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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Kea AFM · 26 P in 60 GP Bill Nyrop MTL · 26 P in 72 GP Claire Alexander VAN · 26 P in 32 GP Greg Joly DET · 27 P in 79 GP Gerry Hart NYI · 25 P in 79 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

1977-78 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
57 6 20 26 18 139 132 0 0.46 4.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Feb 25, 1978 @ NYI L 1-7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1978 @ NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1978 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1978 vs PIT T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 17 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1978 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1978 vs CLR T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1978 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1978 vs AFM T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1978 @ MTL T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1978 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1978 @ VAN W 5-1 1 0 1 1 5 2 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1978 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1978 vs DET W 6-1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1978 vs CLE W 5-0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1978 vs STL W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1978 @ MNS W 4-1 0 1 1 3 2 7 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1978 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1978 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 7 4 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1978 @ TOR T 3-3 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1978 vs PHI W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 7 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1978 vs WSH W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1978 @ STL T 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1978 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1978 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1977 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1977 @ AFM W 4-2 0 1 1 0 7 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1977 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1977 @ STL W 6-2 0 0 0 3 4 5 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1977 vs AFM W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1977 vs MNS W 8-3 0 1 1 4 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1977 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1977 vs NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1977 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1977 vs VAN L 2-6 1 0 1 -2 16 4 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1977 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1977 vs BUF L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1977 @ VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1977 @ CLR W 5-1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1977 @ LAK L 3-8 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1977 @ BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1977 @ NYR L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1977 @ NYI T 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1977 vs MTL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1977 @ PIT L 4-7 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1977 vs MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 2 7 4 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1977 vs AFM T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1977 @ MNS W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1977 @ WSH T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1977 vs CLE W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1977 @ CLE W 4-2 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1977 vs PHI T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1977 vs STL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1977 @ CLR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 4 4 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1977 vs BUF T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1977 @ BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1977 vs CLR T 3-3 1 0 1 2 8 2 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1977 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00