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Phil Russell

#26 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jul 21, 1952 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 13th overall in 1972 by CHI (round 1)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bob Halkidis BUF · 2 P in 6 GP John Stevens PHI · 2 P in 6 GP Paul Cavallini WSH · 2 P in 6 GP Lyle Phair LAK · 2 P in 5 GP Ken Hammond LAK · 2 P in 10 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401972-73: 25 points2572-731973-74: 35 points351974-75: 29 points2974-751975-76: 38 points381976-77: 45 points4576-771977-78: 26 points261978-79: 38 points3878-791979-80: 36 points361980-81: 29 points2980-811981-82: 29 points291982-83: 31 points3182-831983-84: 31 points311984-85: 20 points2084-851985-86: 10 points101986-87: 2 points286-87

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1972-73 CHI 76 6 19 25 31 156 119 0 0.33
1973-74 CHI 75 10 25 35 47 184 123 0 0.47
1974-75 CHI 80 5 24 29 7 260 185 0 0.36
1975-76 CHI 75 9 29 38 -20 194 180 0 0.51
1976-77 CHI 76 9 36 45 1 233 178 0 0.59
1977-78 CHI 57 6 20 26 18 139 132 0 0.46
1978-79 CHI 66 8 23 31 -6 122 147 0 0.47
1978-79 AFM 13 1 6 7 1 28 19 0 0.54
1979-80 AFM 80 5 31 36 14 115 102 0 0.45
1980-81 CGY 80 6 23 29 17 104 109 0 0.36
1981-82 CGY 71 4 25 29 6 110 114 0 0.41
1982-83 CGY 78 13 18 31 0 112 117 0 0.40
1983-84 NJD 76 9 22 31 -28 96 123 0 0.41
1984-85 NJD 66 4 16 20 -16 110 73 0 0.30
1985-86 NJD 30 2 3 5 -17 51 22 0 0.17
1985-86 BUF 12 2 3 5 -8 12 15 0 0.42
1986-87 BUF 6 0 2 2 0 12 2 0 0.33
15 seasons Career 1017 99 325 424 47 2038 1760 0 0.42

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1972-73 CHI 16 0 3 3 -3 49 23 0 0.19
1973-74 CHI 9 0 1 1 -3 41 9 0 0.11
1974-75 CHI 8 1 3 4 2 23 15 0 0.50
1975-76 CHI 4 0 1 1 -4 17 9 0 0.25
1976-77 CHI 2 0 1 1 -4 2 0 0 0.50
1978-79 AFM 2 0 0 0 -3 9 3 0 0.00
1979-80 AFM 4 0 1 1 -2 6 6 0 0.25
1980-81 CGY 16 2 7 9 1 29 34 0 0.56
1981-82 CGY 3 0 1 1 -3 2 5 0 0.33
1982-83 CGY 9 1 4 5 0 24 14 0 0.56
10 seasons Playoffs 73 4 22 26 -19 202 118 0 0.36

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 0 2 2 0 12 2 0 0.33 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Oct 25, 1986 @ HFD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1986 vs PIT L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1986 vs MTL T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1986 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ TOR T 5-5 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1986 @ WIN L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00