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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 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dale Degray CGY · 13 P in 27 GP Shawn Anderson BUF · 13 P in 41 GP Jim Benning VAN · 13 P in 59 GP Gordie Roberts MNS · 13 P in 67 GP Chris Kotsopoulos TOR · 12 P in 43 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

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 5 8 13 8 6 52 0 0.81 9.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1987 @ LAK W 7-3 1 1 2 5 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1987 vs CGY T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1987 vs WIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1987 @ BUF W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1987 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1987 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1987 @ HFD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1987 @ NJD W 7-6 2 3 5 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1987 vs CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1987 @ CGY L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1987 vs NJD W 7-4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1987 vs HFD W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1987 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1987 vs DET W 6-3 0 1 1 3 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1987 vs MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1987 vs LAK W 9-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00