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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 1988-89. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Carter BOS · 22 P in 44 GP Claude Loiselle NJD · 21 P in 74 GP Bob Bassen CHI · 21 P in 68 GP Craig Laughlin TOR · 23 P in 66 GP Greg Gilbert CHI · 21 P in 59 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

1988-89 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 6 16 22 -23 117 88 0 0.29 6.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 2, 1989 vs NYI L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1989 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1989 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1989 vs PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1989 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1989 vs MNS W 3-1 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1989 vs STL W 7-4 0 2 2 3 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1989 @ QUE L 3-8 0 2 2 0 6 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1989 vs WIN L 3-6 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1989 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1989 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1989 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1989 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1989 vs QUE L 2-8 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1989 @ QUE L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1989 @ MTL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1989 vs WIN W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1989 vs NYI W 7-5 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1989 vs DET W 8-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1989 vs PIT W 5-1 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1989 vs NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1989 @ PIT L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1989 vs STL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1989 @ HFD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1989 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1989 @ STL L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1989 @ HFD W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1989 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1989 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1989 @ DET W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1989 vs BOS W 6-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1989 @ BOS W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1989 vs MNS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1989 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1989 @ QUE T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 4 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1989 vs CHI W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1989 @ TOR W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1989 @ NJD L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1989 vs HFD L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1988 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1988 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1988 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 12 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1988 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1988 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1988 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1988 vs EDM T 5-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1988 @ MNS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1988 @ WIN L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1988 vs WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1988 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1988 @ HFD L 0-9 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1988 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 6 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1988 vs HFD L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1988 vs CHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1988 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1988 @ LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1988 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1988 vs EDM L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1988 @ NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1988 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1988 @ CGY L 0-9 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1988 @ EDM L 3-7 0 1 1 1 17 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1988 vs NYR W 6-4 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1988 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1988 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1988 vs HFD L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1988 @ NJD W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1988 @ MTL L 3-4 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1988 vs MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1988 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1988 vs QUE L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1988 @ QUE W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1988 vs PIT W 8-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1988 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1988 @ WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1988 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00