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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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brad Maxwell MNS · 37 P in 71 GP Bob Dailey PHI · 39 P in 70 GP Brad Park BOS · 39 P in 41 GP Mike Milbury BOS · 35 P in 75 GP Randy Manery LAK · 35 P in 72 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

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 9 29 38 -5 150 166 0 0.48 5.4 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1979 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Apr 6, 1979 vs NYR W 9-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1979 @ NYR T 3-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1979 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ PIT W 7-2 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1979 vs LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1979 vs MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 vs STL W 8-2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1979 vs PHI L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1979 @ LAK L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1979 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1979 @ PHI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 13 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1979 @ NYR W 6-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 @ NYI L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1979 @ PHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 @ LAK L 5-8 1 2 3 0 4 6 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1979 @ CLR W 4-0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1979 @ VAN T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1979 vs PIT T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1979 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 vs BUF W 3-2 0 2 2 3 10 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1979 vs CLR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ STL W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 vs AFM T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1979 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 vs NYI W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 @ AFM W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1979 @ BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1979 vs BOS T 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1979 vs STL L 2-7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1979 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1979 @ VAN W 5-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1979 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1979 @ AFM L 1-6 0 0 0 -4 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1979 vs CLR W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 @ MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1979 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1979 vs WSH W 5-3 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1979 @ BUF T 3-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1979 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 vs NYR L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1978 vs STL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1978 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1978 vs MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 vs PIT T 3-3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 @ CLR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1978 @ BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1978 vs BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1978 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1978 vs CLR W 4-3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1978 vs VAN T 1-1 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ MTL W 8-3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1978 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1978 @ LAK L 3-4 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 @ CLR L 3-8 1 0 1 -3 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1978 @ PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1978 @ NYR L 1-8 0 0 0 -5 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1978 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1978 @ AFM L 3-5 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1978 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1978 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 @ STL T 5-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1978 vs VAN L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1978 vs MTL W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 @ DET L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 11 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1978 vs WSH T 2-2 0 0 0 -2 4 3 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1978 vs BOS W 6-5 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1978 vs MNS W 6-2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1978 vs VAN T 3-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1978 vs AFM T 4-4 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 00:00