
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- March 1979
- The game
  CHI4–0CLR
  W
  March 2game 62/80
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  CHI5–8LAK
  L
  March 3game 63/80
  His night
  .867SV%
  39SV45SA6GA59:02TOIL
  .867
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- The game
  CHI1–7NYI
  L
  March 10game 65/802
  His night
  .788SV%
  26SV33SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .788
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- The game
  CHI2–4BOS
  L
  March 17game 68/80
  His night
  .733SV%
  11SV15SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .733
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- The game
  DET4–2CHI
  L
  March 18game 69/802
  His night
  .912SV%
  31SV34SA3GA59:28TOIL
  .912
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- The game
  CHI3–5DET
  L
  March 20game 70/802
  His night
  .900SV%
  36SV40SA4GA59:55TOIL
  .900
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- The game
  NYR7–6CHI
  L
  March 21game 71/801
  His night
  .816SV%
  31SV38SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .816
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- The game
  CHI3–3TOR
  March 24game 72/801
  His night
  .932SV%
  41SV44SA3GA60:00TOI
  .932
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- The game
  CLR0–3CHI
  W
  March 25game 73/80
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  CHI1–1CLR
  March 27game 74/80
  His night
  .977SV%
  42SV43SA1GA60:00TOI
  .977
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- The game
  NYI1–6CHI
  W
  March 29game 75/802
  His night
  .969SV%
  31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .969
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- April 1979
- The game
  VAN2–2CHI
  April 1game 76/801
  His night
  .923SV%
  24SV26SA2GA60:00TOI
  .923
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- The game
  MNS1–7CHI
  W
  April 4game 78/802
  His night
  .969SV%
  31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .969
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- The game
  CHI1–4STL
  L
  April 7game 79/801
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA59:53TOIL
  .897
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- The game
  STL2–3CHI
  W
  April 8game 80/801
  His night
  .953SV%
  41SV43SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .953
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The season in numbers
April 8
Tony Esposito closes the 1978-1979 season with 24 wins
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Wins
24
Games
63of 80
79%
Shutouts
4
SV%
.902
GAA
3.28
Starts
63
Events
300
career wins
8 days later
Playoffs
April 16
Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 16
Chicago Blackhawks meet New York Islanders
CHIvsNYI
Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
No Swedes
Swedes on New York Islanders
Stefan Persson
Robert Nyström
View the whole round
- Game 1
  CHI2–6NYI
  L
  April 162
  His night
  .824SV%
  28SV34SA6GA59:54TOIL
  .824
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 2
  CHI0–1NYI
  L
  April 182
  His night
  .975SV%
  39SV40SA1GA62:31TOIL
  .975
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 3
  NYI4–0CHI
  L
  April 202
  His night
  .857SV%
  24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .857
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- New York Islanderslead3–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 4
  NYI3–1CHI
  L
  April 222
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA58:51TOIL
  .875
  View the game
Quarterfinal
April 22
New York Islanders knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0
CHI0–4NYI
Eliminated
4Games0Wins.889SV%3.5GAA
The run in numbers
April 22
Tony Esposito ends the 1978-1979 playoffs with 0 wins
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Wins
0
Games
4
Shutouts
0
SV%
.889
GAA
3.48
Starts
4
NYI0–4

Tony Esposito plays the 1978-1979 season for Chicago Blackhawks

1/4 into the season

Tony Esposito reaches 300 career wins

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Tony Esposito closes the 1978-1979 season with 24 wins

Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs

Chicago Blackhawks meet New York Islanders

New York Islanders knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0

Tony Esposito ends the 1978-1979 playoffs with 0 wins