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Reijo Ruotsalainen

#26 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers

Born Apr 1, 1960 in Oulu, FIN · 5'8", 165 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 119th overall in 1980 by NYR (round 6)

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1989-90, 1986-87

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1989-90. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Todd Gill TOR · 15 P in 48 GP Ric Nattress CGY · 15 P in 49 GP Mark Hardy NYR · 15 P in 54 GP Randy Hillier PIT · 15 P in 61 GP Grant Ledyard BUF · 15 P in 67 GP

Career

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

02040601981-82: 56 points5681-821982-83: 69 points6982-831983-84: 59 points5983-841984-85: 73 points7384-851985-86: 59 points5985-861986-87: 13 points1386-871989-90: 15 points1589-90

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1981-82 NYR 78 18 38 56 18 27 247 0 0.72
1982-83 NYR 77 16 53 69 27 22 230 0 0.90
1983-84 NYR 74 20 39 59 17 26 288 0 0.80
1984-85 NYR 80 28 45 73 -22 32 256 0 0.91
1985-86 NYR 80 17 42 59 22 47 229 0 0.74
1986-87 EDM 16 5 8 13 8 6 52 0 0.81
1989-90 NJD 31 2 5 7 -4 14 52 0 0.23
1989-90 EDM 10 1 7 8 -1 6 28 0 0.80
7 seasons Career 446 107 237 344 65 180 1382 0 0.77

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1981-82 NYR 10 4 5 9 -3 2 35 0 0.90
1982-83 NYR 9 4 2 6 0 6 34 0 0.67
1983-84 NYR 5 1 1 2 1 2 17 0 0.40
1984-85 NYR 3 2 0 2 -2 6 13 0 0.67
1985-86 NYR 16 0 8 8 -1 6 29 0 0.50
1986-87 EDM 21 2 5 7 8 10 46 0 0.33
1989-90 EDM 22 2 11 13 13 12 55 0 0.59
7 seasons Playoffs 86 15 32 47 16 44 229 0 0.55

1989-90 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 3 12 15 -5 20 80 0 0.37 3.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 1, 1990 @ WIN W 4-2 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1990 @ CGY L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1990 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1990 vs NYI T 5-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1990 vs STL W 8-6 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1990 vs HFD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1990 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1990 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1990 @ QUE W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1990 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1990 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1990 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1990 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1990 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1989 @ NYR T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1989 @ NYI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1989 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1989 vs LAK W 7-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1989 @ HFD L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1989 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1989 vs WSH L 3-5 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1989 @ BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1989 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1989 @ WIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1989 @ MNS L 6-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1989 @ PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1989 vs NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1989 vs MNS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1989 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1989 vs PHI L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1989 vs QUE W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1989 @ CGY L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1989 @ EDM T 6-6 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1989 @ VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1989 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1989 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1989 vs PHI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1989 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1989 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1989 vs PIT T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1989 @ PHI W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 00:00