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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 1983-84. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike O'connell BOS · 60 P in 75 GP Rob Ramage STL · 60 P in 80 GP Brad Park DET · 58 P in 80 GP Doug Wilson CHI · 58 P in 66 GP Rick Lanz VAN · 57 P in 79 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

1983-84 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 20 39 59 17 26 288 0 0.80 6.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 1, 1984 vs HFD W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1984 @ HFD L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1984 vs PIT W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1984 @ PHI L 5-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1984 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1984 vs BOS L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1984 @ PHI L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1984 vs PHI W 6-3 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1984 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1984 @ WIN W 6-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1984 @ MNS L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1984 vs VAN L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1984 @ WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1984 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1984 @ NJD T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1984 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1984 @ MTL L 4-7 1 0 1 2 0 8 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1984 vs QUE W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1984 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1984 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1984 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1984 @ LAK T 6-6 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 7 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1984 @ MNS T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1984 @ WIN W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1984 @ LAK T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1984 @ VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1984 @ CGY L 1-8 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1984 vs STL W 3-2 2 1 3 2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1984 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1984 @ PIT W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1984 @ TOR W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 8 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1984 vs PIT L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1984 vs STL W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1984 vs DET W 8-5 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1984 @ NYI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1984 @ PHI W 2-1 1 0 1 1 4 3 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1984 vs NYI W 5-4 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1984 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1984 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1984 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1983 @ BUF W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1983 vs PHI W 6-3 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1983 @ CHI W 7-4 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1983 vs CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1983 vs PIT W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1983 @ NYI L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1983 vs EDM L 4-9 1 0 1 -1 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1983 vs NJD L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1983 vs WSH W 7-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1983 vs MNS W 6-4 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1983 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1983 vs CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1983 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1983 @ HFD L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 7 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1983 @ WSH L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1983 vs BUF L 4-6 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1983 vs QUE W 6-5 (OT) 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1983 @ BOS T 6-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1983 vs WSH W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 8 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1983 vs DET W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1983 @ WSH L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1983 vs CGY W 4-3 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1983 @ NJD W 5-1 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1983 @ QUE T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1983 @ BUF T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1983 @ NYI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1983 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1983 vs PHI W 5-4 0 3 3 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1983 @ STL L 5-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1983 vs WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1983 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1983 @ PIT W 6-1 0 2 2 4 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1983 @ NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1983 vs NJD W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00