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Lindy Ruff

#44 · Left wing · New York Rangers

Born Feb 17, 1960 in Warburg, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 32nd overall in 1979 by BUF (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kent-Erik Andersson MNS · 19 P in 61 GP Lyle Moffat WIN · 19 P in 74 GP Garry Howatt NYI · 19 P in 77 GP Brent Ashton VAN · 19 P in 47 GP Kris Manery WIN · 20 P in 65 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401979-80: 19 points1979-801980-81: 26 points2680-811981-82: 48 points4881-821982-83: 29 points2982-831983-84: 45 points4583-841984-85: 24 points2484-851985-86: 32 points3285-861986-87: 20 points2086-871987-88: 25 points2587-881988-89: 22 points2288-891989-90: 9 points989-901990-91: 1 points190-91

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 BUF 63 5 14 19 0 38 77 0 0.30
1980-81 BUF 65 8 18 26 2 121 97 0 0.40
1981-82 BUF 79 16 32 48 2 194 181 0 0.61
1982-83 BUF 60 12 17 29 16 130 110 0 0.48
1983-84 BUF 58 14 31 45 15 101 126 0 0.78
1984-85 BUF 39 13 11 24 0 47 71 0 0.62
1985-86 BUF 54 20 12 32 8 158 131 0 0.59
1986-87 BUF 50 6 14 20 -14 74 95 0 0.40
1987-88 BUF 77 2 23 25 -9 179 106 0 0.32
1988-89 BUF 63 6 11 17 -17 86 69 0 0.27
1988-89 NYR 13 0 5 5 -6 31 19 0 0.38
1989-90 NYR 56 3 6 9 -10 80 59 0 0.16
1990-91 NYR 14 0 1 1 -2 27 10 0 0.07
12 seasons Career 691 105 195 300 -15 1266 1151 0 0.43

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 BUF 8 1 1 2 -2 19 11 0 0.25
1980-81 BUF 6 3 1 4 2 23 9 0 0.67
1981-82 BUF 4 0 0 0 -3 28 4 0 0.00
1982-83 BUF 10 4 2 6 -1 47 14 0 0.60
1983-84 BUF 3 1 0 1 -2 9 3 0 0.33
1984-85 BUF 5 2 4 6 5 19 15 0 1.20
1987-88 BUF 6 0 2 2 -1 33 10 0 0.33
1988-89 NYR 2 0 0 0 -2 17 1 0 0.00
1989-90 NYR 8 0 3 3 -3 12 4 0 0.38
9 seasons Playoffs 52 11 13 24 -7 207 71 0 0.46

1979-80 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 5 14 19 0 38 77 0 0.30 6.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 19, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1980 vs HFD W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1980 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1980 @ MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1980 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1980 vs PHI T 1-1 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1980 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1980 vs WIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1980 @ QUE W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1980 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1980 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1980 vs PIT W 9-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1980 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1980 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1980 vs NYR W 6-2 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1980 vs LAK W 9-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1980 @ MTL W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1980 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1980 @ AFM T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1980 vs EDM T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1980 @ VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1980 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1980 @ EDM L 5-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1980 @ CLR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1980 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1980 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1980 @ PIT W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1979 vs WIN W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1979 @ MTL L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1979 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1979 @ HFD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1979 vs LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1979 @ WIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1979 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1979 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1979 vs CHI W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1979 vs DET W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1979 vs AFM W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1979 vs WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1979 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1979 @ BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1979 vs MNS W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1979 @ WSH W 6-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1979 @ HFD L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1979 vs EDM W 9-7 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1979 @ MNS W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1979 vs AFM W 5-1 0 0 0 3 5 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1979 vs CLR L 3-5 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1979 @ WSH W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 5 4 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1979 vs CHI T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1979 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1979 @ TOR W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1979 @ CHI T 0-0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1979 vs CLR W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1979 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1979 vs PIT W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1979 vs VAN T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1979 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1979 vs HFD W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1979 vs MNS L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1979 @ NYI W 5-2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1979 vs WSH W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00