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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 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Denis Potvin NYI · 59 P in 74 GP Craig Hartsburg MNS · 57 P in 76 GP Brad McCrimmon PHI · 56 P in 80 GP Phil Housley BUF · 62 P in 79 GP Doug Wilson CHI · 64 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

1985-86 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 17 42 59 22 47 229 0 0.74 7.4 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 1986 vs PIT L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1986 @ WSH T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1986 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1986 vs NJD W 9-0 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1986 @ PHI L 2-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1986 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1986 @ NJD W 5-4 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1986 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1986 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1986 @ NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1986 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1986 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1986 vs CGY L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1986 @ NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1986 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1986 @ CGY W 5-2 0 2 2 1 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1986 @ WIN L 1-4 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1986 vs WSH L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1986 @ WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1986 vs PIT W 8-3 0 4 4 4 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1986 @ TOR L 3-7 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1986 vs MNS W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1986 vs STL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1986 vs DET W 3-1 0 1 1 0 10 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1986 @ DET W 7-5 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1986 vs VAN W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1986 @ BOS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1986 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1986 @ HFD W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1986 @ BUF L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1986 @ CHI L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1986 @ QUE T 6-6 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1986 vs QUE L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1986 @ TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1986 vs HFD L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1986 @ EDM W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1986 @ LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1986 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1986 vs STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1986 vs MTL W 6-4 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1986 vs QUE L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1986 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1985 vs WSH W 6-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1985 @ MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1985 @ BUF L 1-6 1 0 1 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1985 vs DET W 10-2 0 3 3 4 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1985 @ NYI W 5-4 0 3 3 2 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1985 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1985 vs BUF L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1985 vs PIT L 2-5 1 0 1 2 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1985 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1985 @ NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1985 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1985 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1985 vs WIN W 7-4 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1985 vs PIT L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1985 @ PIT L 4-5 0 1 1 -2 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1985 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1985 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1985 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1985 @ NYI W 5-0 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1985 vs TOR W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1985 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1985 @ MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1985 vs MTL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1985 vs CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1985 @ MNS L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1985 @ WIN W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1985 vs PHI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1985 @ PIT W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1985 @ NJD L 5-6 (OT) 0 3 3 1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1985 vs BOS W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1985 vs LAK W 5-0 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1985 vs NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1985 vs VAN W 4-3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1985 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1985 @ LAK L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1985 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1985 @ HFD L 2-8 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1985 vs WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00