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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)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gary Leeman TOR · 32 P in 53 GP Bob Bourne NYI · 32 P in 62 GP Greg Terrion TOR · 32 P in 76 GP Perry Berezan CGY · 33 P in 55 GP Greg Paslawski STL · 33 P in 56 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

1985-86 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
54 20 12 32 8 158 131 0 0.59 15.3 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 5, 1986 @ HFD L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1986 @ PHI W 6-4 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1986 @ QUE W 8-4 0 0 0 0 27 4 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1986 vs QUE L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1986 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1986 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1986 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1986 vs HFD L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1986 @ EDM L 5-7 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1986 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1986 vs PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1986 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1986 @ HFD W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1986 @ BOS W 8-6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1986 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1986 @ QUE L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1986 vs CHI L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1986 vs WIN W 6-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1986 @ NJD W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1986 vs MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1986 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1986 @ PIT T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1986 vs TOR W 9-7 1 0 1 1 2 7 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1986 vs LAK L 2-3 1 0 1 2 10 2 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1985 vs NYI W 4-3 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1985 vs NYR W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1985 vs BOS W 5-3 0 1 1 2 14 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1985 @ MTL L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1985 @ NYR W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1985 @ NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1985 vs QUE W 6-2 4 0 4 2 2 6 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1985 vs HFD L 4-6 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1985 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1985 vs MTL L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 11 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1985 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1985 vs MNS L 3-4 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1985 vs QUE W 7-5 1 0 1 1 15 3 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1985 @ HFD W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1985 @ QUE L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1985 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1985 vs CGY W 5-1 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1985 vs STL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1985 vs WIN W 7-3 2 0 2 0 2 5 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1985 @ VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1985 @ EDM W 2-0 1 0 1 1 5 4 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1985 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1985 vs MNS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1985 vs VAN W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 12 3 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1985 vs MTL L 4-5 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1985 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1985 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 5 3 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1985 @ MTL W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1985 vs DET W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1985 @ MNS W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00