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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)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jim McKenny TOR · 45 P in 78 GP Jean Potvin NYI · 46 P in 79 GP Richard Mulhern AFM · 44 P in 79 GP Jerry Korab BUF · 47 P in 77 GP Dick Redmond CHI · 47 P in 80 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

1976-77 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 9 36 45 1 233 178 0 0.59 5.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1977 vs CLE L 2-4 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1977 @ AFM L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1977 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1977 vs MNS W 7-2 1 0 1 2 32 3 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1977 vs LAK L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1977 vs PIT W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1977 @ NYI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1977 vs NYI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1977 @ BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1977 @ WSH L 4-7 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1977 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1977 vs VAN L 3-4 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1977 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1977 vs DET W 5-2 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1977 vs TOR L 8-10 0 2 2 3 17 1 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1977 @ MNS L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1977 @ BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1977 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1977 vs AFM W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1977 vs CLR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1977 vs WSH T 4-4 0 3 3 0 7 7 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1977 vs MNS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 9 3 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1977 @ CLE L 2-3 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1977 @ PHI L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1977 vs AFM W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1977 vs CLE W 9-3 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1977 @ VAN T 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1977 vs PHI T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1977 @ DET W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1977 vs STL L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 6 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1977 @ CLR T 7-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1977 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 1 7 3 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1977 @ TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 6 2 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1977 vs NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1977 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1977 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1977 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1977 vs TOR W 6-4 0 3 3 4 12 1 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1976 @ CLR T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1976 vs DET W 6-3 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1976 vs CLR W 5-3 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1976 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1976 @ MNS T 3-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1976 vs STL L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 8 2 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1976 vs NYR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1976 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1976 vs NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1976 @ AFM L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1976 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1976 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 12 2 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1976 @ TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1976 vs BOS L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1976 @ VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1976 @ LAK W 5-4 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1976 @ PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 4 4 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1976 @ AFM L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1976 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1976 vs LAK W 5-4 1 1 2 5 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1976 @ WSH W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1976 vs PHI T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1976 vs CLR L 2-3 0 1 1 -3 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1976 @ MTL L 3-11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1976 @ BOS L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1976 vs WSH W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1976 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 2 8 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1976 vs MTL T 4-4 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1976 vs STL W 7-2 0 2 2 1 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1976 @ MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 4 6 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1976 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1976 @ CLE L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1976 vs MNS W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1976 @ CLR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1976 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1976 vs VAN W 5-1 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1976 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1976 @ STL W 6-4 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 00:00