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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 1982-83. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Doug Wilson CHI · 69 P in 74 GP Mark Howe PHI · 67 P in 76 GP Phil Housley BUF · 66 P in 77 GP Denis Potvin NYI · 66 P in 69 GP Ray Bourque BOS · 73 P in 65 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

1982-83 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 16 53 69 27 22 230 0 0.90 7.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1983 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1983 vs NJD T 3-3 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1983 @ PHI W 4-2 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1983 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1983 vs WSH W 5-4 1 2 3 2 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1983 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1983 @ DET W 7-1 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1983 @ NJD L 2-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1983 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1983 vs NYI W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1983 vs PHI W 8-2 0 1 1 6 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1983 @ CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1983 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1983 @ VAN L 3-7 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1983 vs NJD L 4-6 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1983 vs WSH L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1983 vs PIT W 9-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1983 vs WIN W 9-4 0 2 2 4 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1983 @ PHI L 5-8 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1983 vs WSH W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1983 @ MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1983 @ MNS L 5-7 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1983 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1983 @ STL T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1983 @ LAK T 5-5 1 1 2 3 4 4 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1983 vs CHI L 4-5 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1983 @ PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1983 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1983 vs BOS L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1983 @ PHI L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1983 @ WIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1983 @ VAN T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1983 vs PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1983 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1983 vs WIN T 5-5 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1983 vs NJD W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1983 vs QUE W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1983 vs BUF T 3-3 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1983 vs DET W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1983 @ WSH W 7-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1982 @ NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1982 @ PIT L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1982 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1982 vs PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1982 @ DET T 3-3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1982 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1982 vs LAK W 7-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1982 vs NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1982 @ WSH T 4-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1982 @ CHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1982 vs TOR W 6-5 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1982 @ HFD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1982 vs HFD W 6-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1982 @ BUF L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1982 @ NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1982 vs MNS W 8-5 1 1 2 3 2 6 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1982 vs NYI W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1982 @ TOR W 6-3 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1982 vs TOR W 6-1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1982 vs EDM L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1982 @ PHI L 3-7 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1982 vs STL W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1982 @ CGY T 2-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1982 @ EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1982 vs PIT W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1982 @ QUE L 4-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1982 vs CGY W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1982 vs MNS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1982 @ NYI L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1982 vs VAN W 6-5 0 3 3 4 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1982 vs LAK L 3-5 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1982 @ MTL L 2-8 0 0 0 -3 2 10 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1982 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1982 vs NYI L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1982 @ PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1982 @ NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1982 vs WSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00