Regular season and playoffsCHI

Tony Esposito's 1980-1981 season

Wins

NHL#3

Save pct

.890

NHL#17

GAA

3.76

NHL#30

Shutouts

NHL#24

Games

82% of 80

Goaltender Tony Esposito was 37 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for Chicago Blackhawks. He played 66 games and won 29 of them, at .890. In the playoffs he played 3 games and won 0.

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

1980-1981Playoffs

Year 1980
46 years ago
Season opener
October 9
Tony Esposito plays the 1980-1981 season for Chicago Blackhawks
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Tony was 37 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 12th season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.
- The game
  BUF3–4CHI
  W
  October 9game 1/80
  His night
  .906SV%
  29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .906
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  CHI5–4MTL
  W
  October 11game 2/80
  His night
  .895SV%
  34SV38SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .895
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  CGY3–3CHI
  October 12game 3/801
  His night
  .889SV%
  24SV27SA3GA60:00TOI
  .889
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- The game
  VAN2–4CHI
  W
  October 15game 4/803
  His night
  .917SV%
  22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .917
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  WSH4–8CHI
  W
  October 19game 6/802
  His night
  .871SV%
  27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .871
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  CHI0–2WSH
  L
  October 21game 7/801
  His night
  .972SV%
  35SV36SA1GA59:02TOIL
  .972
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  MTL7–2CHI
  L
  October 23game 8/80
  His night
  .833SV%
  35SV42SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .833
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  CHI3–5CLR
  L
  October 25game 9/80
  His night
  .886SV%
  31SV35SA4GA58:51TOIL
  .886
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  QUE4–7CHI
  W
  October 26game 10/80
  His night
  .857SV%
  24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .857
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  CHI2–2DET
  October 28game 11/801
  His night
  .917SV%in relief
  11SV12SA1GA35:00TOI
  in relief
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  WIN4–8CHI
  W
  October 29game 12/801
  His night
  .852SV%
  23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .852
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- November 1980
- The game
  STL5–3CHI
  L
  November 2game 13/80
  His night
  .852SV%
  23SV27SA4GA59:31TOIL
  .852
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  NYR3–3CHI
  November 5game 14/801
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA60:00TOI
  .903
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  CHI3–7NYI
  L
  November 8game 15/803
  His night
  .806SV%
  29SV36SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .806
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  MNS7–1CHI
  L
  November 9game 16/801
  His night
  .759SV%
  22SV29SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .759
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  CHI4–4CGY
  November 13game 18/801
  His night
  .810SV%
  17SV21SA4GA60:00TOI
  .810
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  EDM5–4CHI
  L
  November 16game 20/80
  His night
  .861SV%
  31SV36SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .861
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- Checkpoint
  November 16
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8016 of 20 started
  6
  wins
  NHL#9
  .869
  SV%
  NHL#15
  4.1
  GAA
  NHL#18
  CHI
  6-9-0W-L-OT17Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF2–5CHI
  W
  November 19game 21/80
  His night
  .953SV%
  41SV43SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .953
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  CHI6–2MNS
  W
  November 22game 22/801
  His night
  .944SV%
  34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .944
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  HFD3–11CHI
  W
  November 23game 23/80
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .893
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  CHI3–10EDM
  L
  November 26game 24/80
  His night
  .730SV%
  27SV37SA10GA60:00TOIL
  .730
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  CHI4–6VAN
  L
  November 28game 25/802
  His night
  .878SV%
  43SV49SA6GA59:49TOIL
  .878
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- December 1980
- The game
  CHI5–7PHI
  L
  December 4game 27/80
  His night
  .821SV%
  32SV39SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .821
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  CHI4–6PIT
  L
  December 6game 28/80
  His night
  .857SV%
  30SV35SA5GA59:10TOIL
  .857
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  NYR1–2CHI
  W
  December 14game 33/801
  His night
  .964SV%
  27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .964
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  CLR6–1CHI
  L
  December 17game 34/801
  His night
  .838SV%
  31SV37SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .838
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  NYI9–0CHI
  L
  December 21game 36/803
  His night
  .727SV%
  24SV33SA9GA60:00TOIL
  .727
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  BOS4–2CHI
  L
  December 31game 39/80
  His night
  .886SV%
  31SV35SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .886
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Year 1981
45 years ago
- The game
  CHI1–2MTL
  L
  January 3game 40/80
  His night
  .944SV%
  34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIL
  .944
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- Checkpoint
  January 3
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8028 of 40 started
  10
  wins
  NHL#10
  .869
  SV%
  NHL#17
  4.3
  GAA
  NHL#21
  CHI
  12-22-0W-L-OT30Points
  17th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PIT2–3CHI
  W
  January 4game 41/80
  His night
  .949SV%
  37SV39SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .949
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  CLR2–6CHI
  W
  January 7game 42/801
  His night
  .938SV%
  30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .938
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  CHI5–3PIT
  W
  January 10game 43/80
  His night
  .917SV%
  33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .917
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  CGY1–2CHI
  W
  January 11game 44/801
  His night
  .950SV%
  19SV20SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .950
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  BOS2–3CHI
  W
  January 15game 45/80
  His night
  .913SV%
  21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .913
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  CHI3–2HFD
  W
  January 17game 46/801
  His night
  .931SV%
  27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .931
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  QUE2–7CHI
  W
  January 18game 47/80
  His night
  .933SV%
  28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .933
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  MTL2–4CHI
  W
  January 21game 48/80
  His night
  .949SV%
  37SV39SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .949
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- The game
  CHI2–4STL
  L
  January 24game 49/801
  His night
  .909SV%
  40SV44SA4GA59:13TOIL
  .909
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  VAN3–7CHI
  W
  January 28game 50/803
  His night
  .923SV%
  36SV39SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .923
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Milestone
Tony Esposito reaches 750 NHL games
in the game against Vancouver Canucks · January 28
- The game
  CHI2–4EDM
  L
  January 30game 51/80
  His night
  .907SV%
  39SV43SA4GA58:41TOIL
  .907
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- The game
  CHI3–3CGY
  January 31game 52/801
  His night
  .923SV%
  36SV39SA3GA59:43TOI
  .923
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- February 1981
- The game
  PIT4–8CHI
  W
  February 2game 53/80
  His night
  .871SV%
  27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .871
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- The game
  EDM3–6CHI
  W
  February 4game 54/80
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .903
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  CHI6–2HFD
  W
  February 7game 55/80
  His night
  .926SV%
  25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .926
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  WIN1–9CHI
  W
  February 8game 56/802
  His night
  .970SV%
  32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .970
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- The game
  LAK5–5CHI
  February 12game 57/80
  His night
  .857SV%
  30SV35SA5GA60:00TOI
  .857
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- The game
  CHI4–3CLR
  W
  February 14game 58/80
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .903
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- The game
  HFD4–4CHI
  February 15game 59/801
  His night
  .902SV%
  37SV41SA4GA60:00TOI
  .902
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- The game
  CHI5–5WSH
  February 18game 60/801
  His night
  .889SV%
  40SV45SA5GA60:00TOI
  .889
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- Checkpoint
  February 18
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8048 of 60 started
  24
  wins
  NHL#3
  .889
  SV%
  NHL#7
  3.7
  GAA
  NHL#16
  CHI
  26-24-0W-L-OT62Points
  Playoff spot
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  TOR7–4CHI
  L
  February 22game 62/801
  His night
  .854SV%
  35SV41SA6GA59:09TOIL
  .854
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- The game
  WSH2–2CHI
  February 25game 63/801
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA60:00TOI
  .920
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  CHI1–6BUF
  L
  February 27game 64/80
  His night
  .769SV%
  20SV26SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .769
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- March 1981
- The game
  STL4–4CHI
  March 1game 65/801
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA60:00TOI
  .862
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- The game
  DET3–3CHI
  March 4game 66/80
  His night
  .935SV%
  43SV46SA3GA60:00TOI
  .935
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- The game
  CHI1–7BOS
  L
  March 7game 67/80
  His night
  .825SV%
  33SV40SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .825
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  CHI3–2QUE
  W
  March 8game 68/80
  His night
  .941SV%
  32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .941
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- The game
  CHI4–4LAK
  March 11game 69/80
  His night
  .905SV%
  38SV42SA4GA60:00TOI
  .905
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- The game
  CHI3–5VAN
  L
  March 13game 70/802
  His night
  .833SV%
  25SV30SA5GA59:22TOIL
  .833
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  CHI8–2WIN
  W
  March 15game 71/801
  His night
  .933SV%
  28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .933
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  PHI1–5CHI
  W
  March 18game 72/801
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .962
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- The game
  CHI4–4PHI
  March 21game 73/801
  His night
  .895SV%
  34SV38SA4GA60:00TOI
  .895
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- The game
  NYI6–2CHI
  L
  March 22game 74/802
  His night
  .813SV%
  26SV32SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .813
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  LAK4–2CHI
  L
  March 25game 75/80
  His night
  .875SV%
  28SV32SA4GA58:48TOIL
  .875
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  DET3–4CHI
  W
  March 29game 77/80
  His night
  .938SV%
  45SV48SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .938
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- April 1981
- The game
  CHI2–2TOR
  April 1game 78/80
  His night
  .952SV%
  40SV42SA2GA60:00TOI
  .952
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- The game
  MNS4–8CHI
  W
  April 5game 80/801
  His night
  .907SV%
  39SV43SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .907
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The season in numbers
April 5
Tony Esposito closes the 1980-1981 season with 29 wins
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Wins
29
Games
66of 80
83%
Shutouts
0
SV%
.890
GAA
3.76
Starts
65
Events
750
NHL games
8 i rad
straight wins
3 days later
Playoffs
April 8
Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 8
Chicago Blackhawks meet Calgary Flames
CHIvsCGY
Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
No Swedes
Swedes on Calgary Flames
Kent Nilsson
Dan Labraaten
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- Game 1
  CHI3–4CGY
  L
  April 82
  His night
  .879SV%
  29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .879
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- Calgary Flameslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 2
  CHI2–6CGY
  L
  April 92
  His night
  .857SV%
  36SV42SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .857
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- Calgary Flameslead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 3
  CGY5–4CHI
  L
  April 112
  His night
  .896SV%
  43SV48SA5GA95:00TOIL
  .896
  View the game
Preliminary round
April 11
Calgary Flames knock Chicago Blackhawks out 3–0
CHI0–3CGY
Eliminated
3Games0Wins.878SV%4.2GAA

Tony Esposito plays the 1980-1981 season for Chicago Blackhawks

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Tony Esposito reaches 750 NHL games

3/4 into the season

Tony Esposito closes the 1980-1981 season with 29 wins

Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs

Chicago Blackhawks meet Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames knock Chicago Blackhawks out 3–0