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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 1984-85. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Doug Wilson CHI · 76 P in 78 GP Paul Reinhart CGY · 69 P in 75 GP Phil Housley BUF · 69 P in 73 GP Denis Potvin NYI · 68 P in 77 GP Al MacInnis CGY · 66 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

1984-85 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 28 45 73 -22 32 256 0 0.91 10.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 1985 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1985 @ STL W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1985 vs PHI L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1985 vs TOR W 7-5 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1985 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1985 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1985 vs PIT W 5-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1985 vs NYI L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1985 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1985 @ PHI L 4-8 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1985 vs NJD W 7-3 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1985 @ PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1985 vs PHI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1985 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1985 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1985 @ CGY L 5-11 1 0 1 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1985 @ VAN W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1985 vs PIT W 7-3 0 1 1 0 2 8 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1985 @ PIT L 4-5 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1985 vs WSH L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1985 vs WIN L 5-12 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1985 @ PIT W 8-3 1 1 2 2 2 8 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1985 vs HFD L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1985 vs NYI W 9-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1985 vs EDM W 8-7 1 2 3 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1985 @ PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1985 @ HFD T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1985 @ NYI L 5-7 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1985 @ LAK L 5-7 1 0 1 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1985 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1985 @ EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1985 @ CGY L 2-7 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1985 vs MNS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1985 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1985 vs DET W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1985 @ WSH L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1985 @ NJD W 9-6 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1985 vs BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1985 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1985 @ STL T 4-4 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1985 @ WIN L 5-6 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1985 vs NJD W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1985 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1985 vs VAN W 6-0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1984 vs STL W 6-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1984 @ MTL L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1984 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1984 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1984 @ NJD W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1984 vs WIN L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1984 vs WSH L 3-6 0 2 2 -3 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1984 @ WSH L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1984 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1984 vs LAK W 4-2 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1984 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1984 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1984 vs CGY T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1984 vs PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1984 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1984 vs TOR T 3-3 (OT) 2 0 2 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1984 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1984 vs QUE L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1984 @ QUE L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1984 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1984 vs NJD L 0-6 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1984 @ NYI L 4-10 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1984 @ CHI L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1984 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1984 vs NYI W 5-4 (OT) 1 2 3 4 0 10 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1984 vs WSH W 4-3 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1984 @ PIT W 7-5 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1984 @ NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1984 vs BOS L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1984 @ QUE W 5-2 0 1 1 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1984 @ NJD W 11-2 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1984 vs NYI W 6-5 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1984 @ WSH W 6-5 1 1 2 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1984 vs MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1984 @ MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1984 vs HFD T 4-4 (OT) 2 0 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00